Written answers
Wednesday, 30 January 2019
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Witness Protection Programme
33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he or his officials will meet with a State witness of a murder trial to discuss the person's concerns about the witness...
- Sex Offenders Treatment Programme
43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the fact that the uptake in the Building Better Lives programme for sexual offenders is decreasing year on year; if...
- Illicit Trade
44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration is being given to the implementation of additional measures to counteract cross-Border criminality with...
- Firearms Seizures
45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken by An Garda Síochána to seize and eliminate illegal guns following recent gun crime especially...
- Road Safety
46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress being made by the cross-agency group on the issue of illegal use of scramblers and quad bikes; the outcome of this...
- Garda Expenditure
47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the proposed capital expenditure by An Garda Síochána in County Cork in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Direct Provision Data
48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints made to the Ombudsman by those in direct provision regarding the actions of accommodation centres; if...
- Asylum Seeker Accommodation
49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the housing of asylum seekers in Moville, County Donegal, in view of arson attacks on direct provision centres in...
- Brexit Issues
50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the contingency and scenario planning his Department is undertaking in respect of policing and security matters from a...
- Crime Prevention
51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to commission existing CCTV cameras on motorways for the detection and prevention of crime. [4175/19]
- Garda Stations
52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will request the National Development Finance Agency to implement the public private partnership for the construction of...
- Legislative Programme
53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Judicial Council Bill 2017; when he expects it to progress to Dáil Éireann; the reason for the delay...
- Crime Levels
54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the recent incidents of burglaries and thefts in Cork city over the Christmas 2018 period;...
- International Terrorism
55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on alleged terrorist activities here by a group (details supplied) or sympathisers of same that are using financial...
- Garda Resources
56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if extra funding is being provided for Garda resources in the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division in 2019. [4168/19]
- Legislative Measures
57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recent comments by a union (details supplied) in addition to other bodies on the new domestic violence...
- Legal Services Regulation
58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the scheduled date for the commencement of operations by the legal practitioners’ tribunal in accordance with the Legal...
- Protected Disclosures
59. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to bring forward changes to the manner in which Garda protected disclosures are dealt with; and if he will make a...
- Protected Disclosures Data
60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protected disclosures being dealt with by the IPS; if he is satisfied with the system that is in place; and if he...
- Garda Stations
61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to provide funding for a new Garda station in Carndonagh, County Donegal; the timeframe for same; and if he will make...
- Garda Investigations
62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet with the family of a person (details supplied) killed in a hit and run incident to discuss concerns regarding...
- Brexit Issues
63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the potential threats posed to rights and equality by Brexit have been examined, in particular pertaining to citizenship here...
- Public Order Offences
64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the issue of organised and pre-arranged fights in Fingal and other areas across north County...
- Asylum Support Services
65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the capacity in the international protection and asylum system in the context of recent events; and if he will make...
- Gambling Legislation
66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the report of the working group on gambling; when the report will be brought before Dáil Éireann;...
- Brexit Issues
67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans in place to police the Border in the event of a hard Brexit. [4392/19]
- Bail Law
68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which changes in the law affecting bail have addressed the issue of recidivism with particular reference to the...
- Immigration Policy
69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which he plans to apply the findings from a report (details supplied) which identified a positive shift in public...
- Garda Deployment
70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in County Donegal in each of the past ten years; his plans to allocate additional resources to County...
- Crime Levels
71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 277 of 13 November 2018, if he is satisfied that the system for recording the number of...
- Commission on the Future of Policing Reports
72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress being made on the implementation of recommendations in the policing commission report in respect of obligations to...
- Policing Issues
73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which policing practice here continues to be in accord with best practice throughout Europe, with particular...
- Domestic Violence
74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of domestic violence to the economy per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4178/19]
- Constitutional Amendments
75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to hold referendums in 2019. [4260/19]
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Staff Data
76. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff working in the procurement area for major State infrastructure projects in his Department. [4585/19]
- Military Medals
78. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he has taken to honour the recommendation of a person (details supplied) to award medals to a number of men who served with the UN at...
- Defence Forces Remuneration
79. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the review taking place within the consultation procedure in respect of restoration of the allowances and so on to members of the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Election Monitoring Missions
80. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 59, 60 and 61 of 24 January 2019, if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details...
- Departmental Staff Data
82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff working in the procurement area for major State infrastructure projects in his Department; and if he will make a...
- Brexit Issues
83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are ongoing discussions between Departments and their counterparts in Northern Ireland on preparations for Brexit; and if he will...
