Written answers
Thursday, 24 January 2019
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- National Broadband Plan Administration
5. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the qualification and requalification process required for bidders and-or component parties to a bidding consortium for...
- Ministerial Meetings
7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the meetings he has held with the Taoiseach on the national broadband plan. [3374/19]
- North-South Interconnector
15. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the North-South Interconnector project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3405/19]
- Climate Change Adaptation Plans
16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role which projects announced under the climate action fund will play in supporting decarbonisation in the...
- Energy Schemes
19. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he will take to ensure a greater uptake in SEAI grants in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
- Environmental Policy
21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions he will undertake by the end of 2019 to curb single use plastic goods; the measurable targets for each...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
22. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which Ireland's climate goals and ambition to be a world leader on climate change can be helped by potential...
- Legislative Process
23. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the expediting of the Planning and Development (Rapid Broadband) Bill 2017, through the Houses of the...
- Building Energy Rating Administration
24. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to extend the funding available for retrofitting of homes in order to reduce the energy usage needed in the...
- Climate Change Adaptation Plans
25. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is in receipt of local adaptation plans under the national climate change adaptation framework from all local...
- Recycling Data
26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if progress is being made in increasing the proportion of bottles being recycled; and if he will set a new target for...
- North-South Interconnector
27. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the outcome of recent discussions he has had with EirGrid in relation to the concerns of communities in counties...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
28. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for the commencement of works on the ground under the national broadband plan; the measures contained...
- National Broadband Plan
29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the decision on the awarding of the national broadband plan will be decided; the estimated cost of the plan; and if...
- Recycling Policy
30. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to increase the level of plastic recycling and to reduce the use of non-recyclable plastics in particular....
- Climate Change Policy
31. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the climate mitigation policy developments on foot of the 2019 climate change performance index which ranked Ireland as...
- Waste Management
32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration has been given to examining the franchise model for household waste collection to replace the side by...
- Illegal Dumping
33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the steps he is taking to help county councils deal with incidents of illegal dumping and fly tipping; and...
- Waste Disposal Charges
35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a waiver will be issued for persons with disabilities and incontinence issues in regard to waste bills. [3375/19]
- National Mitigation Plan Implementation
36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the Shannon LNG project and its impact on Ireland’s efforts to reduce fossil fuels over time; and...
- Brexit Issues
37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he has had with his counterparts in the United Kingdom Government, the Scottish Government and the Welsh...
- Energy Infrastructure
39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to roll out smart meters; and his views on whether smart meters can be a tool to address Ireland's climate...
- Renewable Energy Generation
41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the electricity generating capacity reliance on fossil fuels has been reduced in the past five...
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
42. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to increase the amount of electricity being generated from renewable sources; and the steps he is...
- Electric Vehicles
43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to develop a modern EV charging network; and the location of new EV chargers being funded by the...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the roll out of the national broadband plan with specific reference to County Wexford; and if he...
- Climate Change Policy
45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a further call for applications for the climate action fund will be made in the future in view of the announcement of...
- Broadband Service Provision
47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding progress in the provision of high speed, high quality broadband in all areas nationally; and if...
- Broadcasting Sector
49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered the recommendations of an organisation (details supplied) and the need for support for Irish...
- Better Energy Communities Programme
50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the schemes available for homes and business to reduce carbon emitted through buildings; and the number that have...
- Gas Exploration Licences
51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the policy in relation to the facilitation of new LNG facilities. [3263/19]
- Bioenergy Strategy
55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration has been given to the manner in which indigenous biomass supply can be grown to maintain security of...
- Broadband Service Provision
56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress expected in 2019 in the delivery of the national broadband plan to counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he...
- Climate Change Policy
58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the findings of a study commissioned by a publication (details supplied) have been reviewed; and if he will make a...
- Broadband Service Provision
60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied with the level of broadband coverage in County Meath. [3249/19]
- National Mitigation Plan
61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied); if he is considering a similar policy approach as part...
