Written answers
Thursday, 31 January 2019
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- White Collar Crime
13. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the input her Department has had into the process of drafting legislation to tackle white collar crime; and if she will make a...
- Job Creation
14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken by Enterprise Ireland and the IDA to promote job creation in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on...
- Brexit Supports
15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to provide specific assistance to businesses in the Border region in the agri-food construction products and engineering...
- Work Permits Data
16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if professional roles (details supplied) will be added to the critical skills work permit lists in order to meet the skills shortages...
- IDA Ireland Data
17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of first time investments by new IDA client companies in County Donegal for each of the past ten years; the percentage of...
- Research Funding
19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the findings by the EU Research and Innovation Observatory (details supplied) that Ireland is below the European average...
- Brexit Preparations
20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she will take to assist companies in the Border counties to be prepared for Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Foreign Direct Investment
21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which the worldwide decline in foreign direct investment in 2018 is impacting Ireland; if the figure of a fall of...
- Brexit Supports
22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the uptake in the various schemes offered to allow businesses to prepare for Brexit; her views on whether SMEs in County Cork are...
- Brexit Preparations
23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the monitoring her Department is undertaking of the Brexit readiness of businesses here; the percentage of businesses she expects to be...
- Ministerial Meetings
24. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on her meeting with the EU Commissioner for Competition; the discussions she had regarding state aid rules and the...
- Brexit Supports
25. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the uptake of the Brexit business supports to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4672/19]
- Regional Development
26. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether the EU regional aid status of Kells and north County Meath granted in 2014 has had a positive impact in terms of...
- Job Creation
27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to promote job creation in the mid-east region, including County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on...
- Local Enterprise Offices Data
28. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the county specific targets on job creation mandated for local enterprise offices in County Galway; the number of local enterprise...
- Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the date on which she received the latest update from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission on its investigation into the...
- IDA Ireland
30. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps the IDA is taking as part of its efforts to attract data centre investment to ensure that the climate effects of locating...
- Brexit Preparations
31. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to help businesses prepare for Brexit, particularly in the Border region; and if she will make a statement on...
- Enterprise Support Schemes
32. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the assistance available to businesses that wish to sell online to compete in the growing online market; and if...
- Legislative Measures
34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which she will interact with Dáil Éireann to ensure that the elements of the miscellaneous provisions (withdrawal...
- Regional Action Plan for Jobs
35. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the new regional enterprise plans will be launched; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4441/19]
- IDA Ireland Site Visits
36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA visits to County Cork in 2018; if she is satisfied with the amount of foreign direct investment into County Cork; and...
- IDA Ireland
37. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied with the level of investment and IDA visits to County Meath in 2018; and if she is further satisfied with the level...
- Regional Action Plan for Jobs
38. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the anticipated launch date for the new regional enterprise plans; the impact the plans will have on rural job creation; and if she...
- Export Controls
40. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extra scrutiny undertaken when assessing applications for the export of category 5 dual use items to states with a record of...
- Regional Development Policy
41. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to introduce measures to attract more indigenous businesses and multinationals to locate in regional areas here; and if she...
- Regional Action Plan for Jobs
42. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the new regional enterprise plans will be launched; the benefits this will have for the midlands region; and if she will make a...
- Local Enterprise Offices Remit
43. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to enhance the role of the local enterprise offices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4468/19]
- Industrial Development
45. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she continues to take the necessary measures to ensure continued investment in manufacturing and services...
- Brexit Issues
46. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 509 of 15 January 2019, if she will further expand on the 55 Brexit related investments with over...
- Legislative Measures
47. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when legislation to provide for a minimum five year expiry date on gift vouchers will be enacted; and if she will make a statement on...
- IDA Ireland Jobs Data
48. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new IDA jobs created in County Carlow in 2018; the increase since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Reserve
49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies in the Reserve Defence Forces by rank and unit at 31 December 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
51. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if all Defence Forces personnel will be remeasured in view of his acknowledgement that inaccurate measurement has occurred; if the procedures for...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Applications
53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an Irish citizen legally registered in Britain as the mother of a child conceived through assisted human reproduction with her British...
- UN Funding
54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if funding was provided in 2018 to the UNFPA supplies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4777/19]
- Trade Relations
55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has been contacted by representatives of the administration of the United States of America with regard to the use of...
- Foreign Conflicts
56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the violent response of the government of President Omar al-Bashir against protesters in Sudan in recent weeks will be condemned; if...
