Written answers

Tuesday, 5 February 2019

  • Department of Health
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
      54. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in January 2019, 39 out of 72 CAMHS beds were operational and the HSE has listed staffing as a major cause of...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      55. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to lower the number of persons on the waiting list for orthopaedic treatment in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5387/19]
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      56. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address and reduce the number of persons under 18 years of age enduring long waits for occupational therapy in counties Cork and...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      57. To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives being taken to improve dental and orthodontic services in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5402/19]
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      58. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for speech and language, psychology and occupational therapy services in County Meath. [5404/19]
    • Hospital Groups
      59. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the consultation process on the future of the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5405/19]
    • Mental Health Services Administration
      60. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a possible overmedicalisation of the mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5380/19]
    • Psychological Assessments Waiting Times
      61. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting to see the school age psychologist in counties Sligo and Leitrim; when the school age psychologist will be in place; and if he...
    • Abortion Services Provision
      62. To ask the Minister for Health the number of reviews requested during January 2019 by persons refused abortion services; the outcome of these reviews; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      63. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made to reduce waiting times for orthodontic services in CHO 4. [5410/19]
    • Health Screening Programmes
      64. To ask the Minister for Health if screening for severe combined immunodeficiency at birth will be introduced similar to that introduced in the United States, Canada and New Zealand with pilot...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      65. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to reduce the waiting times for assessments of need under the Disability Act 2005 in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a...
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      66. To ask the Minister for Health when a permanent general practitioner service for Carrigallen, County Leitrim, will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5254/19]
    • Trade Union Recognition
      69. To ask the Minister for Health if he has had discussions with HSE officials or management on a decision not to recognise a trade union that represents ambulance and paramedic workers; the...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      70. To ask the Minister for Health if health capital projects in County Sligo will be delayed by the overrun in the costs of the new children’s hospital. [5399/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      71. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address waiting times for orthopaedic procedures in the north east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5396/19]
    • Maternity Services
      72. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the relocation of the Rotunda Hospital to Connolly Hospital. [5249/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      73. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve and enhance cardiac care services for those living in the south east; if he believes there is an equal provision of cardiac services in the...
    • Midwifery Services Provision
      74. To ask the Minister for Health when community midwifery support will be rolled out for women giving birth in the days immediately following birth once they are discharged from hospital. [5342/19]
    • Respite Care Services Availability
      75. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the ongoing respite crisis being experienced by families in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5265/19]
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      76. To ask the Minister for Health the status of €4.75 million funding announced in November 2018 for the construction of a second cardiac catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital...
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      77. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the negotiations for a new general practitioner contract; the number of meetings held in 2018 regarding the new contract; and if he will make a...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      78. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the waiting times under the HSE for assessments of needs for children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      79. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the role of a third party due to take over the running of services at a respite home (details supplied) in County Donegal; when the third party...
    • National Dementia Strategy
      80. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE funding will be ring-fenced for the provision of care for Alzheimer's sufferers in County Roscommon by funding two full days respite in the Sacred Heart...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      81. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to secure a permanent second consultant breast surgeon at Letterkenny University Hospital, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Care of the Elderly
      82. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of the evaluation of the implementation process for the single assessment tool; if a copy of the report will be provided; the status of the roll-out...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      83. To ask the Minister for Health the schedule of all costs, subsequent changes to costs and current projected costs associated with the national children's hospital from initial tenders to...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      84. To ask the Minister for Health the steps taken to address the crisis in recruitment and retention in public hospitals. [5028/19]
    • Mental Health Services
      85. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the use of talk therapies as part of mental health care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5379/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      86. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 6,251 children have been waiting for an outpatient consultation in the three Dublin children's hospitals since before 1 January 2017. [5248/19]
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      87. To ask the Minister for Health the projects that will be delayed or deferred due to overruns on the capital project by the National Children’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      89. To ask the Minister for Health when the fair deal changes for farming families will be brought forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5270/19]
    • HSE Agency Staff Data
      90. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the HSE of its use of agency staff in all nursing grades since 2010; the projected costs for 2019, if available; the number of vacancies for...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      91. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the fact that the new standard operating procedure for the assessment of need does not require the HSE to diagnose a child at the assessment of...