- Broadband Service Provision
62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a school (details supplied) was not included in plans to bring broadband to an area; if the school will be...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage range by sector by which Ireland is likely to miss 2020 greenhouse gas emissions targets to reduce...
- Post Office Closures
64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the closure of rural post offices in the context of the need for climate abatement measures in which the...
- Renewable Energy Generation
66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he considered the findings and recommendations of a report (details supplied) on healthy diets and sustainable food...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Deployment
67. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 20, 25 and 32 of 17 January 2019, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that UNIFIL and UNDOF...
- Army Barracks Closures
69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount paid to private security firms for the provision of security services by the Defence Forces in each of the past three years in tabular...
- Departmental Meetings
70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of meetings his Department had with the representative associations regarding the working time directive 2003; the dates on which they...
- Commemorative Medals
71. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 1725 of 26 July 2017, if the issue of awarding 1916 commemorative medals to all retired members of the...
- Service Medals
72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if consideration will be given to adapting the existing scheme for posthumously awarding a service medal for Cumann na mBan members in view of...
- Brexit Issues
74. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of meetings he has attended since the beginning of September 2018 with his officials to discuss and prepare for Brexit; and if he will...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
75. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 110 to 112, inclusive, of 28 November 2018, the reason for the delay in answering the questions; when...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Brexit Negotiations
80. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his most recent conversation with Mr. Michel Barnier following the result of the vote on the withdrawal treaty which was...
- Passport Data
81. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the budgetary increases in both capital and non-capital allocation for processing passport applications in 2019; and if he will make a...
- Brexit Issues
82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of meetings he has attended since the beginning of September 2018 with his officials to discuss and prepare for Brexit; and if he...
- Northern Ireland
83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland the bombing incident and attack in Derry on 19 January 2019; if he is...
- Department of Finance
- Property Tax
84. To ask the Minister for Finance when changes to the local property tax arrangements will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3457/19]
- Tax Code
85. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3458/19]
- Customs and Excise Controls
86. To ask the Minister for Finance if custom officials carry out adequate surveillance and checks with regard a particular transport service (details supplied) in view of concerns raised. [3464/19]
- Tracker Mortgage Examination
87. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Central Bank will make a final decision on whether its staff will be included in the tracker review as impacted customers; and if he will make a...
- Motor Insurance
88. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the situation for many young drivers who hold learner permits and are unable to obtain car insurance (details supplied); the...
- National Debt
90. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of bilateral loans Ireland has with the UK; the amount outstanding per loan; the original principal sum per loan; the interest rate per loan; the...
- Brexit Issues
91. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings he has attended since the beginning of September 2018 with his officials to discuss and prepare for Brexit; and if he will make a...
- VAT Rate Application
92. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by the manufacturers and distributors of food supplements, vitamins and minerals regarding the...
- Property Tax Deferrals
93. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons availing of the deferral option under Part 12 of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 (as amended) by county and postcode in Dublin....
- Motor Insurance Data
94. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of insurance companies that offer car insurance here; the number that are non-Irish companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3687/19]
- Property Tax Administration
95. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding property tax liability in circumstances in which a person that has deferred payment of property tax due to unemployment re-enters...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Service Pay Commission Reports
96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the joint submission to the Public Service Pay Commission from the Department of Defence and military authorities underwent changes...
- Flood Prevention Measures
97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position in relation to a flood prevention scheme (details supplied) in County Clare; when it will be approved; and if he will make a...
- Public Sector Staff
98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 284 of 28 March 2017, if the rules relating to persons transferring form the wider public service...
- Brexit Issues
99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of meetings he has attended since the beginning of September 2018 with his officials to discuss and prepare for Brexit; and if...
- Forestry Management
100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if matters in relation to a location (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3531/19]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects Status
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the works outstanding at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3513/19]
- Special Educational Needs Staff
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he plans to announce the allocation of special education teachers for the 2019-2020 school year; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a technical inspection will be carried out by the school buildings section at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Student Grant Scheme
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports and schemes available to financially assist working persons that wish to change career and move into teaching (details supplied);...