- Department of Finance
- Insurance Data
85. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value of pay-outs owed to policyholders retained by insurance companies in each of the years 2016 to 2018, for example, in the form of the...
- VAT Rate Application
86. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4501/19]
- Tax Data
88. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 180 and 181 of 15 January 2019, the number of cases in which inappropriate use of section 949AG of the Taxes...
- Financial Services Regulation
91. To ask the Minister for Finance the requirements banks must follow to fully inform customers of the true cost of cashback and other offers when it comes to mortgages; and if he will make a...
- Brexit Issues
93. To ask the Minister for Finance the macro prudential and consumer protection regulation regarding electronic banking platforms such as a platform (details supplied); the way in which this...
- Credit Card Interest Rates
94. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of customers who do not make credit card repayments before the interest free period expires; the average interest rate charged once the...
- Banking Operations
95. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a bank may refuse to open a regular bank account for an individual; the regulation surrounding such matters; the number of persons in 2018 who were...
- Brexit Issues
96. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to install trade facilitation bays in Border counties in the event of a no-deal Brexit; when he expects these to be operational; and if he will make...
- Departmental Staff Data
98. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff working in the procurement area for major State infrastructure projects in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Revenue Commissioners Enforcement Activity
99. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of the 18,000 construction employment investigations carried out in 2016 which resulted in the €58 million yield to the Exchequer which were...
- Mortgage Data
100. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage switches that have taken place in each year since 2000; the number as a percentage of the overall number of existing mortgages; and if...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Reports
101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process for the preparation of the report mandated under section 3A(6) of the Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Act...
- Public Sector Pay
102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the 1% increase for public sector employees and in public service pensions which has not come in effect; and if...
- Departmental Staff Data
103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff working in the procurement area for major State infrastructure projects in his Department; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Contracts Data
104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the final agreed tender price and the date of the tender for the contract in respect of each capital expenditure project which cost...
- Public Sector Staff Retirements (1 comment)
105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the increase in the compulsory retirement age from 65 to 70 years of age for all pre-2004 public servants and those working in public...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Site Acquisitions
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the delivery of a permanent school site for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4469/19]
- Schools Building Projects Status
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the delivery of a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4471/19]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a SENO has the power to reduce the hours of an existing SNA; if so, the rationale for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- School Accommodation
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) will not have enough classrooms in September 2019; if preparations...
- School Patronage
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the reconfiguration process for primary school patronage; the number of primary schools that have had their patronage changed to...
- Schools Building Projects Status
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new permanent school building for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the reason for the delay in the new building being...
- School Transport Fees
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a partial grant payment will issue to a person (details supplied) for costs incurred due to a SEN service which did not operate for a time...
- Departmental Staff Data
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff working in the procurement area for major State infrastructure projects in his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects Administration
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his officials will be directed to act on the case of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4621/19]
- National Educational Psychological Service Data
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of National Educational Psychological Service assessments allocated to schools annually in the north and south County Tipperary...
- Schools Property
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of the ownership of a school (details supplied). [4641/19]
- School Accommodation
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a proposal under consideration from a school (details supplied) includes an ASD unit. [4642/19]
- Departmental Contracts Data
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the final agreed tender price and the date of the tender for the contract in respect of each capital expenditure project which cost €10...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Prison Visiting Regulations
124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the protocols, guidelines and facilities available to enable male prisoners in Mountjoy Prison have access to their children in...
- Garda Stations
125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in commencing construction of the Sligo regional Garda station for County Sligo; when construction...
- Citizenship Applications
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who has applied for citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in respect of an application to the Irish refugee protection programme humanitarian admissions programme...
- Direct Provision Data
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in direct provision; the number who have been able to open bank accounts to receive direct provision; the...
- Departmental Staff Data
129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff working in the procurement area for major State infrastructure projects in his Department; and if he will...
- Commencement of Legislation
130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the sections of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 not yet commenced will be commenced; if the decision...
- Departmental Contracts Data
131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the final agreed tender price and the date of the tender for the contract in respect of each capital expenditure project which...
- Crime Data
132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of offences committed by perpetrators of all ages while on bail in each of the past five years to date; and if he...
- Bail Law
133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which further restrictions on bail need to be considered in view of statistics available to him; and if he will...
- Crime Data
135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reported attacks on women in each of the past five years to date; the degree to which the perpetrator was known...
- Organised Crime
136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given to proscribing membership of criminal gangs with a view to curtailing their activity in a...
- Juvenile Offenders
137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which juveniles have become involved in or associated with criminal gangs; his plans to address the issue; and if...