    • Respite Care Services Availability
      92. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to address the disparity in the provision of respite care nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5246/19]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      93. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that the HSE rectifies the undue and excessive delays in completing proper and lawful assessment of needs for children with...
    • Hospital Services
      94. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he has taken further to correspondence from a person (details supplied) on Merlin Park Hospital, Galway; if he has met with the relevant...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      95. To ask the Minister for Health the increase in home support hours being provided for in the 2019 HSE service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5252/19]
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      96. To ask the Minister for Health the planned future uses of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin; and if the sale to Dublin City Council for housing and a local library has...
    • Healthcare Policy
      97. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the establishment of regional bodies consisting of public representatives, the professional stakeholders and patient...
    • Proposed Legislation
      98. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress on the human tissue (transplantation, post-mortem, anatomical examination and public display) Bill which deals with the introduction of...
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      99. To ask the Minister for Health the status of work to deal with issues on the recruitment and retention of nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5388/19]
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      100. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent suspension of ambulance staff in County Cork due to issues relating to work rotas; the efforts he has made to...
    • Hospital Services
      101. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to increase the number of orthopaedic operations being carried out in Galway by the Saolta hospital group; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      102. To ask the Minister for Health when the short-stay ward will open in Letterkenny University Hospital, County Donegal; the preparations the HSE has under way to ensure it is open promptly;...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      103. To ask the Minister for Health if smoking cessation aids will be provided under the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5313/19]
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      105. To ask the Minister for Health if the proposed 90-bed unit for St. Patrick’s Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary, is proceeding according to schedule and will not be postponed due to...
    • Nursing Staff Remuneration
      106. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is equitable that graduate nursing and midwifery salaries are significantly less than the graduate nursing salaries for allied health...
    • National Children's Hospital Administration
      107. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the current membership of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board to oversee the delivery of Phase B of the national children's...
    • Hospital Deaths
      108. To ask the Minister for Health if an independent investigation into the death of a person (details supplied) will take place as soon as possible. [5341/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      109. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 4,450 persons have been waiting for an outpatient consultation in Cork city hospitals since before 1 January 2017. [5407/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      110. To ask the Minister for Health when the proposed review of some CervicalCheck tests and smears by an organisation (details supplied) will commence; when it will report; if the review will...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      111. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 25 September 2018, the status of the options appraisal for the model four hospital in County Galway; when it will...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      113. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for services for those who require early childhood health services in counties Galway and Mayo; the steps being taken to address the waiting...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      114. To ask the Minister for Health the reason 2,401 persons have been waiting for an outpatient consultation in Tullamore Hospital for more than two years [5397/19]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      116. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the construction of a new elective hospital in County Cork; the action taken to advance this project in 2018; and if he will make a statement...
    • Cancer Patient Advisory Committee
      117. To ask the Minister for Health the make-up of the cancer patient advisory committee; and his views on the importance of having a lung cancer specialist in view of the lack of lung cancer...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      118. To ask the Minister for Health the future status of a centre (details supplied) in view of the concerns of staff and community regarding the possible closure; and if he will make a statement...
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      119. To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives being taken to address the long waiting times for dental waiting lists for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5391/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      120. To ask the Minister for Health if the age restriction will be ceased and a monitoring system and associated devices (details supplied) made free and accessible to all persons with type 1...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      121. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to those presenting to emergency departments displaying signs of mental illness but have yet to receive an official diagnosis; and if he...
    • Abortion Services Provision
      122. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce exclusion zones around facilities which are providing abortion services. [5129/19]
    • HSE Reports
      123. To ask the Minister for Health if he has spoken with officials in the Department of Health in Northern Ireland on ensuring access for persons here to a clinic (details supplied) for mesh...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      124. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which there will be an increase of 170,000 personal assistant hours to persons with disabilities over the 2018 target without an increase in...