- Schools Building Projects Status
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to a school building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3556/19]
- Social Welfare Payments Administration
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 18 December 2018, when a person (details supplied) will be contacted as promised in relation to...
- Higher Education Schemes
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of higher education access route places offered in universities and colleges here each year; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Brexit Issues
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of meetings he has attended since the beginning of September 2018 with his officials to discuss and prepare for Brexit; and if he will...
- Local Area Plans
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department continues to hold a reservation (details supplied) in the Trim Development Plan 2014-2020; and his plans to continue with this...
- Third Level Fees
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review fifth year pharmacy college fees (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3634/19]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Ministerial Meetings
111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has met the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs regarding a recent report from An Garda Síochána (details...
- Youth Justice Strategy
112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the policy on juvenile offenders and youth justice was last reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3492/19]
- Garda Deployment
113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí that were in the Cabra-Glasnevin district in 2018; if his attention has been drawn to plans to...
- Gangland Crime
114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views in relation to the increased number of shootings and inter-gang drug shootings and murders; his further views on...
- Prison Service Staff
115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views in relation to recent reports in the media regarding prison officers leaving their areas of responsibility due to...
- Prison Service (1 comment)
116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied in relation to the investment in health and safety provision in prisons here; the investment in same on a...
- Rural Crime
117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on rural crime; if rural crime statistics are increasing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3469/19]
- Ministerial Meetings
121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he or his officials met the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in 2018 to discuss drink driving legislation; and if...
- Penalty Points System
122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the policy input he and his officials had on the latest proposal from the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation...
- Drugs Crime
123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the increase in drug related crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3475/19]
- Garda Civilian Staff Recruitment
124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the recruitment of administrative staff for Garda stations; the progress he expects on same in 2019; and if he...
- Garda Civilian Staff
125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the impact extra administrative staff will have on Garda duties; if discussions have commenced with the Garda representative...
- Garda Data
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new entrants to An Garda Síochána planned for 2019; the number of retirements expected for the same...
- Magdalen Laundries
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 436 of 6 November 2018, the status of an application by a person (details supplied) to...
- Committee of Public Accounts
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address matters (details supplied) in relation to issues raised at the meeting of the Oireachtas Standing Committee...
- Brexit Issues
130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of meetings he has attended since the beginning of September 2018 with his officials to discuss and prepare for...
- Crime Data
131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 426 of 6 November 2018, when a reply will issue in relation to same; and if he will make...
- Immigration Status
132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures to be followed to regularise residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Naturalisation Applications
133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Leave to Remain
134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3654/19]
- Naturalisation Applications
135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 25 October 2018, if all information requested in correspondence issued to a person...
- Naturalisation Eligibility
136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Asylum Applications
137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 20 November 2018, the extent to which evaluation of an application in the case of a...
- Immigration Status
138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); if their full stamp 4 status continues to enable them to...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the deportation order regarding a person (details supplied) can be set aside on the basis of the information provided and...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Brexit Issues
140. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of meetings she has attended since the beginning of September 2018 with her officials to discuss and prepare for Brexit;...
- Brexit Supports
141. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of food businesses that have applied for working capital under the Brexit loan scheme which opened in March 2018; the...
- Protected Disclosures
142. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has received complaints in relation to the way in which an investigative report was undertaken on a protected disclosure made...
- Department of Health
- National Children's Hospital Expenditure
143. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to address the overspend on the national children’s hospital; if there will be a cost limit imposed in terms of the eventual...
- National Children's Hospital
144. To ask the Minister for Health if the professional indemnity insurance providers of the quantity surveyors and design engineers associated with the national children’s hospital will...
- Medical Card Applications
145. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the medical card section requested self-employment details from persons (details supplied); if the matter will be investigated; and if he will make...
