Written answers

Tuesday, 29 January 2019

  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Northern Ireland
      50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and with the political parties in Northern...
    • Passport Applications Data
      51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the waiting times for passport express applications. [3858/19]
    • Brexit Negotiations
      55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of his engagement with the EU Brexit negotiating team and the UK Government with a view to ensuring regulatory alignment on...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made to find a solution to the issue of the undocumented Irish in the United States of America; and if he will make a...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in Venezuela; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3972/19]
    • EU Migration Crisis
      59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on discussions he has had with his European counterparts with regard to the recent reports of 170 migrants missing in the...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of negotiations particularly those relating to the Border region of counties Cavan and Monaghan in view of Brexit and the possible...
    • Middle East Issues
      61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he plans to take with regard to the ongoing and worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his ongoing discussions with Mr. Michel Barnier in respect of the proposed agreement between the EU and UK in terms of...
    • Human Rights Cases
      63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the issue of the reports of ill-treatment of eight female activists detained in a prison in Saudi Arabia with his...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to emphasise the fundamental importance of the Good Friday Agreement in the context of discussions between...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the work he has undertaken on the Palestine-Israel situation; the expected outcome of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Foreign Policy
      66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a company (details supplied) that continues to import coal for use by the ESB from a mine; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the budget and spending of his Department in order to secure UN Security Council membership over the past period. [3772/19]
    • Human Rights Cases
      70. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the mass hunger strike of over 200 Kurdish political prisoners in Turkey; if he is concerned for the...
    • Syrian Conflict
      72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will reiterate the call to all regional participants to show restraint and avoid an escalation in the Syrian conflict in view of recent...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he continues to find support for the Irish position on Brexit (details supplied) in view of recent developments; and if...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his efforts through the EU to ensure the South Sudan peace deal holds in view of the volatile nature of the region and...
    • European Council Meetings
      77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent meetings at the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels; and if he will report on the discussions that took place...
    • EU Migration Crisis
      80. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the EU migration policy particularly in respect of Libya; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3974/19]
    • Passport Applications Data
      81. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the take-up level of online passport applications for children since it was introduced; if it can be used by all children; and if he will...
    • Human Rights Cases
      82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his concerns have been highlighted to his Guatemalan counterpart regarding the continued attacks on human rights defenders in the country;...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the ongoing outstanding requests with the UK Government regarding inquiries into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings; and if he...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent meetings with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the African Union. [4131/19]
    • EU Issues
      87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of developments in Hungary and Poland and the efforts of the EU to ensure that democracy and the rule of law are upheld; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the timeline for the hiring of the planned extra staff at the passport office in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Brexit Issues
      89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extra preparations he plans to make to facilitate persons and materials travelling through Cork Airport and the Port of Cork in the event...
    • Human Rights Cases
      91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to reports of violent state backed attacks on LGBT persons in Chechnya (details supplied); and if he has...
    • Human Rights Committees
      92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the inaugural meeting of the business and human rights implementation group which took place on 16 January 2019; the...
    • Northern Ireland
      93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the interactions his officials have had with representatives in Stormont regarding the Irish language Bill; and if he will make a statement...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the comments made by Commissioner Schinas on borders at the EU Commission press conference on 22 January 2019; and if he has...
    • Brexit Issues
      96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of preparedness for a no-deal Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4181/19]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Legislative Process
      97. To ask the Taoiseach the legislation, including heads of Bills, that has been sent from his Department to EU institutions before its publication during the period of the 32nd Dáil. [4256/19]
  • Department of Defence
    • Military Medals
      98. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to fulfil the commitment given by his predecessor in 2017 to award medals (details supplied) for bravery to the veterans of Jadotville...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      101. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason reservists in the Defence Forces are not issued with gloves in line with the single force concept; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Overseas Missions
      106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence whether a formal decision has been taken, either by the Defence Forces or him, to initiate a process that would see Army Rangers deployed to the...
    • Legislative Process
      113. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the legislation, including heads of Bills, that has been sent from his Department to EU institutions before its publication during the period of...
    • Defence Forces Pensions
      114. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason an Army pension will reduce in the case of a person (details supplied). [4266/19]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Applications
      116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a matter regarding the criteria on issuing a passport to a person (details supplied) who changed the person's name by deed poll will be...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the annual meeting with the President of the United States of America has been confirmed. [4350/19]
    • European Council Meetings
      118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent meeting at the Foreign Affairs Council in particular regarding discussions on Brexit; and if he will make a...
    • Passport Applications
      119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the options available to a person (details supplied) to obtain an Irish passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3814/19]
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if applicants for the 2018 Irish election observer roster are obliged to be resident on the island of Ireland; the number of non-residents...
    • Northern Ireland
      121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has met or spoken with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland since the car bomb in Derry was found on 19 January 2019 and the...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he spoke directly with the Polish Foreign Minister regarding the suggestion of putting a time limit on the EU backstop; and if he will...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has met the Palestinian ambassador recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4043/19]
    • Northern Ireland
      127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the meetings he has had with the DUP and Sinn Féin recently; if the Northern Ireland Assembly was discussed; and if he will make a...
    • Good Friday Agreement
      128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the legal mechanisms that exist to appeal or arbitrate breaches of the Good Friday Agreement by either co-guarantor; and if he will make a...
    • Miscarriages of Justice
      129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he highlighted the case of persons (details supplied) at his attendance at the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference; if his...
    • Military Neutrality
      130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which he can ensure and guarantee neutrality in view of recent signals from the EU that security and military union is the...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on recent discussions he has had within his Department on the undocumented Irish in the United States of America and the...
    • Brexit Issues
      133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the opinion expressed by the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice regarding the ability of the United Kingdom to...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on increased preparations for a hard Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53143/18]
    • Brexit Issues
      136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with the European Commission in respect of the current developments on Brexit. [3008/19]
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom and with...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if European Union leaders or officials on their behalf requested a change to the EU backstop; and if there have been requests from his...