- Diplomatic Representation
57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration is being given to appointing an Irish consul in Guinea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4911/19]
- Department of Finance
- VAT Rate Application
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for changing the application of VAT (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4835/19]
- Insurance Costs
59. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of plans to identify immediate and long-term measures to address the increasing cost of employer and public liability insurance; and if he will make...
- Tax Code
60. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to providing a limited capital allowance scheme in designated areas to build residential accommodation for the rental market;...
- Insurance Data
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the payments made by motor insurers in each of the past five years by type of claims, that is, third party, comprehensive and so on; and if he will make a...
- Central Bank of Ireland Transactions
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Central Bank has ceased selling collector coin sets over the counter; if same is sold over the Internet; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
67. To ask the Minister for Finance if the flat rate expenses regime already identified as not meeting the required criteria under the Revenue Commissioners review of such schemes is to be...
- Legislative Measures
69. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to introduce the investment limited partnership and Irish collective asset-management vehicle (amendment) Bill; and if he will make a statement...
- Property Tax Assessments
70. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of property tax due in respect of the former home of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4933/19]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Staff Data
71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants on the panel for a transfer from his Department and agencies under his remit; the length of time applicants...
- Departmental Funding
72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be provided to build a boat (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4823/19]
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Accommodation
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address the capacity issue at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4706/19]
- Special Educational Needs Data
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with autism in Cork city and county on waiting lists for secondary school places; and the number of secondary school places...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if upgrades will be carried out on a computer in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4719/19]
- Teachers' Remuneration
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a matter regarding emergency taxation on the salary of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the...
- DEIS Applications
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4760/19]
- Schools Administration
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a set time is made available for children to eat their lunch; and if not, the way in which schools manage the situation in order to enable...
- Bullying in Schools
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is or has been a requirement that a teacher must on every occasion witness an act of bullying before the school can determine bullying to...
- School Management
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is within the power of a board of management of a public school to change or reverse a decision made by a previous board of management; the...
- Schools Administration
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the time allocated for lunch breaks and eating in primary schools nationally; if there are different break times in different schools; if he has...
- School Meals Programme
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is liaising with the Department of Health to examine projects relating to good eating habits for children in schools; his plans...
- Schools Amalgamation
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the building of a school in Ballyconnell, County Cavan, and the closure of two schools (details supplied); the reason there was...
- Teachers' Remuneration
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to resolve the PAYE crisis that teachers are facing as a result of an information technology problem in the payroll section...
- Physical Education Facilities
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4808/19]
- Schools Amalgamation
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4809/19]
- Teachers' Remuneration
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a problem with the payroll system and the new PAYE system which has resulted in some substitute teachers not...
- Schools Building Projects Status
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on a school building project (details supplied); the timeframe for the appointment of contractors in order to deliver the...
- Third Level Education
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has issued directives or been in contact with universities or institutes of technology with regard to technology projects by a...
- Schools Administration
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a petition regarding healthier eating and the time allocation for same in primary and second level schools...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Debt Relief
92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rules and regulations in place for a person or company with banking software, knowledge and expertise to analyse mortgages...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons from Yemen applying for asylum here; and the number who have been granted refugee status. [4745/19]
- Departmental Staff Data
96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civil servants on the panel for a transfer from his Department and agencies under his remit; the length of time...
- Road Traffic Offences Data
97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of arrests, prosecutions and convictions for driving offences involving HGV and PSV drivers in each of the years 2015...
- Commemorative Events
98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding centenary commemorations for the founding of the Civic Guard and An Garda Síochána; and if he...
- Community Policing
99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the strength of community gardaí has not increased in view of recent increases in Garda numbers; and if he will...
- Gambling Legislation
100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of his plans to introduce gambling regulation measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4859/19]
- Online Safety
101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review Part 11 or Part 13 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 in respect of extending anti-social behaviour orders to...
- Juvenile Offenders
102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of juvenile good behaviour contracts issued in each of the years 2007 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will...
- Citizenship Applications
105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will be given a determination in respect of a citizenship application made in August 2016....
- Immigration Status
106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 274 of 18 December 2018, the residency status and potential for upgrade or naturalisation...
- Travel Documents
107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if travel documents will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4905/19]
- Visa Applications
108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position with regard to a join spouse visa in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Deportation Orders
109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the request of a person (details supplied) for revocation of a deportation order will be considered; if the case will be...