- Hospitals Discharges
146. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost through delayed discharges in 2018 for each public voluntary hospital in tabular form. [3433/19]
- Hospital Beds Data
147. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 17 January 2019 or the latest date for which data for validated...
- Emergency Services Data
148. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO incidents responded to by a first responder in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less; and the percentage of clinical...
- Emergency Departments Data
149. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 75 years of age or over that experienced an emergency department wait time more than 24 hours in 2018; and the hospitals in which...
- Home Care Packages Data
150. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided in each LHO area. [3437/19]
- Emergency Departments Waiting Times
152. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency departments nationwide in December 2018; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
153. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients currently waiting less than four months for treatment; the number waiting four to eight months; the number waiting more...
- Primary Care Services Provision
155. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care; and the number waiting for time periods (details supplied). [3442/19]
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
158. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients in each relevant hospital that have been waiting for an outpatient appointment since before 1 January 2017; and the number of patients...
- Health Strategies
159. To ask the Minister for Health when a detailed action plan to implement Sláintecare will be published. [3446/19]
- Primary Care Services Provision
160. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a dietetics appointment in primary care; and the number waiting by time periods (details supplied). [3447/19]
- Home Help Service Data
162. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide figures in relation to a service (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3460/19]
- Primary Care Centres
163. To ask the Minister for Health the future plans for the health centre on Church Road, East Wall, Dublin 3. [3461/19]
- Home Care Packages Provision
165. To ask the Minister for Health if a homecare package will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); the reason one carer has been dropped from house calls to the person who...
- Alcohol Pricing
166. To ask the Minister for Health if he gave a commitment that minimum unit pricing of alcohol would not be introduced here until it was also being introduced in Northern Ireland with regard to...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
167. To ask the Minister for Health the funding options available to persons who wish to purchase an electric wheelchair. [3497/19]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
168. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that residents of private nursing homes who continue to hold full general medical services cards do not in practice...
- Nursing Home Services
169. To ask the Minister for Health if incontinence products supplied on a client-specific basis to residents of private nursing homes who hold full general medical services cards are exclusively...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
170. To ask the Minister for Health if senior managers in the social care division of the HSE actively engage with and provide oversight to private nursing homes to ensure that exceptional...
- Hospital Appointments Status
171. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3503/19]
- Services for People with Disabilities
172. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for funding by a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3506/19]
- EU Directives
173. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact the falsified medicines directive is due to come into operation on 9 February 2019 and it is perceived that the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
174. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for a hysterectomy for public patients at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3522/19]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
175. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the construction of the 60-bed interim unit at University Hospital Limerick; when works will commence; the expected cost of the project; the...
- General Medical Services Scheme
178. To ask the Minister for Health the entitlements general practitioners have under the general practitioner contract to payment of compassionate leave; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Card Administration
179. To ask the Minister for Health if perceived misleading information will be removed from correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3540/19]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
180. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3544/19]
- Nursing Staff Data
182. To ask the Minister for Health the number of graduate nurses and midwives in 2018 who have been provided employment contracts; the number recruited; the type of contract provided in each...
- Brexit Issues
183. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the group examining the risk of medicine shortages and continuity of supply resulting from Brexit have met over the past two years to date;...
- Medicinal Products
184. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a national biosimilar policy has not been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3548/19]
- Medicinal Products Expenditure
185. To ask the Minister for Health the full spend by his Department and the HSE on biologic medicines and biosimilar medicines respectively in each of the years 2016 to 2018; and if he will make...
- Pharmaceutical Sector
186. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the proposal by the HPRA to increase its fees to Irish pharmaceutical companies by 8% in 2019; his plans to grant this increase; the work he has...
- Hospital Transfers
187. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 385 of 4 December 2018, the reason a reply to same has not issued; when a reply will issue (details supplied); and if he...
- Health Services Provision
188. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a delay in the delivery of items to a person (details supplied); when the matter will be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the...