    • Legislative Process
      140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the legislation, including heads of Bills, from his Department which has been sent to European Union institutions before its publication for...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Brexit negotiations continue to safeguard the interests of all persons on the island of Ireland, including the continued...
    • Brexit Issues
      142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he expects to be in a position to ensure that trade between Northern Ireland and the European Union can be facilitated...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the bilateral aid programme continues to assist those in most need globally; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Humanitarian Aid
      145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which commitments entered into by Ireland and other countries in response to various hurricanes, volcano eruptions and other...
    • EU Issues
      146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which all European countries continue to remain committed in full to the European project; and if he will make a statement on...
    • EU Membership
      147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which countries applying for European Union membership continue to observe the acquis communautaire; and if he will make a...
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he, at European Union and United Nations levels, continues to positively influence the international community response...
    • International Terrorism
      149. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community continues to monitor and contain the activities of organisations (details supplied); and if...
    • EU Membership
      150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the European Union continues to positively influence matters in the western Balkans with particular reference to...
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which international efforts to address issues in the Horn of Africa continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Foreign Conflicts
      152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community continues to intervene to prevent the recruitment of child soldiers at various global...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and the international community can continue to exert pressure to bring about an amicable peace process in the...
    • Trade Promotion
      154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which embassies abroad continue to be actively involved in the promotion of increased volumes of trade with Ireland with...
  • Department of Finance
    • VAT Rebates
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the new online procedure for dealing with farmers who are not registered for VAT to reclaim VAT paid by them...
    • Tax Collection
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will examine the file of a person (details supplied) who is of the view that he or she is paying the higher rate of tax. [3716/19]
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Investments
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) has received to date €156 million in three tranches via the National Treasury Management Agency; if so, the reason the...
    • Insurance Costs
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance if alternative avenues will be examined to help reduce the cost of insurance here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3800/19]
    • Illicit Trade
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to implement measures to assist compliant household fuel merchants facing difficulties due to the illegal importation of products resulting in a...
    • Illicit Trade in Fuel and Tobacco Products
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to implement additional measures to counteract the illicit trade in fuel, tobacco and drink products; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • VAT Rate Application
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will direct the Revenue Commissioners to defer the withdrawal of the concessionary application of the zero rate of VAT to certain food supplements until...
    • Home Building Finance Ireland Establishment
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance when Home Building Finance Ireland will be fully established; when funding will be issued; when applications will be submitted; if applications have been...
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance if entrepreneurial relief will be increased from a maximum of €1 million to €10 million in line with UK rules in view of the fact that Irish...
    • VAT Exemptions
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland enjoys exemptions pursuant to Article 395(1) of Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 or derogations more generally from EU VAT rules; if so,...
    • Tax Yield
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance the performance to date of the sugar tax in terms of revenue raised versus predicted revenue and in terms of reduction in sugary drinks being sold; and if he...
    • VAT Rate Reductions
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing VAT to a rate of 0% on household utility bills; if this is feasible under EU rules; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Employment Investment Incentive Scheme
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 22 November 2018, the penalties that will be imposed on a company that issues an incorrect statement of...
    • Motor Industry
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he plans to implement to assist the motor trade due to the substantial drop in car sales and the increased volume of imports, in some instances...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance the contingencies in the event vulture funds increase the interest rate on mortgage loans significantly in excess of market rates; and if he will make a...
    • Insurance Costs
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to tackle increasing insurance premiums (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4215/19]
    • Knowledge Development Box
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies that availed of the knowledge development box in 2018; the cost of same in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4239/19]
    • Legislative Process
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance the legislation including heads of Bills from his Department which have been sent to EU institutions before their publication for the period of the 32nd...
    • NAMA Operations
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the development that NAMA is involved in regarding the orders to quit for tenants living in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Carbon Tax Implementation
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance the work being carried out by his Department to address unfair and unequal probable impacts of future national policy on carbon taxation; and if he will make...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Eligibility
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance the clinical guidelines and methodology used to determine whether an applicant qualifies for a primary medical certificate; the policy in place to ensure...
    • EU Regulations
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4355/19]
    • Insurance Industry
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who were underpaid insurance compensation after Storm Ophelia and Storm Emma; the amount by which they were underpaid; if he will be...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • EU Funding
      183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of PEACE and INTERREG funding since inception by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4264/19]
    • Deer Culls
      184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the NPWS has investigated solutions other than culling to address the overpopulation of the Phoenix Park deer herd; and if he will...
    • Drainage Schemes
      185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be allocated to carry out works (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3761/19]
    • Construction Costs
      186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his assessment of the impact of construction inflation on the costs outlined when announcing the allocation to Departments under the...
    • Garda Stations
      187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a car park will be constructed at a Garda station (details supplied); if funding has been approved for the project; and if he will...
    • Flood Risk Management
      188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a river in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3995/19]
    • Employment Rights
      189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration is being given to extending the right to work up to 70 years of age, which now applies to public servants and employees...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital projects that will be delayed or deferred across all Departments due to the cost overruns of the national children’s...
    • Legislative Process
      191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the legislation, including heads of Bills, from his Department that has been sent to EU institutions before its publication for the...
    • Public Service Stability Agreement
      192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the benefits to existing public service pensioners under the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020; and if he will make a...
    • Public Procurement Regulations
      193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department was informed by the Department of Health that the normal procurement process for State projects was changed to a...
    • Brexit Expenditure
      194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the additional State expenditures in 2019 which will be incurred by necessity to fully implement the proposed omnibus miscellaneous...
    • Land Ownership
      195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason landowners who farm or live along the bank of the River Shannon are being offered the opportunity to purchase land that they...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Departmental Funding
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of emergency funding for remedial works at a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a unit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3732/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of a school building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3742/19]
    • Teacher Secondment
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason secondary school teachers who are seconded for training on the new junior cycle are required to use the nearest education centre as a...
    • School Expulsions
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an expulsion can be expunged from a person's school record. [3747/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of a new school (details supplied) for Balbriggan, County Dublin; the stage the project is at; when construction will commence on...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the delivery of sufficient classrooms in a school (details supplied) for the new school year in September 2019; and if he...