- Garda Station Refurbishment
139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the programme for the refurbishment of Garda stations nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which particular attention is paid to ensuring that first time offenders in prison are readily facilitated in...
- Drugs Crime
141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which the most serious and life damaging illegal drugs are becoming available nationally; the extent to which An...
- Garda Strength
142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána including reserve members available for duty at all times nationally; the...
- Gender Balance
143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent of gender balance within An Garda Síochána at all ranks; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Promotions
144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of promotion posts within An Garda Síochána waiting to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Deployment
145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which it is expected to increase the strength of An Garda Síochána at all stations throughout north...
- Garda Station Refurbishment
146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which refurbishment plans are in hand in respect of existing Garda stations in County Kildare or replacement in...
- Prison Service Staff
147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which promotional prospects remain available to prison staff in all prisons nationally; and if he will make a...
- Inspector of Prisons
148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken to give effect to the decision by his predecessor to combine the role of the Inspector of Prisons with...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- IDA Ireland Data
149. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the IDA site visits, investment and jobs created in each of the years 2014 to 2018, by county; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Enterprise Ireland Data
150. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the investment and jobs created by Enterprise Ireland in each of the years 2014 to 2018, by county; and if she will make a statement...
- IDA Ireland Data
151. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 16 January 2019, if she will provide the breakdown as per the format presented in...
- Departmental Staff Data
152. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff working in the procurement area for major State infrastructure projects in her Department; and if she will make a...
- Enterprise Support Schemes
153. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the grant aid available towards the provision of enterprise centres by community groups or local statutory agencies; and if she will...
- IDA Ireland Portfolio
155. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there have been developments regarding the possible location of an inward investment project at a location (details supplied); and...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Services
157. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the roll-out of new national trauma centres, including the planned trauma centre at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital; the deadlines...
- Health Services Staff Remuneration
158. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) was entitled to pay increments from 1983 and pension entitlements arising from the increments in view of the fact the person was...
- Disability Services Provision
159. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 7 November 2018, the progress made in providing the level of care urgently required by a person (details...
- Medical Card Administration
160. To ask the Minister for Health the reason prescriptions issued by hospitals are not valid on medical cards unless reissued by the green form system by the general practitioner of the person;...
- Community Intervention Teams
161. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no tender process was carried out for the appointment of the community intervention team following discharges from Sligo University Hospital; the...
- Hospital Appointments Delays
162. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) will have to wait for an appointment for a pain management consultation in University Hospital Limerick; the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
163. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for surgery in a hospital will take place nearer to home in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointments Administration
164. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an appointment for a person (details supplied) in Louth County Hospital was cancelled. [4479/19]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
165. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4486/19]
- Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
166. To ask the Minister for Health if children who have been referred for orthodontic procedures here and are on a waiting list can have the procedures done under the treatment purchase fund or...
- Health Services Staff Data
167. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dieticians employed by the HSE across the service; the number of dieticians employed by location and-or primary care centre in tabular form; and...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
168. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital admission date will be arranged for a person (details supplied). [4517/19]
- Health Services Staff Data
169. To ask the Minister for Health the turnover of nursing and midwifery staff across the health service over 2017. [4535/19]
- HSE Agency Staff Data
170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of agency nursing and midwifery staff employed in the health system; and the annual cost for agency nursing and midwifery staff in 2017 and 2018,...
- Maternity Services
171. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 18 October 2016, the steps taken since 2017 to address the deficit in midwifery staff in the four largest maternity...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
172. To ask the Minister for Health the status of knee replacement surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4549/19]
- Counselling Services Provision
173. To ask the Minister for Health the reporting mechanisms being used to monitor the successes and shortcomings with regard to the telecounselling service being piloted in south County Wicklow;...
- Departmental Staff Data
175. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff working in the procurement area for major State infrastructure projects in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
176. To ask the Minister for Health the status of orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4588/19]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
177. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4594/19]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
178. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a hearing aid by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4598/19]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
179. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of amending the fees charged under the NHSS to enable nursing home residents with an assessed weekly income of €300 or less...