- General Practitioner Services
189. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the retirement age of general practitioners after 72 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3567/19]
- Driver Licence Renewals
190. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the issue of medical certificates for persons over 70 years of age renewing driver licences not being covered by the medical card in order...
- Abortion Legislation
191. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 as a matter of urgency in view of the recent case in which a woman was denied...
- Maternity Services
192. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the operations at maternity hospitals to ensure hospitals afford the same service to pregnant women suffering from severe foetal...
- National Children's Hospital Expenditure
193. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to hold members of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board accountable for the significant cost increases associated with...
- Hospitals Capital Programme
194. To ask the Minister for Health if the delivery and operation of the modular unit at South Tipperary General Hospital is being affected due to the escalating costs of the national...
- Brexit Issues
195. To ask the Minister for Health the number of meetings he has attended since the beginning of September 2018 with his officials to discuss and prepare for Brexit; and if he will make a...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
196. To ask the Minister for Health if a review of an allowance in payment to a person (details supplied) will be arranged with a view to increasing the weekly amount. [3608/19]
- Industrial Relations
197. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to intervene in the ongoing industrial dispute between members of an organisation (details supplied) and the HSE; the efforts he is making to ensure...
- Home Help Service Data
198. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have been granted home help hours; and the number still on the waiting list that have not received hours to date. [3610/19]
- Medical Card Applications
199. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3611/19]
- Pharmacy Regulations
200. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reverse a decision (details supplied) and allow pharmacists who are training to be paid during placement; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Records
201. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the only route for a patient seeking a copy of X-rays is to submit a freedom of information request; the reason there is not a less costly method to...
- Mental Health Services
202. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the open dialogue programme that started in Bantry, County Cork in September 2015; the way in which the programme works; if it has been...
- HSE Expenditure
204. To ask the Minister for Health the expenses claimed by HSE staff in connection with the advancing recovery Ireland initiative since its inception by county; and if he will make a statement...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
205. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre at a location (details supplied); if the provision of the centre remains a high priority for the HSE; the...
- General Practitioner Services Provision
206. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision an out-of-hours general practitioner service for an area (details supplied); when the service will begin; and if he will make a...
- Vaccination Programme
207. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that the HSE national immunisation office will update its delivery and communication strategies for the HPV vaccine programme...
- Disability Services Funding
208. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his officials have received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) regarding the lack of funding for the organisation; and if he will...
- General Practitioner Contracts
209. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed new general practitioner contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3645/19]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
210. To ask the Minister for Health when a hip operation will take place for a person (details supplied). [3647/19]
- General Practitioner Training
211. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3648/19]
- Medical Card Applications
212. To ask the Minister for Health if immediate steps will be taken to issue an emergency medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Waiting Lists
213. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a knee replacement. [3683/19]
- Medicinal Products Availability
214. To ask the Minister for Health the status of measures to expand access to Pembrolizumab to all clinically suitable women with cervical cancer. [3688/19]
- Services for People with Disabilities
215. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that can be put in place to help a person (details supplied) following on from their discharge from hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
- Home Care Packages Provision
216. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) residing in hospital after a recent illness has been awarded 21 hours of care but remains unapproved on a financial basis; the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Scheme Appeals
217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an agricultural appeal by a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made on same; and if he will make a...
- Brexit Issues
218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meetings he has attended since the beginning of September 2018 with his officials to discuss and prepare for Brexit;...
- GLAS Payments
219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when 2017 and 2018 GLAS payments will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if land (details supplied) has been included for qualification under the new round of the ANC scheme. [3612/19]
- Horticulture Sector
221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address labour shortages in the horticulture sector; and if he had discussions with his counterpart in the...
- Brexit Supports
222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received to date for the Brexit loan scheme for food businesses by company size (details supplied); the...
- TAMS Funding
223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of funding approved for works in TAMS II applications that has yet to be drawn down and which expired by the end of 2018;...