    • School Playgrounds
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for funding to repair its school yard; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position of a person (details supplied) on a waiting list for a specific school; and when the person will be accommodated. [3843/19]
    • School Staff
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3851/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Kildare will be funded in order to develop an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, unit; the procedure the...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the roll-out of broadband to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3913/19]
    • Child Abuse
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Private Member's motion to ensure that all victims of child sex abuse whose perpetrators have been convicted can seek redress...
    • Third Level Institutions
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to allow a college (details supplied) use the designation of university. [3926/19]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      213. 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. [3993/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a special needs assistant, SNA, in school; and if an application has been made to request...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4020/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) in County Clare to provide an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, unit; and if he...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to concerns of parents of children and staff at a school (details supplied) regarding accommodation for children...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the change to the deadline for applying to Teastas Eorpach na Gaeilge resulted in some...
    • State Examinations Commission
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the legal controversy regarding the award of a contract for online marking by the State Examinations Commission; his plans to...
    • School Catchment Areas
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body that decides the catchment area for secondary schools; and the catchment area in respect of primary schools for a school...
    • School Management
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure for the removal of clergy who have not resigned or become ineligible to serve by patrons from school boards of management following...
    • Education Grants
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the non-mainstream music education bursary scheme will be available in 2019; if so, when the scheme will be open to applicants; and if he will...
    • School Accommodation
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants available and the criteria to qualify for such grants to primary schools for the development of classrooms, multi-purpose rooms and...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 17 January 2019 and circular 0058/2006 from his Department, if clarification will be provided...
    • School Staff
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a third teacher will be allocated to a school (details supplied) for the September 2019 school year; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • DEIS Eligibility
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the DEIS scheme will be expanded to additional schools in County Donegal on foot of a recent report which found a significant gap between DEIS...
    • Third Level Funding
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his position on the future funding of third level education; if student loans will be ruled out as a means of raising funding for the sector; the...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of negotiations with primary school teachers on pay equality issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4190/19]
    • School Services Staff
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the issue of pay inequality with regard to school secretaries will be addressed; if he has met with representatives in an effort to resolve...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SNA cover will be arranged for a child (details supplied) from within the existing number of SNAs in the school. [4202/19]
    • Summer Works Scheme Eligibility
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available to surface the car park at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4238/19]
    • Legislative Process
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the legislation, including heads of Bills, from his Department which has been sent to EU institutions before its publication for the period of...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a submission by a group (details supplied) in County Kildare regarding the provision of an education campus;...
    • Summer Works Scheme
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when details of the summer works scheme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4302/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an education campus development (details supplied) in County Cork; the position with planning permission for the project;...
    • School Accommodation
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the works necessary for the phase I and phase II additional accommodation and improvement works at a school (details supplied) have now been...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4343/19]
    • State Examinations
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason registration for external candidates for the leaving certificate is not open on the website of the State Examinations Commission in...
    • Minor Works Scheme
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 6 December 2018, the reason an application by a school (details supplied) was not approved; the...
    • Schools Facilities
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to expedite an application by a school (details supplied) for AFD facilities and a science room; and if he will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry for additional accommodation; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Road Traffic Accidents Data
      246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of accidents at roundabouts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3706/19]
    • Citizenship Applications
      247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria for applying for citizenship; the associated cost of same; if there are concessions for old age pensioners such as...
    • Visa Applications
      248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the type of visa a non-EEA citizen can apply for to visit Ireland in the case of an Irish citizen who is getting married to a...
    • Prison Accommodation
      249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that on 4 July 2018 there were 314 prisoners detained in Cork prison which has a...
    • Garda Deployment
      250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in Santry Garda station in each of the past ten years in tabular form. [3782/19]
    • Garda Stations
      251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider the provision of a new Garda station for the Castletroy and Annacotty suburb of Limerick city (details...
    • Garda Policing Plans
      252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the redundancy programme for An Garda Síochána as recommended by the Commission on the Future of Policing in...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for naturalisation will be reconsidered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of injury warrants issued historically by his Department and-or the Irish Prison Service; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will liaise with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to ensure that an official bus stop is put in place at a...
    • Garda Equipment
      256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional horse boxes purchased in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019 for the Garda mounted...
    • Deportation Orders
      257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of a case pursuant to section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended, in the case...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bilateral meetings he has had with his EU counterparts over the past six months; and if he will make a statement...
    • Garda Youth Diversion Projects
      259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received the report by An Garda Síochána relating to youth diversion programme referrals from July 2010 to...
    • Inspector of Prisons
      262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 22 January 2019, if a list of previous members of the advisory group to the Office...
    • Citizenship Status
      263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the circumstances in which the citizenship of a minor can be cancelled in cases in which a passport is issued to a person born...
    • Victim Support Services
      264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the size of the recent funding allocation for an organisation (details supplied); and the way in which it is to be used. [4201/19]
    • Legislative Process
      265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legislation, including heads of Bills, from his Department that has been sent to EU institutions before publication for the...
    • Asylum Applications Data
      266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protection applicants residing in emergency beds by location; the number of single males; the number of single...
    • Crime Data
      267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bicycles stolen in each DMR in each of the years 2016 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Immigration Status
      268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a passport for a person (details supplied) in County Cork in direct provision will be returned; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
      269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has given further consideration to the establishment of a full public inquiry or commission of investigation into the...
    • Refugee Status Applications
      270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for delays in issuing correspondence to those granted refugee or International Protection Office status; and if he...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Trade Relations
      271. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which the international community can be influenced to avoid trade wars which can result in major inequality; and if she...
    • Brexit Supports
      272. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applicants and participants in all Brexit schemes and supports provided by her Department or agencies under her remit;...
    • Jobs Protection
      275. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to protect businesses and jobs here at EU level with respect to upcoming EU-USA trade discussions on a...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      276. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of complaints lodged with the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission regarding gift vouchers in each of the years...