    • Abortion Services Provision
      125. To ask the Minister for Health the level of general practitioner based abortion services coverage nationally by county. [5126/19]
    • Hospital Services
      126. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 394 of 20 November 2018, the outcome of the tender process for the provision of a modular theatre facility to provide two...
    • Health Services Staff
      127. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to address the significant shortage of specialist psychiatrist positions in the midlands; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      128. To ask the Minister for Health the projects identified as required or likely to be delayed in view of the additional funds required for the National Children's Hospital; and if he will make...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      129. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he continues to monitor the waiting lists throughout the health services with particular reference to specific procedures (details...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      130. To ask the Minister for Health the reason his Department and HSE officials are refusing to release information that would detail the number of false negative tests in the cervical screening...
    • Primary Care Centres
      131. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in building a primary healthcare facility (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [5310/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      132. To ask the Minister for Health if there are potential clinical implications, including the potential for delayed initiation of treatment for women being asked to take repeat smear tests due...
    • Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
      133. To ask the Minister for Health the work being undertaken regarding the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs on tackling childhood obesity; if he is...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      134. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital (details supplied); the timeframe for the project; and when funding will be ring-fenced. [5029/19]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Staff Data
      135. To ask the Taoiseach if extra staff have been employed or redeployed in the EU section in his Department. [5331/19]
  • Department of Defence
    • Naval Service
      136. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he and his officials have attended meetings on the remediation work of Haulbowline Island; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Common Security and Defence Policy
      137. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Ireland is involved as an observer in PESCO projects; if involvement as an observer was not announced publically alongside the announcement...
    • Defence Forces Retirements
      138. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the provisions in place to support retired members of the Defence Forces once they leave active service. [4975/19]
    • Naval Service
      139. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the remediation and site investigative works to explore the scope for improving the berthage capacity of Haulbowline Island; and...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      140. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the actions taken on foot of the two reports of the working group on Lariam. [5205/19]
    • Defence Forces Data
      141. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of suicides recorded among members of the Defence Forces in the past three years, respectively; if no number is recorded, his plans...
    • Air Corps Expenditure
      142. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the figures for Air Corps spending on aircraft maintenance overseas in 2018, in tabular form. [5474/19]
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      143. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the review of Defence Forces pay and conditions will be completed. [5332/19]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Brexit Issues
      144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which the UK exit from the European Union can be reconciled with the Belfast Agreement (details supplied). [4978/19]
    • Trade Sanctions
      145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to address concerns that the funding being provided to an organisation (details supplied) is opposed to Ireland’s position...
    • International Election Monitoring
      146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the dissatisfaction with the recent election observation competition; the reason the qualifications and...
    • Brexit Issues
      148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the common travel area in the event of a no-deal Brexit; if arrangements will continue at present; if the arrangements under...
    • Human Rights
      149. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made at EU and international levels to protect a community (details supplied) in Yemen from persecution; and if he will...
    • Brexit Issues
      150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the date on which a request was made to the European Commission (details supplied); if the request was also submitted to the Brexit...
    • Brexit Preparations
      152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to intensify Ireland’s preparations for a no-deal Brexit in view of the decision by the UK Parliament to seek...
    • Irish Aid
      153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the arrangements Irish Aid has in place for volunteers with a disability; the protocols Irish Aid follow when conducting public competitions...
  • Department of Finance
    • VAT Rate Application
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance if the full consequences have been considered in the proposal to apply VAT or to increase the rate on products such as lutein and MacuShield which are...
    • Mortgage Data
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgages affected by the overcharging carried out by a company (details supplied) on mortgages previously owned by a bank; the average amount...
    • Tax Code
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4969/19]
    • Tax Deduction Systems
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance if some or all substitute teachers are being treated in their tax affairs by the Revenue Commissioners as being on a cumulative basis instead of a week-one...