- TAMS Data
224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received under TAMS II by county; the number of approved applications; the number of payment claims...
- Agrifood Sector
225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to protect Irish agrifood interests at EU level in the upcoming EU-US trade discussions, following the US...
- Beef Industry
226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle slaughtered that originated from factory feedlots at approved beef exporting plants; and the percentage of such...
- Teagasc Courses
227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of green certificates issued by 31 December 2018 for students who had passed their exams during 2018; and the number of...
- Brexit Issues
228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if changes are planned to primary legislation under the remit of his Department to form a part of a Bill (details supplied). [3699/19]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Electricity Generation
233. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he received the list of options he requested from the ESB on the future of a power station (details supplied); if...
- National Broadband Plan
234. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of approval for the national broadband plan. [3490/19]
- Better Energy Homes Scheme Data
235. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number and value in euro of grants provided under each individual scheme under better energy programme administered...
- Energy Schemes Data
236. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number and value in euro of grants provided under the smart lighting programme pilot administered by the SEAI in...
- Brexit Issues
238. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of meetings he has attended since the beginning of September 2018 with his officials to discuss and prepare...
- Electricity Generation
246. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the degree to which electricity generation remains reliant on fossil fuels in totality or in part; and if he will make...
- Renewable Energy Generation
247. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which electricity generation by alternative means such as wind, solar, hydro, wave, anaerobic digesters...
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
249. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the existing electricity generating stations dependent on fossil fuels have been restricted or...
- Electricity Generation
251. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the daily requirement of electricity generated and available to the domestic and industrial markets without...
- Telecommunications Services Data
252. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the degree to which his Department, directly or through the Commission for Communications Regulation, can monitor the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- National Car Test
254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there have been policy changes or changes to the way in which the national car test, NCT, is conducted in 2018; and if he will make a...
- National Car Test Data
255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the first time pass rate in each national car test, NCT, centre nationally in each of the years 2015 to 2018, in tabular form. [3466/19]
- Road Traffic Offences
256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the penalties that would apply to a HGV vehicle caught travelling at 101 kilometres an hour in a 50 kilometres an hour zone; his plans to...
- Bus Services
257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to install a bus shelter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3498/19]
- Motor Insurance
258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the situation for many young drivers that hold learner permits and are unable to obtain car insurance...
- Road Projects Status
259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a road project (details supplied) in County Donegal; if information will be provided with regard to matters; and if he will...
- Cycling Facilities Provision
260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions to date which have taken place between Irish Rail and Fingal County Council regarding the planned Broadmeadows Way cycle...
- Brexit Issues
261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of meetings he has attended since the beginning of September 2018 with his officials to discuss and prepare for Brexit; and if...
- Sports Capital Programme
262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the final allocation of 2018 sports capital grants will be completed. [3613/19]
- Rural Transport Services Provision
263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consideration he has given to facilitate the development of a model (details supplied) of taxi service to help address the challenges...
- Bus Services
264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the feedback that has been received into the pilot link bus service that was extended to evenings and weekends in 2018; and if he will...
- Light Rail Projects
265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tram sets operating on the Luas green line (details supplied); the overall planned percentage increase in passenger...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Juvenile Offenders
266. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she met with the Minister for Justice and Equality or officials from his Department regarding revelations in September 2018 which showed...
- Guardian's Payment
267. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the financial support which can be provided to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3510/19]
- Brexit Issues
268. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of meetings she has attended since the beginning of September 2018 with her officials to discuss and prepare for Brexit; and if...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Library Projects
269. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of a project (details supplied); and the estimated date for completion. [3571/19]
- Brexit Issues
270. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of meetings he has attended since the beginning of September 2018 with his officials to discuss and prepare for Brexit; and...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
271. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to release funding to an organisation (details supplied) in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Dog Breeding Industry
272. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the revised guidelines for dog breeding establishments introduced under the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010; the...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
273. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in approving an application by a person (details supplied) to commence employment under the partial...