- Hospital Services
180. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost, current and capital, of providing a mobile catheterisation laboratory for Waterford University Hospital. [4600/19]
- Health Services
181. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year running costs of opening all medical assessment units on a seven day basis. [4601/19]
- Hospital Consultant Recruitment
182. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruiting an extra 500 hospital consultants; and the average estimate for support staff required per consultant. [4602/19]
- Nursing Staff Recruitment
183. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruiting an additional 4,000 nursing staff. [4603/19]
- Prescriptions Charges
184. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of abolishing prescription charges. [4604/19]
- General Practitioner Contracts
185. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of increasing the general practitioner rural practice allowance to €25,000. [4605/19]
- National Maternity Strategy Implementation
186. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of implementing the national maternity strategy. [4606/19]
- Home Help Service Data
187. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of providing an additional 3 million home support hours for older persons. [4607/19]
- Mental Health Services Funding
188. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of completing the recruitment required for the full implementation of A Vision for Change. [4608/19]
- Drugs Payment Scheme Data
189. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of reducing the drug payment threshold to €100. [4609/19]
- Speech and Language Therapy Staff
190. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruiting an additional 200 speech and language therapists. [4610/19]
- Occupational Therapy Staff
191. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruiting an additional 200 occupational therapists. [4611/19]
- Physiotherapy Provision
192. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruiting an additional two hundred physiotherapists. [4612/19]
- Dental Services Staff
193. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruiting an additional 50 dental surgeons. [4613/19]
- Ambulance Service Data
194. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated capital cost of providing an additional emergency ambulance; and the estimated full year costs of additional personnel required for its staffing....
- Disability Services Data
195. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of providing an additional 1.5 million personal assistant hours for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on...
- Home Care Packages Data
196. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of providing an additional 200 intensive home care packages for persons with dementia; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Beds Data
197. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of providing an additional 100 critical care beds. [4617/19]
- Disability Services Data
198. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing an additional 150 inpatient rehabilitation beds. [4618/19]
- Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
199. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4619/19]
- Voluntary Sector Funding
200. To ask the Minister for Health if funding and support will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) to allow it remain open and continue to provide services to the deaf community;...
- Disabilities Assessments
201. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for an initial assessment of need by the HSE under the Disability Act 2005, for local health offices in north and south...
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
204. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list to access CAMHS in counties Galway and Roscommon, respectively; the number of children directly engaged with each...
- Cancer Screening Programmes
205. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CervicalCheck claims that have been through the courts to date that have ended with a settlement with no admission of liability, a settlement...
- Departmental Contracts Data
208. To ask the Minister for Health the final agreed tender price and the date of the tender for the contract in respect of each capital expenditure project which cost €10 million or more...
- Disability Services Provision
209. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans being considered by the HSE to develop a facility (details supplied) in County Donegal; if the project will form part of the approved...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
210. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4690/19]
- Hospital Appointments Delays
211. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for an appointment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4694/19]
- Medical Products
212. To ask the Minister for Health if G5 transmitters for type 1 diabetes will be approved in order to ease the burden for families who have to deal with this condition. [4698/19]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Single Payment Scheme Payments
213. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the single farm payments due for 2008 and 2009 to a person (details supplied) will be issued. [4453/19]
- Brexit Issues
214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has received funding to hire additional staff to carry out sanitary and phytosanitary checks and controls at ports...
- Fur Farming
217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an immediate ban on fur farming will be introduced here on animal welfare and ethical grounds (details supplied); and if he will...
- Forestry Data
218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of forestry felling and planting licence applications awaiting a decision; the details of the backlog; the number of weeks...
- Forestry Sector
219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is a delay of more than 12 months in employing archaeologists in the Forest Service; the number of archeologists...
- Fishery Harbour Centres
220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the construction and-or refurbishment work being undertaken at a location (details supplied); the aim of the work; when the work will...
- Departmental Staff Data
221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff working in the procurement area for major State infrastructure projects in his Department; and if he will make a...
- Beef Data and Genomics Programme
222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a beef genomics payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied). [4595/19]
- Beef Industry
224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 23 January 2019, if no issues arose in classification and carcass presentation when his...
- Laboratory Facilities
225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a cost-benefit analysis of the regional veterinary laboratory network will be published; if there is a timeline for potential...
- TAMS Applications
226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a TAMS grant application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry will be considered as a young farmer TAMS grant...
- Forestry Management
227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1932 of 24 July 2018, if he will address a matter regarding a replanting order; and if he will...
- Forestry Data
228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of coniferous forest in acreage in counties Roscommon and Galway. [4696/19]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Better Energy Homes Scheme Administration
230. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to revisit the property of a person (details supplied) in mid-2019 when the revisiting...
- Departmental Staff Data
231. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff working in the procurement area for major State infrastructure projects in his Department; and if...
- Broadband Service Provision
232. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will request a company (details supplied) to engage with homes and businesses in rural areas that are within...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- EU Directives
233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Directive (EU) 2015/2302 on package travel and linked travel arrangements will commence here; and if he will make a statement on...