    • Work Permits Applications
      278. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason a work permit application was refused in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Brexit Issues
      279. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she remains satisfied with infrastructure under the remit of her Department in the case of a no-deal Brexit or...
    • Brexit Supports
      280. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the uptake of the various schemes by businesses to prepare for Brexit, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Project Ireland 2040
      282. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if e-hubs will be provided for entrepreneurship and start-ups in each county in view of her goal under Project Ireland 2040; the...
    • Enterprise Data
      283. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the investment made in County Louth and in the old Drogheda borough region, respectively, by agencies (details supplied) in each of...
    • Company Registration
      284. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will clarify the appeals process on rejection of an application (details supplied) from the Companies Registration Office. [4091/19]
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Data
      286. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of patents successfully lodged by indigenous small and medium enterprises, SMEs, in each year since 2011; the number of...
    • Legislative Process
      287. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the legislation, including heads of Bills, from her Department that has been sent to EU institutions before publication for the period...
    • Consumer Protection
      288. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the regulatory regime for the placement of children’s toys on the market here; her plans to update the standards; and if she...
    • Work Permits Applications
      289. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when a work permit application by a company (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4397/19]
  • Department of Health
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      290. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that exist for the cultivation of cannabis plants for use in medicinal products here; if no provisions are in place, his plans for such...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      291. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) waiting more than two years will be assessed for cataract surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3901/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      293. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter regarding staffing at a factory (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3714/19]
    • Hospitals Data
      294. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cataract surgeries cancelled nationally by hospital in each of the years 2016 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      295. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ENT surgeries cancelled for children nationally by hospital in each of the years 2016 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
      299. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list; and the number waiting fewer than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months,...
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      300. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy first time assessment waiting list in each local health office area; the number waiting fewer than four, four...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      304. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received an appointment in Monaghan Hospital. [3731/19]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      305. To ask the Minister for Health if emergency funding will be allocated to assist with the provision of home help hours (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3738/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      306. To ask the Minister for Health the reason women, particularly in Counties Cavan and Monaghan, are waiting in excess of four months for the cervical screening results; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      307. To ask the Minister for Health when a hospital appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied). [3741/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      308. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reopen a facility (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3757/19]
    • National Children's Hospital
      309. To ask the Minister for Health the private companies and consultancies that have been paid for the tendering and procurement process of the national children's hospital; and the amount paid...
    • Vaccination Programme
      310. To ask the Minister for Health the reason HIQA in its HTA report on extending the HPV vaccine to boys published in December 2018 used a Norwegian definition of a serious adverse reaction...
    • Audiology Services Provision
      312. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration given to moving audiology services to a qualified provider system that would assist with the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Audiology Services Data
      313. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the waiting list for audiology tests nationally and in County Kildare; the waiting times in the different areas; the progress being made on same;...
    • Hospital Services
      314. To ask the Minister for Health when DEXA scanning will resume at Naas General Hospital; if a register of patients who have had their appointments postponed has been recorded; and if these...
    • Transport Support Scheme
      315. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress in regard to introducing the new transport support scheme to replace the removal of the mobility allowance and motorised transport...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      316. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [3793/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      317. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation for a person (details supplied) will be carried out. [3794/19]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Services Expenditure
      318. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available for IVF treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3809/19]
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      319. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reviewing the bring them home campaign initiated in 2015 in order to offer a more attractive and a wider suite of measures for recruiting...
    • Departmental Meetings
      320. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the open policy forum that took place on 15 November 2018 with the Departments of Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, his Department...
    • Medical Products
      321. To ask the Minister for Health if further information will be provided on Ireland’s membership of the BeNeLuxA initiative; the number of meetings he and his officials attended as part...
    • Abortion Services Provision
      322. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the management at the Coombe hospital followed the guidelines in the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 for a...
    • Hospital Charges
      323. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 157 of 13 December 2017, 121 of 24 January 2018, 242 of 5 July 2018 and 576 of 18 September 2018, the position...
    • Mental Health Services
      324. To ask the Minister for Health his views on phone applications such as an application (details supplied); his further views on encouraging and supporting persons who wish to use these...
    • HSE Expenditure
      325. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the HSE has spent on correspondence issued through its legal team to organisations (details supplied) on union recognition. [3825/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      326. 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. [3829/19]
    • Patient Data
      327. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults, respectively, who have no fixed abode or address and who are designated homeless, who attended Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital...
    • HSE Reports
      328. To ask the Minister for Health when the implementation plan for the recommendations set out in the report of the chief medical officer in regard to the use of vaginal mesh will be published;...
    • Industrial Disputes
      330. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries and procedures being postponed or cancelled in anticipation of the proposed strike by nurses at the end of January 2019. [3849/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      333. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); when the person can expect an appointment in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin; and...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      334. To ask the Minister for Health when Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be commenced. [3871/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      335. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by an organisation (details supplied) for capital funding to redevelop a training facility for adults with intellectual...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      336. To ask the Minister for Health the protocol for receiving patients transferred from general practitioner surgeries by ambulance to the psychiatric unit in Letterkenny University Hospital for...
    • Suicide Bereavement Support
      338. To ask the Minister for Health the community-based suicide support services in place in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3883/19]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      339. To ask the Minister for Health if the overrun in the projected cost of building the national children’s hospital will not delay the timeframe for delivery of the modular 60-bed unit...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      340. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocation for the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics in each of the years 2016 to 2019, in tabular form; the number of staff in the centre; and...
    • General Practitioner Data
      341. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners participating in the general practitioner visit card scheme for those under six years of age in the Dublin 5, 13 and 17...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      342. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the €667 million capital expenditure in health in 2019, by project, in tabular form. [3928/19]
    • Health Services Data
      343. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients with no fixed address discharged from all public hospitals at the end of December 2018 or on the latest date available; and the number...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      345. To ask the Minister for Health the construction inflation which he and the HSE are taking into account in terms of the acute hospital capital programme announced in 2018 in the context of...