- Residency Permits
110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to an offer of temporary residency status or stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied);...
- Immigration Status
111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status with potential for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
- Residency Permits
112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if alternative arrangements will be made to facilitate a person (details supplied) who cannot obtain their national passport...
- Immigration Status
113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Naturalisation Applications
116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a travel document or naturalisation in lieu thereof will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Refugee Resettlement Programme
117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a matter will be clarified in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4921/19]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- IDA Ireland Site Visits
118. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied with the number of IDA site visits to County Wexford from January 2017 to the end of 2018; and if she will make a...
- Research Funding Data
119. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount expended here as a percentage of GNP on research spending in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular...
- Employment Data
120. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the benefits accrued to a person (details supplied) when their pension entitlements transferred from a company to the public sector...
- Brexit Preparations
121. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which measures have put in place to counter the impact of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4923/19]
- Economic Competitiveness
122. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she expects to be in a position to improve conditions for business and enterprise with particular reference to the...
- Work Permits Eligibility
123. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she can assist companies and sole traders seeking to employ persons from outside the EU; and if she will make a...
- Regional Development
124. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she can continue to assist business and enterprise throughout County Kildare using the medium of innovation and...
- Regional Action Plan for Jobs
125. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she continues to encourage and foster job opportunities throughout the regions with particular reference to the...
- Brexit Preparations
126. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she expects to be in a position to combat the effects of Brexit in respect of exports to the UK in the food and...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
127. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she continues to assist small and medium enterprises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4929/19]
- Brexit Issues
128. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she expects favourable consideration from the European Union to assist manufacturers and services providers throughout County...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
129. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she continues to assist small businesses affected by competition from outside the EU; and if she will make a...
- Enterprise Support Schemes
130. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she continues to assist enterprises headed by women nationally with particular reference to the need to address...
- Department of Health
- Primary Care Centres Provision
131. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be no delay to a primary care centre (details supplied) in Dublin 12 in view of the new national children's hospital budget overrun. [4850/19]
- Hospital Appointments Status
132. 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. [4701/19]
- Disability Services Funding
133. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be available for a full-time residential placement for a person (details supplied). [4703/19]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
134. To ask the Minister for Health when a hospital appointment for required surgery will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Appointments Status
135. 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. [4709/19]
- Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
136. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the efficacy of self-regulation in the context of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4710/19]
- Mental Health Services Data
137. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against psychiatric nurses in each of the years 2011 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
138. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which patients are selected for referral via the NTPF to private hospitals for treatment with specific reference to a hospital (details supplied);...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
139. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter regarding funding for an organisation (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4717/19]
- Ambulance Service
140. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the satellite navigation system in the national ambulance service and the use of the Eircode system at present; if an incident in the...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
141. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4725/19]
- Primary Care Centres
142. To ask the Minister for Health if accessibility issues in a health centre (details supplied) in County Kerry will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4731/19]
- HSE Investigations
143. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance in a matter will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4733/19]
- Hospital Facilities
144. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the construction of a helipad at Cork University Hospital to facilitate an air ambulance service (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Civil Registration Service
145. To ask the Minister for Health the status of staffing at an office (details supplied); his plans to increase staff at the location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4736/19]
- Bereavement Counselling Services Provision
146. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter (details supplied) with a view to extending the hours and finance being made available; and if he will make a statement on the...
- HIQA Inspections
147. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of HIQA inspections which are unannounced; his plans to increase the figure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4739/19]
- Vaccination Programme
148. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce funding for a catch-up programme for meningitis B vaccinations for children born before October 2016 (details supplied); and if he will...
- Hospital Appointments Status
149. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an outpatients appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4749/19]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
150. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); if an appointment will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4752/19]
- Service Level Agreements
151. To ask the Minister for Health the service level agreement or other governance arrangements in place and the amount of funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) either directly...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
152. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the proposed introduction of changes to the fair deal legislation to assist farmers and small business owners; and if he will make a statement...
- National Children's Hospital Administration
153. To ask the Minister for Health the due diligence that was carried out to ascertain the business links between companies (details supplied) before one of the companies was appointed to carry...
- Treatment Abroad Scheme
155. To ask the Minister for Health if treatment for a person (details supplied) will be approved under the cross border scheme. [4776/19]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
156. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be placed back on a waiting list. [4779/19]
- Hospital Appointments Status
157. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be seen by a gastroenterologist at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4781/19]
- Home Help Service
158. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding home help shifts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4782/19]
- Hospital Appointments Status
159. 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. [4783/19]
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision
160. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); the reason the person has not received speech and language therapy in almost two years; and if he will...