    • VAT Payments
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to waive the requirement for a VAT guarantee for SMEs importing from the UK post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4982/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance if sensitivity analysis was conducted on the impact of a hard or no-deal Brexit on budget 2019; if in the event of a no-deal Brexit changes to measures...
    • Customs and Excise Staff
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance the identified number of customs posts to be filled in advance of Brexit following the advertisement of 600 posts in 2018, by county and region in tabular...
    • Mortgage Applications Approvals
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance if a lender can issue a mortgage to a person immediately after they have been discharged from bankruptcy assuming all other macroprudential requirements have...
    • EU Investigations
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance if other countries have made a claim on the money collected from a company (details supplied) in an escrow account following the EU Commission state aid...
    • Tax Code
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the review of betting duty; when he expects it to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5345/19]
    • General Government Debt
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact of a no-deal Brexit based on existing departmental analysis on general government balance projections from 2019 to 2024, or until the latest date...
    • NAMA Legal Cases
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of criminal cases arising from breaches of section 172 of the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009 since its introduction; the number of...
    • Mortgage Data
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage loans, that is, private dwelling homes and buy-to-let, respectively within each sale (details supplied) that were in arrears of at...
    • Tax Credits
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance when a tax credit certificate will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5512/19]
    • Customs and Excise Controls
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria used by customs officials in deciding which passengers are stopped and questioned in the context of persons arriving through public airports; and...
    • Tracker Mortgages
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to regulate a situation (details supplied). [5561/19]
    • EU Investigations
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the appeal on the judgment regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5583/19]
    • VAT Rate Reductions
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or the Revenue Commissioners have discretion to reduce the rate of VAT that applies to non-alcoholic beers; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the level of tax of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has increased from December 2018 to January 2019; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
      181. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of major capital projects since 2016; the tender value of each of the projects; the amount spent on projects if completed;...
    • Heritage Centres Data
      182. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of visitors who availed of guided tours of Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare, and visited the estate generally in...
    • Heritage Centres
      183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the works planned at Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare, in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5012/19]
    • Heritage Centres Data
      184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of visitors who availed of guided tours of Maynooth Castle, Maynooth, County Kildare, in each of the years 2014 to 2018; and...
    • Heritage Centres
      185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the works planned at Maynooth Castle, Maynooth, County Kildare, in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5014/19]
    • Pension Provisions
      186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration will be given to matching Garda pension rates to social welfare payments; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if investigations have been carried out into the establishment of a national body to cater for rivers and watercourses that are prone to...
    • Civil Service Management
      190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Civil Service employee assistance service provides supports to staff and management of the Civil Service in the area of domestic...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date in October 2018 on which his attention was drawn to, either formally or informally, of the overspends in the costs of the...
    • EU Funding
      192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the outcome of discussions to date with the European Commission on the Cohesion Funding post-2020; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the provision of tuition to children diagnosed with Down's syndrome; and if he will make...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a July provision and individual education plans as called for by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • School Funding
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available under the schools capital appraisal section for 2019. [4937/19]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for additional accommodation that have been made and subsequently approved or rejected under the schools capital...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that adequate education resources are made available for children with Down's syndrome under the July provision (details...
    • Oideachas Gaeilge
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil nó an raibh an comhairliúchán poiblí maidir leis an gcóras díolúine ón nGaeilge a leasú...
    • School Enrolments
      201. 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. [4963/19]
    • Teacher Supply
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he has taken to resolve the teacher supply issue. [4970/19]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request SOLAS to review its placement procedures for apprentices to the national apprenticeship centres nationally to ensure the...
    • Schools Health and Safety
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the procedures regarding lunch times at primary schools, particularly to ensure the children attending have sufficient...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the construction of a new school (details supplied); if the schedule of accommodation has been completed; and if he will...
    • Schools Health and Safety
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available to schools to provide training for teachers through approved courses on the administration of EpiPens; his plans to...