    • Disability Services Provision
      346. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive services from the multidisciplinary team at a service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3954/19]
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      347. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Brexit medicines working group and the Brexit medicines plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3990/19]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      349. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be approved home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3994/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      350. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding houses under HSE ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3996/19]
    • Vaccination Programme
      351. To ask the Minister for Health if the vaccine for meningitis will be provided to young children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3997/19]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      352. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding recruitment and appointments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4002/19]
    • Abortion Services Provision
      353. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case in which a woman has been denied access to an abortion in the Coombe maternity hospital, Dublin; if he has...
    • Hospitals Data
      354. To ask the Minister for Health the activity levels at Mallow General Hospital for elective and non-elective surgeries and for acute medical interventions in each of the years 2015 to 2017,...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical and surgical consultant posts assigned to Mallow General Hospital; and the range of disciplines to which these posts are assigned. [4015/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      356. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4018/19]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      358. To ask the Minister for Health if the full support required via home help can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4027/19]
    • Hospitals Data
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patient discharges from hospitals in which patients were discharged to no fixed abode or address in each of the years 2011 to 2018, in tabular...
    • General Practitioner Services
      360. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address general practitioners charging medical card holders €25 for blood tests; the steps he will take to address general...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      361. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment at WUH urology department will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [4056/19]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      362. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for orthodontic care which was requested in October 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      364. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will undergo an assessment for autism spectrum disorder; the intervention services available for the child; and...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Data
      365. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GMS general practitioners in Dublin 15; the number of GMS general practitioners per CHO group nationally; the breakdown by population in this...
    • Industrial Disputes
      366. To ask the Minister for Health if he and the HSE will engage with a union (details supplied) to resolve the ongoing issues which have led to paramedics going on strike. [4072/19]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      367. To ask the Minister for Health the other departmental capital budgets that will see funding cuts in order to compensate for the overrun for the new children’s hospital in 2019; the...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      369. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant cardiologist whole-time equivalent posts in place in UHW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4082/19]
    • Hospital Consultant Contracts
      371. To ask the Minister for Health if enhanced cardiac care was provided at UHW on Saturday and Sunday whether the current consultant cardiologists employed at UHW under their current contracts...
    • Hospital Services
      373. To ask the Minister for Health if the mobile unit located at UHW which provides diagnostic cardiac care is capable of delivering PPCI intervention care in its current format; and if he will...
    • HSE Reviews
      376. To ask the Minister for Health the expected completion date of the national review for cardiac services being undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4089/19]
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the average and longest ambulance response times for each of the past five years in each of the eight health ambulance regions. [4098/19]
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      378. To ask the Minister for Health the projected cost escalation for the national children’s hospital since October 2018; the manner in which the cost overrun will be spread over the...
    • Respite Care Services
      379. To ask the Minister for Health when the in loco parentis principle will be addressed in respect of the provision of respite care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4105/19]
    • Respite Care Services Data
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day and overnight respite care sessions provided in 2017 compared to 2018, by CHO and LHO in tabular form. [4106/19]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      381. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will fund treatment for a person (details supplied) in London in view of the fact that the treatment is not available here; if the matter will be...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      382. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include more organisations such as an organisation (details supplied) under the section 39 agency pay restoration; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      383. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4139/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      384. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect a hospital appointment. [4144/19]
    • HSE Staff Remuneration
      385. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who entered a new contract with the HSE and commenced work on 9 November 2018 will receive payment for working duties; his...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      387. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied). [4156/19]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      388. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons treated for gambling addiction in each of the years 2015 to 2018, by age range, gender and the geographical location in which they were...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      389. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of the rehabilitation unit at Roscommon University Hospital; when planning will be submitted for the project; the overall capital...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      392. To ask the Minister for Health if the capital commitment for the comprehensive upgrade of hospitals (details supplied) is secure and will not be subject to a review in view of the capital...
    • Health Insurance Cover
      393. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to prohibit health insurers from excluding model 2 public hospitals for elective procedures; his views on whether it is acceptable...
    • HSE Properties
      394. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made regarding the use of a building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4186/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      395. To ask the Minister for Health if the location of a service (details supplied) has been confirmed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4193/19]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      396. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with a consultant from CAMHS; the average waiting time for same; and if he will make a statement...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      398. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents in Cork city and county on a waiting list for CAMHS services; the length of time they have been waiting in bands of...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) must wait for cataract surgery; the average wait time for such surgery in County Limerick; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      400. To ask the Minister for Health the number of unannounced missed hospital appointments at Sligo University Hospital and St. Patrick's hospital, Carrick-on-Shannon, respectively, in 2017 and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting lists for eye appointments, including outpatients and inpatients, and procedures to be carried out in County Laois; the...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the status of, and if he will address, the ongoing respite crisis for families in County Cavan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the reason suitably qualified counsellors and psychotherapists cannot be facilitated with special type consultation, special service or out of hours payment...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      404. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the implementation of the changes to the fair deal scheme agreed some months ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4217/19]
    • Disability Services Funding
      405. To ask the Minister for Health when 2019 budget allocations will be made known to the charitable disability organisations in order that a person (details supplied) with a disability can take...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      406. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in receipt of the fair deal nursing home support grant was billed after the person...
    • Medical Card Drugs Availability
      407. To ask the Minister for Health the reason certain medications have been taken off the medical card scheme list of medications for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [4220/19]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      408. To ask the Minister for Health if access under the long-term illness scheme will be expanded to include all persons with ulcerative colitis; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      409. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) with a diagnosis of cancer will be refunded the cost of the chemotherapy drugs which the person incurred during an application...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      410. To ask the Minister for Health if the finance required to progress the proposed second catheterisation laboratory project at University Hospital Waterford to design, planning and...
    • Hospital Facilities
      411. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment has been made as to whether the modular catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford could be upgraded to both diagnostic and...
    • Health Services Provision
      412. To ask the Minister for Health if recommended timelines for the provision of additional facilities or staff contained in the national review of cardiology services scheduled to be completed...