- National Children's Hospital Expenditure
161. To ask the Minister for Health the final cost of submitting the scheme for planning on the Mater Hospital site in respect of the new national children's hospital (details supplied). [4786/19]
- National Children's Hospital
162. To ask the Minister for Health if the brief changed from that in the first planning application for the Mater Hospital site in respect of the new national children's hospital; if so, the way...
- Health Care Infrastructure Provision
164. To ask the Minister for Health if the practice of agreeing large infrastructural projects such as the national children's hospital without a fixed price is standard; and if other large...
- Maternity Services
165. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 381 of 22 January 2019, if a high dependency bed was available over the Christmas 2018 period, that is, 23 December to 26...
- Hospital Services
167. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the all island children’s cardiac surgery centre in Dublin; the funding arrangements of the centre; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Respite Care Services Provision
168. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a respite house at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4802/19]
- Organ Donation
169. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to implement a national opt out organ donation policy; his views on whether this needs to be implemented as a matter of urgency; and if he...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
170. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hip operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4816/19]
- Hospital Appointments Status
171. 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. [4817/19]
- Hospital Services
172. To ask the Minister for Health the functional significance of a test (details supplied); if the Health Service Executive recognises the test; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Appointments Status
173. 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. [4819/19]
- Hospital Services
176. To ask the Minister for Health if the parents of a severely disabled child (details supplied) will be allowed to collect three months supply of the child's medical supplies as opposed to one...
- Health Strategies
177. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to best strengthen the chain of survival for cardiac arrest, for example, increasing CPR training, building on the community first responder...
- Disability Support Services
178. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4831/19]
- Cancer Screening Programmes
179. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the capacity plan the HSE is developing for the CervicalCheck programme; the timeline to have the plan actioned; the extra resources that will...
- Alcohol Pricing
180. To ask the Minister for Health the timelines for the introduction of minimum unit pricing for alcohol products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4840/19]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
181. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for bariatric surgery at Galway University Hospital by length of time on the waiting list; the number on the equivalent...
- Disability Services Provision
182. To ask the Minister for Health if a person can secure funding to access private services for a child with disabilities if the services cannot be delivered within the public service locally...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
183. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4847/19]
- General Practitioner Services
184. To ask the Minister for Health if the demands of a union (details supplied) representing the general practitioners who are under pressure will be recognised; the steps being taken to deal...
- Health Care Infrastructure Provision
185. To ask the Minister for Health the stage the development of the Sacred Heart Hospital, Roscommon, is at; if the design team has incorporated a day care unit dedicated to older persons and to...
- Health Strategies
186. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has undertaken an assessment of the results arising for respiratory disease sufferers who have benefitted from the warmth and well-being...
- Tattooing and Body Piercing Regulation
187. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his plans to regulate the piercing and tattoo sector; the status of guidelines on the sector; the age of consent for such procedures; and if he...
- Health Services Staff
188. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a care assistant (details supplied) can apply for a transfer to an elderly care facility run by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on...
- Disabilities Assessments
189. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005 by each local health office area in tabular form. [4874/19]
- Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
190. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list for each local health area in tabular form; and the number waiting less than...
- Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
193. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy first time assessment waiting list for each local health area in tabular form; and the number waiting less...
- Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
194. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the full appointment of the counsellors and psychotherapists registration board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4894/19]
- HSE Complaints Procedures
195. To ask the Minister for Health if a complaint made by the family of a person (details supplied) with respect to purported deficits in the care and level of treatment provided to the person...
- Health Care Infrastructure Provision
196. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will not be delayed for a project (details supplied) in view of the overrun of the funding for the national children's hospital; and if he will make...
- Medical Card Applications
197. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4904/19]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals
200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) has grounds for appeal with respect to an areas of natural constraint application; and if he will make...
- Greyhound Industry
201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 796 of 6 November 2018, if the information promised will be provided. [4751/19]
- Fisheries Protection
202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a matter regarding a fish catch (details supplied) in County Kerry will be recognised; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Fish Discards
203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4771/19]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Warmer Homes Scheme Applications
204. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an application for the insulation of a house under the SEAI warmer homes scheme by a person (details supplied) will...
- Electric Vehicles
205. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the scale and timeline for a project by ESB eCars to develop a nationwide, state-of-the-art electric vehicle fast...