- Public Services Card
274. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the level of co-operation she and her officials are having with the Data Protection Commissioner regarding its investigation...
- Blind Welfare Allowance
275. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied with the service offered to social welfare recipients at the point of contact as specified in Part 3...
- State Pension (Contributory)
276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason pensioners who have received decision letters on their pensions since the beginning of 2019 are still being...
- Household Benefits Scheme
277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the policy on possible restoration of the subsidy for phone usage for those on State pensions in view of the previous...
- Disability Allowance Data
278. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of disability allowance applications received in 2018; the number refused and appealed, respectively to the social...
- Invalidity Pension Data
279. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of invalidity pension applications received in 2018; the number refused and appealed, respectively to the social...
- Carer's Allowance Data
280. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of carer's allowance applications received in 2018; the number refused and appealed, respectively to the social...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Data
281. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of domiciliary care allowance applications received in 2018; the number refused and appealed, respectively to the...
- Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
282. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the wait time for each individual claim section for the forwarding of the file of an applicant to the social welfare appeals...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
283. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal by a person (details supplied) can be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3568/19]
- Dental Services Provision
284. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will be eligible under PRSI to have a realignment of false teeth. [3569/19]
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
285. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the appeals process in the case of a person (details supplied) can be expedited with a view to ensuring that they have...
- Brexit Issues
286. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of meetings she has attended since the beginning of September 2018 with her officials to discuss and prepare for...
- Rural Social Scheme Eligibility
287. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which means is assessed for the purpose of the rural social scheme; the changes in recent times to in the way in...
- Disability Allowance Payments
288. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Illness Benefit Payments
289. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when missing weeks of illness benefit payment due before Christmas 2018 will issue in the case of a person (details...
- Carer's Allowance Payments
290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a carer’s allowance payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) suffers from a multiplicity of medical...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
292. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of the provision of rent supplement schemes in 2016 to 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3682/19]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Wind Energy Guidelines
293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position in regard to regulations appertaining to setback limits in respect of wind farms; when this is likely to change;...
- Regeneration Projects
294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered setting up a north inner city development authority to address the root causes of problems and champion...
- Local Authority Housing
295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to accelerate the delivery of affordable, cost rental, social and or co-op built housing on all state-owned land in...
- Local Authority Housing Maintenance
296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans and the timeline for funding and delivering a refurbishment programme for flat complexes in Dublin city centre to...
- Approved Housing Bodies
297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his policy on the way in which approved housing bodies allocate housing units, set rents and make available units to tenants...
- Greenways Development
300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the discussions to date which have taken place between his Department and Fingal County Council regarding the planned...
- Brexit Issues
301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of meetings he has attended since the beginning of September 2018 with his officials to discuss and prepare for...
- Local Authority Staff Data
302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the staffing numbers by local authority in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3641/19]
- Local Authority Funding
303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of grants and subsidies provided to local authorities in 2017 and 2018, by local authority. [3642/19]
- Property Tax Yield
304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the baseline figure in the context of the local property tax for each local authority for 2019. [3643/19]
- Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on a waiting list for social housing in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by local...
- Emergency Accommodation Data
306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in emergency homeless accommodation by local authority area and by length of time in such accommodation;...
- Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost of providing the HAP scheme 2016 to 2018; the cost of the RAS scheme 2016 to 2018; the cost of the provision of...
- Electoral Divisions Report
308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of occasions he departed from the recommendations of the local electoral boundary committee in making local...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Commemorative Events
310. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for events in specific recognition of Cumann na mBan members and their service in view of the commemorative events and...
- Ferry Services Provision
311. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps that need to be taken to change ferry times on Sherkin Island by 15 minutes to facilitate schoolchildren who attend...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
312. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of a file in the case of a person (details supplied); when the person will receive outstanding payments; and if she...
- Brexit Issues
313. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of meetings she has attended since the beginning of September 2018 with her officials to discuss and prepare for...