    • Legislative Process
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the legislation, including heads of Bills, from his Department which has been sent to EU institutions before publication for the period of the 32nd Dáil;...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      414. To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests made by general practitioners on behalf of patients seeking to have lidocaine plasters made available through the community drugs scheme...
    • Disability Services Provision
      416. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); the requirements in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4273/19]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Administration
      417. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used by Louth and Meath child and adolescent mental health services to accept a child into the service. [4276/19]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
      421. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents on the Louth and Meath child and adolescent mental health services waiting list that are classified as either emergency,...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
      422. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels in the Louth and Meath child and adolescent mental health services by staff category (details supplied) in tabular form; the approved...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
      423. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of the out-of-hours service provided by the Louth and Meath child and adolescent mental health services for children and families in crisis. [4282/19]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
      424. To ask the Minister for Health the number of appointments seen on a daily basis by each of the professional categories (details supplied) in the Louth and Meath child and adolescent mental...
    • Vaccination Programme Data
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in each CHO area that have received the meningitis B vaccine privately through their general practitoner or pharmacist born before 1...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      429. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to reduce the waiting list and waiting time for home support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4301/19]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      430. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be no delay in providing a new health facility at a location (details supplied) in view of the cost overruns on the construction of the national...
    • National Children's Hospital
      431. To ask the Minister for Health if projects in an area (details supplied) will be delayed or deferred due to overruns on the capital budget of the national children's hospital; and if he will...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      433. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of 335 positive BRCA results that were processed at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; his plans to review the 3,500 negative...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      434. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the vacant post of consultant psychiatrist at a medical centre (details supplied) to be filled; when full mental health services will be...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      435. To ask the Minister for Health the avenues available to support a person (details supplied) in receiving funding to pay a nursing home bill which accumulated over four weeks while awaiting...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the number of repeat cervical smear tests conducted since May 2018 that are now invalid owing to delays in assessing them; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Traveller Community
      437. To ask the Minister for Health when he envisages the publication of the national Traveller health action plan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4340/19]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      438. To ask the Minister for Health if the commitment to have acute mental health beds returned to County Tipperary will be impacted by the overrun in the national children's hospital project;...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      439. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the concerns raised by many clinical pharmacists regarding the draft statutory instrument he has published to implement the falsified medicine...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      440. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement measures to ensure the provision of adequate mental health services and supports for homeless persons; his further plans to ensure that...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the reason pioglitazone remains an approved drug under the GMS for the treatment of diabetes in view of the fact that the US Food and Drug Administration has...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      442. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the project to renovate St. Patrick's Hospital, Cashel; the timeline for the project; if the capital project will be affected by the overrun on...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      443. To ask the Minister for Health the monthly timeline of each notification of cost increase that was provided to him by the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board regarding the...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      444. To ask the Minister for Health if the planned primary healthcare centre (details supplied) in County Wicklow and its services or facilities are at risk of delay or cancellation due to the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      445. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4418/19]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      446. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 23 January 2019, the location of the additional 240 beds in the past 12 months by hospital in tabular form. [4420/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      447. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is on a waiting list for a residential placement; if so, the position of the person on the waiting list; and if...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a non-payment to persons (details supplied) will be investigated in view of the fact they have been informed that all...
    • Fisheries Protection
      449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if illegal commercial fishing activities by visitors to an area (details supplied) in County Kerry will be investigated; and if he...
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme
      450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2018 and 2019 sheep welfare scheme will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if lands (details supplied) not included under the designation of eligible townlands for the 2019 areas of natural constraint scheme...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Data
      452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of 2018 BPS applicants by county; the number who received payments; the amount of expenditure in payments in 2017, by...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria used to classify farmers as eligible or ineligible for scheme payments in Pillar 1 and 2; and if the number of eligible...
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who applied to schemes (details supplied) in 2018; the number of eligible and ineligible participants,...
    • Animal Welfare
      456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the concerns raised regarding the welfare of dogs in a location (details supplied); if his...
    • GLAS Payments
      457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4094/19]
    • Legislative Process
      460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legislation, including heads of Bills, from his Department which has been sent to EU institutions before publication for the...
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4267/19]
    • Felling Licences
      463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria to seek an extension to a felling licence; the appeals mechanism based on hardship grounds in cases in which the person...
    • Agriculture Scheme Penalties
      464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of administrative and on-farm inspection penalties issued under the ANC and BPS in each of the years 2015 to 2018; and if...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Carbon Budget
      465. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to produce a five year carbon budget for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4321/19]
    • Warmer Homes Scheme Eligibility
      466. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an anomaly will be addressed by which persons who have previously had their attics insulated by the SEAI under the...
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      467. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the options open to secure landline, mobile telephone and broadband services for a property (details supplied) in...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      468. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the national broadband plan; when an area (details supplied) will have full broadband cover; and...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      469. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband will be made available to a location (details supplied) in County Cork; if the location will benefit...
    • Renewable Heat Incentive
      470. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the opening of the second phase of the renewable heat support scheme; and if he will make a...
    • National Broadband Plan Administration
      471. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the property at a location (details supplied) is included as part of the national broadband plan; the timeframe for...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      472. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to rectify the 29 mobile telephone black spots as identified by Tipperary County Council in view of the...
    • Legislative Process
      473. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the legislation, including heads of Bills, from his Department which has been sent to EU institutions before...
    • Illegal Dumping
      474. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding spent to combat illegal dumping nationally in each of the years 2016 to 2018, in tabular form;...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Legislative Measures
      476. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when legislation on drones (details supplied) will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3798/19]
    • Brexit Issues
      477. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the preparations made at the Port of Cork in the event of a no-deal Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3813/19]
    • Taxi Data
      478. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of registered taxis and hackneys by area in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3707/19]
    • Departmental Funding
      479. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the subsidies available to shipping companies registered here; their purpose; and their cost. [3708/19]
    • Airport Security
      480. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 227 of 16 January 2019, the reason a recommendation from a contracted auditor for the removal of...
    • Road Network
      485. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a crash barrier will be erected outside a property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3762/19]
    • Road Projects Status
      486. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position in which the Cork and Limerick motorway is tiered on a priority list with the Macroom bypass and the Dunkettle interchange....