- Driver Test Waiting Lists
234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to reduce the time persons are waiting for full driver licence tests; the target time he is setting for same; and...
- Taxi Regulations
236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a policy to allow persons who are not taxi licence holders to take fares in their locality in rural areas which do...
- Vehicle Clamping
237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulations that allow a parking agency to clamp and fine in cases in which a person has paid the parking fee but has made a clerical...
- EU Directives
238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to address the decision by the EU Commission on 25 January 2019 to issue correspondence of formal notice to...
- Departmental Staff Data
239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff working in the procurement area for major State infrastructure projects in his Department; and if he will make a...
- Coast Guard Services
240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when an organisation (details supplied) will be reinstated as a declared facility to the Irish Coast Guard; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Contracts Data
241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the final agreed tender price and the date of the tender for the contract in respect of each capital expenditure project which cost...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Children in Care
242. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the review statistics on placement stability for children in care will be published for 2016 and 2017; and if she will make a...
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
248. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the number of children and adolescents awaiting treatment and-or assessments from CAMHS (details supplied). [4513/19]
- Adoption Records Provision
249. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the number of adoption records not in the possession of the State has been identified; the location in which the records are kept; if...
- Illegal Adoptions
250. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of the 126 cases of illegal registration of adopted children identified from an organisation (details supplied) that have been...
- Legislative Measures
253. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which she will advance to Committee Stage in Seanad Éireann the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016; and if she...
- Illegal Adoptions
254. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of cases that have been sampled as part of the scoping exercise on illegal registration of adoptions; the methodology being used...
- Departmental Staff Data
256. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff working in the procurement area for major State infrastructure projects in her Department; and if she will make a...
- Early Years Sector
257. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of early years specialists in the better start service in the north and south County Tipperary catchment areas, respectively;...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Programmes
258. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will expand on the awarding of a grant of €35,000 to erect a mobile telephone mast at a location (details supplied) in...
- Departmental Staff Data
259. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of staff working in the procurement area for major State infrastructure projects in his Department; and if he will make a...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Rent Supplement Scheme Data
260. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid out in rent supplements in 2018. [4531/19]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer's allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied). [4446/19]
- Commencement of Legislation
262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when section 5 of the Social Welfare Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017 will be commenced; and if her attention has...
- JobPath Programme
263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by clients of Turas Nua who work on a part-time basis...
- Working Family Payment Applications
264. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a working family payment application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Income Data
265. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual median earnings here between 2015 and 2018 by gender, age and region; and if the CSO will be requested to report...
- Social Welfare Benefits Applications
266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a motorised buggy by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Community Employment Schemes Administration
267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all community employment schemes are run privately; if not, if they are run by the State; the person or body deemed to be...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay regarding a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied) being referred to the...
- Social Welfare Benefits Applications
270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to problems and delays in processing illness benefit and injury benefit claims; the steps...
- Departmental Staff Data
271. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff working in the procurement area for major State infrastructure projects in her Department; and if she...
- Social Welfare Benefits Applications
272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- EU Directives
273. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 648 of 22 January 2019, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Belgium, the...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Homeless Persons Supports
274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Dublin Region Homeless Executive has not been issuing Leap cards to...
- Election Management System
275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to move the writ for the European and local elections simultaneously thus allowing the period for poster erection to...
- Local Government Reform
276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cities for which plebiscites on the creation of a position of directly elected mayor will be run on 24 May 2019; and if he...
- Constitutional Amendments
277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the topics on which constitutional referenda will be held on 24 May 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4493/19]
- Homeless Accommodation Funding
278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount paid out for emergency and short-term accommodation, including the cost of family hubs, to house those who are...
- Local Authority Housing Data
279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority housing units completed by local authorities in 2018, in tabular form; and the number completed...
- Housing Assistance Payment Data
280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount paid out by local authorities in housing assistance payments in 2018. [4534/19]
- Departmental Staff Data
281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff working in the procurement area for major State infrastructure projects in his Department; and if he will...
- International Conventions
282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps Ireland has taken to ensure that effect is given to the provisions of the Espoo Convention which requires that the...
- Traveller Accommodation
283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding allocated to local authorities for Traveller accommodation may be used to purchase land for Traveller...
- Departmental Contracts Data
285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the final agreed tender price and the date of the tender for the contract in respect of each capital expenditure project which...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Staff Data
286. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff working in the procurement area for major State infrastructure projects in her Department; and if she will...
- Departmental Reports
287. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 13 December 2018, if a copy of the report of the archaeologist carried out in 2015...