- Departmental Schemes
206. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes upgraded under the warmth and well-being scheme per annum since its inception; the average cost per...
- Illegal Dumping
207. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications received for the 2018 anti-illegal dumping initiative by county; the number of successful...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Rail Services
210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his engagement on the proposed plans for free inter-rail across the EU for students; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Driver Test Waiting Lists
211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driver test for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4724/19]
- Road Projects Status
212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the planned upgrade works to the N4 route between Mullingar and Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Driver Test Waiting Lists
213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons awaiting driver test dates by county; the average waiting time; and the longest waiting time in tabular form. [4794/19]
- Driver Test Data
215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driver test centres; and the location of each centre by county in tabular form. [4796/19]
- Driver Test Regulations
217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the travel options available to persons who are awaiting a driver test date in rural areas that do not have an adequate public transport...
- Rural Transport Services
218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the areas catered for by LocalLink; and his plans to extend the service in the future. [4799/19]
- Taxi Data
220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of taxi plates in each county nationally. [4810/19]
- Ferry Services
221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with representatives of a company (details supplied) within the past 12 months; and if so, if the decisions to cancel...
- Ministerial Meetings
222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has meetings planned with representatives of a company (details supplied). [4834/19]
- Road Traffic Legislation
223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the law on the use of flashing beacons by moving vehicles; the vehicles permitted and not permitted to use flashing beacons; and the...
- Bus Services
224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the changes in scheduling that have taken place in bus routes now operated by a company (details supplied) in comparison to when the...
- Driver Licences
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to open a national driver licence centre in Dundalk, County Louth, to service those living in the northern half of County Louth...
- Ports Policy
226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the continued control and operation of Rosslare Europort by Iarnród Éireann is an appropriate model; and...
- Dublin Bus Fleet
227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has discussed with Dublin Bus reviewing its advertising standards to include the banning of high in salt and fat content food...
- Road Network
228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if upgrade works on the County Westmeath portion of the R392, Mullingar to Ballymahon Road, will receive funding. [4879/19]
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Youth Services
229. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a copy of a report (details supplied) to examine the youth service grant in its totality will be provided; her views on the report; and...
- Early Years Sector
230. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will request Tusla to address a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4762/19]
- Child and Family Agency
231. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if experience and-or qualifications in general corporate governance were considered during the recent selection process for a new chair of...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Jobseeker's Benefit Applications
233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused jobseeker's benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Carer's Allowance Applications
234. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4728/19]
- Social Welfare Benefits
235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons who are forced to retire at 65 years of age and subsequently qualify for jobseeker's benefit can work part-time if...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the requirements which will be in place for the self-employed to avail of jobseeker's allowance and benefit in 2019, if the...
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a case (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4738/19]
- Working Family Payment Applications
239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a family income supplement application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
240. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on a carer's application by a person (details supplied) will be made; the reason for the delay with same; and...
- Carer's Benefit Applications
241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for carer's benefit by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on...
- Illness Benefit Payments
242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment arrears will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4822/19]
- Social Welfare Benefits
243. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available to a person who is on a community employment scheme and who plans to commence their own business in a...
- Community Employment Schemes Review
244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the planned interdepartmental review of community employment schemes; the persons or bodies and from which...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an oral hearing will be heard for a domiciliary care allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
- Disability Allowance Applications
246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Child Poverty
248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the new metrics and methodology her Department is developing to measure and reduce child poverty in advance of the promised...
- Disability Allowance Payments
249. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the restoration of disability allowance will take place in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for an invalidity pension will be expedited in the case of a person (detailed supplied); and if she will...
- Carer's Benefit Applications
251. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for carer’s benefit in the case of a person (details supplied) will be approved; and if she will...
- Illness Benefit Applications
252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 257 of 17 January 2019, if the case of a person (details supplied) will be further...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is liable for the deduction of the total amount accruing from employment in payment of...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Wind Energy Guidelines
254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of progress on the new wind turbine guidelines; when the guidelines will be published; the instructions he will...
- Legislative Measures
255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the maritime area and foreshore (amendment Bill) will be brought before Dáil Éireann; the key elements of the...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Eligibility
256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to whether councils sent incorrect guidelines relating to assessment for the housing...
- Home Loan Scheme
258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of open applications for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan by local authority area; the length of time applications...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Funding
262. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the conditions that have been placed on further funding to Cork City Council for a centre (details supplied). [4813/19]