    • Bus Services
      487. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a bus shelter will be installed at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3811/19]
    • Public Transport Initiatives
      488. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated amount it would cost to adopt free public transport on Cork city orbital routes on the bus network for holders of Leap...
    • Transport Policy
      489. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided for independent expert assistance to resident groups seeking to understand or amend the BusConnects...
    • Greenways Development
      492. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the projected expenditure of €53 million on the development of new rural greenways in each of the years 2019, 2020...
    • Road Projects Status
      493. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Limerick to Waterford primary route, the N24, was identified by Transport...
    • Public Transport Fares
      494. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person aged under 18 years of age and older than 16 years of age must pay the full adult price despite being a student in...
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      495. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the work being carried out on the M7 is on budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3873/19]
    • Public Transport
      496. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that has been allocated to the BusConnects project in County Galway; and the status of the plan. [3887/19]
    • Bus Éireann Fleet
      497. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the new Bus Éireann low floor buses allocated by the National Transport Authority to city services have a different...
    • Road Safety
      499. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that lights at key junctions along the M6 and the M7 have been dimmed; and his views on...
    • Bus Services
      500. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an official bus stop will be put in place at a location (details supplied). [3918/19]
    • Proposed Legislation
      501. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the large public service vehicles Bill will be brought forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3920/19]
    • Road Projects Status
      502. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the northern relief road for Mallow, County Cork, will begin construction. [4012/19]
    • Park and Ride Facilities
      503. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the need for a park and ride facility on the M1 at two interchanges (details supplied) at which cars...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      504. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the funding allocations for the sports capital programme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4197/19]
    • Bus Services
      505. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA will be requested to investigate potential route changes of an outsourced service (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Process
      506. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legislation, including heads of Bills, from his Department which has been sent to EU institutions before publication for the period...
    • Rail Services Provision
      507. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of completing phase two of the Navan rail line. [4327/19]
    • Public Transport Subsidies
      508. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the subvention provided to Iarnród Éireann, Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus and Luas in 2018; and the amount planned to be...
    • Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles
      510. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications made to the grant scheme for wheelchair accessible vehicles in 2018; and the number of those applications...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      511. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times he has met with each of the agencies and companies under the aegis of his Department in the past year, in tabular...
    • Rail Network
      512. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided to Iarnród Éireann under the infrastructure management multi-annual contract in each year since 2006. [4332/19]
    • Sports Funding
      513. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if emergency funding will be made available to repair the crack in the surface at the throwing circle in a stadium (details supplied) to...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Illegal Adoptions
      514. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 58 of 22 January 2019, the percentage of the 126 persons with illegal birth registrations adopted...
    • Early Years Sector
      515. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the planned changes to school-age care; the rationale for the 12:1 staff-to-child ratio in view of the fact that primary-age children are...
    • Youth Work Projects Funding
      516. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which a project (details supplied) in Dublin 11 is funded by her Department; when she last visited the project; and if she will...
    • Child Protection
      517. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla has a written policy on the use of section 13 of the Child Care Act 1991 (details supplied) regarding a newborn infant; and if she...
    • Children in Care
      518. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children taken into care under sections 12, 13 or 17 of the Child Care Act 1991, in cases in which the child was under 30...
    • Child and Family Agency Policy
      519. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla has a written policy for engaging with parents with disabilities in the context of childcare proceedings. [3957/19]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      520. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if other sites similar to Tuam have been identified by her Department as necessitating excavations in which the potential for the presence...
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme
      521. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the potential impact of the introduction of the affordable childcare scheme on community services providing the community childcare...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
      522. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding provided for the early childhood care and education scheme in 2018 and 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      523. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated annual cost of providing an additional two hours of free preschool education through the early childhood care and education...
    • Legislative Process
      524. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the legislation, including heads of Bills, from her Department that have been sent to EU institutions before their publication for the...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      525. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if legislation will be brought forward to amend the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 to provide for a redress function to...
    • Youth Services Funding
      526. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding will be restored to local youth groups to 2008 levels in order to prevent the return of the stigmatisation that was experienced...
    • Child Protection
      527. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of actions arising from an audit (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4370/19]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Community Services Programme Funding
      528. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the rural community affair, Pobal, regarding CSP funding; and the date of its implementation. [4050/19]
    • Walks Scheme
      529. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when he plans to reopen the rural walks scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3712/19]
    • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
      531. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3743/19]
    • Rural Recreation Policy
      533. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the timeline for the roll-out of the Bill to protect landowners from claims by hill walkers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding
      534. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the moneys allocated specifically for projects in Mallow town by a partnership (details supplied) in each of the years 2012 to 2019;...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      536. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 1013 of 15 January 2019, if he will provide a schedule (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Local Improvement Scheme Funding
      537. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional funding will be provided for the local improvement scheme to local authorities particularly in counties Sligo, Leitrim,...
    • Seniors Alert Scheme
      538. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if grants are available for the provision of house alarms for those over 65 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • LEADER Programmes Expenditure
      539. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated to each local action group, LAG, under the 2014 to 2020 LEADER programme; the amount expended under the programme...
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      540. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated to each local authority under the town and village renewal scheme in each year since it was established; the...
    • Departmental Funding
      541. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the allocation of funding per scheme administered by his Department in counties Sligo and Leitrim in each of the years 2016 to 2018...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      542. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details and locations of each of the 64 mapped local mobile telephone black spots in County Galway in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Legislative Process
      543. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the legislation, including heads of Bills, from his Department that was sent to EU institutions before publication for the period of...
    • LEADER Programmes Expenditure
      544. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital expenditure to date of LEADER projects in County Donegal as per the LEADER programme 2014 to 2020; the projects allocated...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Personal Micro Credit Scheme
      546. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a credit union incurs the loss of a loan (details supplied), whether the loan defaults and is not repaid; if not, whether...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      547. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a jobseeker's allowance payment for a person (details supplied) has been reduced; if the file will be reviewed in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Payments
      548. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has had her disability allowance cut; and the status of an...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      549. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding an illness benefit claim by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [3785/19]
    • Brexit Issues
      550. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that have been put in place to ensure that residents here who are recipients of British pensions will be able to...
    • Community Employment Schemes Review
      551. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if clarification will be provided on the purpose of the establishment of an interdepartmental group aimed at examining the...
    • JobPath Programme
      552. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork has sufficient PRSI contributions to qualify for illness benefit. [3826/19]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Payments
      554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if discrepancies in payments to a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if legislation was amended to enable persons working one day per week to avail of local community employment schemes, such as...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in the case; and if she will make a...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the provisions of the Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Act 2018 will be applied to supervisors of...
    • Departmental Staff
      561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the number of staff based in Kilbarrack and Coolock, Dublin 5, will be increased; the grades that will be assigned to...
    • Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
      562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if asylum seekers who have completed a first year of a course of study in a higher education institution under the sanctuary...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4003/19]
    • Social Welfare Code
      564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 202 and 274 of 3 May 2017, Nos. 112, 170, 226 and 253 of 4 October 2018 and No. 215...
    • EU Directives
      565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the transposition into law of the EU directive on the activities and supervision of institutions for...
    • JobPath Data
      566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of JobPath participants who have taken up another scheme (details supplied) as permitted since June 2018; and if...
    • JobPath Programme
      569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to research carried out by Waterford Institute of Technology into JobPath following...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1118 of 15 January 2019, the value or purpose of allocating credited contributions from...
    • Security of the Elderly
      571. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if grants are available for the provision of house alarms for those over 65 years of age; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the employment contributions in respect of an application for illness benefit by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Data
      573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who applied for hearing aids under the treatment benefit scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of a small UK pension is entitled to the living alone and fuel allowances;...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for irregular payment amounts of illness benefit to a person (details supplied). [4200/19]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Legislative Process
      578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the legislation, including heads of Bills, from her Department that was sent to EU institutions before publication for the...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will give consideration to backdating the arrears payments to pensioners affected by the budget 2012 rate band changes...
    • Departmental Schemes
      580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the compulsory retirement age to 70 for those on community employment and job initiative schemes; and...
    • Local Employment Service
      581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the preliminary work completed on tendering for the local employment service; her plans to commence a tender process for the...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the amount of tax paid is not allowed as a deduction in terms of the calculation of means in respect of a person...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      586. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated towards the repair and refurbishment of local authority housing in budgets 2016 to 2019; the amount...
    • Housing Estates
      587. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no staff member in Louth County Council assigned to deal with taking...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      588. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the delay in allocating funding for housing grant aid schemes for Cavan and Monaghan county councils; and if he...
    • Seaweed Harvesting Licences
      589. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 1 May 2018, when the issue will be resolved; when applicants will be informed...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      590. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the cost rental pilot project has gone to tender; when construction is due to commence; the number of units due to be...
    • Commercial Rates Data
      591. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount collected from commercial rates levied on businesses here by local authorities in each of the years 2011 to 2018...
    • Water Charges Yield
      592. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount collected from water charges levied on businesses here by local authorities in each of the years 2011 to 2018; the...
    • Development Contributions
      594. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the most recent details available on the amount of unpaid development levies due to each of the local authorities; and if he...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      595. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the affordable housing scheme as proposed in 2018 will be put in place nationally; the reason for the delay in...
    • Valuation Office
      596. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 574 of 19 December 2018, if the Valuation Office is acting to meet international best...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      597. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of second-hand houses bought by each local authority in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in...
    • Emergency Accommodation Data
      598. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons accommodated in hotels and bed and breakfast accommodation by each local authority in each of the years...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      599. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of children accommodated by each local authority each year from 2011 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Regeneration Projects
      601. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of plans for the regeneration of a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3878/19]
    • Fire Safety
      602. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the outstanding fire safety works being completed at residential complexes nationally; the status of the remedial works; his...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      603. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 has yet to be commenced; his plans to commence the...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      604. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when further funding for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme will be issued to local authorities, in particular Kildare...
    • Architects Register
      605. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has the statutory powers or discretion to grant professional accreditation to an architect who is not registered with an...
    • Water Meters Data
      606. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of the public water supply metered on a residential basis in County Cork. [4010/19]
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      607. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses that will be built by the local authority or its agents in County Cork in 2019. [4011/19]
    • Disability Support Services
      608. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons who have a disability accessing homeless services; his plans to publish a national housing strategy for...
    • Local Authority Housing Rents
      609. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his policy on the removal of local authority rent caps; if there is a correlation between RAS caps and social housing rent...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      610. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority homes that will be targeted for energy retrofitting per year with the roll-out of phase two of...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      611. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the stage 3 application from Mayo County Council for the pilot remediation project in north County Mayo has been received;...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme
      612. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to increase awareness of the mortgage to rent scheme among local authority staff, public...
    • Legislative Process
      613. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legislation, including heads of Bills, from his Department that were sent to EU institutions before publication for the...
    • Local Authority Management
      614. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1121 of 15 January 2019, when the terms of office of the chief executive officers...
    • Building Regulations
      615. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if building regulations will ensure that all new houses and apartments being built nationally will be zero carbon; and if he...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      616. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the appeals process in place when a person applies for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan and meets the criteria regarding...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      617. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to add amendments to the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 to protect those renting in a development in circumstances...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Boat Permits
      618. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the procedure to be taken on a matter (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3907/19]
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service Staff
      619. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff working in the National Parks and Wildlife Service as of 1 January 2017, 1 January 2018 and 1 January 2019, in...
    • Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
      620. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhféadfadh sí cur leis an bhfreagra a fuair mé ón Aire Oideachas agus Scileanna ar an gceist a chuir...
    • Arts Funding
      621. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the procedure for applying for national lottery arts grants. [4062/19]
    • Legislative Process
      622. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the legislative measures, including heads of Bills, from her Department which have been sent to EU institutions before their...

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