    • Departmental Staff
      207. 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. [5006/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date regarding the construction of phase 1 of a school (details supplied); when construction will be completed in relation to...
    • School Patronage
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects to receive the recommendation from the new schools establishment group on the patronage of the new primary school for Maynooth,...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board has advertised for the recruitment of a principal for the north County Kildare...
    • Schools Building Projects
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the pre-qualification of contractor's report for the construction of a school (details supplied)...
    • Schools Building Contractors
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the invitation of tenders has been approved for the construction of a school (details supplied); if tenders have been invited from the...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received an application for major capital works funding by a school (details supplied); the work for which funding is required; the...
    • School Breaks Standardisation
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to bring forward guidelines on adequate time to allow primary school children to eat their lunches; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if some or all substitute teachers are being treated in their tax affairs by the Revenue Commissioners as being on a cumulative basis instead of...
    • Schools Establishment
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the provision of additional second-level school places and additional second-level schools, or both, in Lucan, County Dublin; and...
    • School Transport
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure a student (details supplied) is accommodated on an existing school transport route which has adequate space...
    • Student Support Schemes
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports, both direct and indirect, available to self-employed persons who may wish to return to education at third level; and if...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a progress report on the provision of an extension for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin will be provided; and if he will make a...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the changes he announced to the entry requirements for the professional master of education programme in 2017 will be implemented for the 2019...
    • School Accommodation
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied). [5116/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if children with Down's syndrome will be included in the July provision programme; his plans to ensure that individual education plans for...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an extension at a school (details supplied) will be constructed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5164/19]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the installation of prefabricated accommodation for imminent school years at a school (details supplied) will be reconsidered; if the...
    • School Management
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve guidelines regarding lunch breaks and hygiene practice in primary schools; if his Department has a role in the establishment...
    • School Breaks Standardisation
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the definition of a sufficient amount of time allotted to primary school children for eating their lunch; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Guidelines on Obesity
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the rushed nature of lunch breaks and snack breaks in primary and post-primary schools is conducive to combatting the rise...
    • School Management
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines for teachers or school staff allowing television to be shown in the classroom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5170/19]
    • School Curriculum
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason time is not allocated for hygiene practice and eating within the primary and post-primary school curriculums; and if he will make a...
    • School Guidelines on Mental Health
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current and future mental health initiatives to be put into practice in post-primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Education and Training Boards Data
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have passed the course in the context of the funds in 2016, 2017 and 2018 that ETBs received from an association...
    • School Curriculum
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the parts of the primary and secondary level curriculums in which the protection of mental health is taught; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Third Level Costs
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the issues faced by pharmacy students who will now have enormous tuition fees for the fifth year of their course will be addressed; his views...
    • School Funding
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position on fee-paying secondary schools receiving financial assistance to support certain capital building projects; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a special needs assistant for a child in County Laois; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Establishment
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether land at a location (details supplied) could be purchased for the construction of new schools in the area; and if he will...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if the land acquisition is being completed. [5517/19]
    • Special Educational Needs
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he has taken to address the concerns of teacher unions in relation to the implementation of individual education plans; if he has met...
    • School Management
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school traffic warden will be appointed for adjoining schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5534/19]
    • School Enrolments Data
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of section 29 appeals regarding admissions in September 2019 in respect of each school within an ETB (details supplied); and the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5546/19]
    • School Accommodation
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding applications by a school (details supplied). [5548/19]
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SOLAS charges applicants to the construction skills certificate scheme who are in receipt of social welfare payments or who hold a medical...
    • School Enrolments
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken by his Department and the school age team to provide an adequate school place and supports for a person (details supplied);...
    • Departmental Properties
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in releasing interest in a building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5584/19]
    • International Education
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase education links between Ireland and Egypt; the efforts being made in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants or financial supports available for the family of a child (details supplied) that wish to help them achieve their potential; and if he...
    • School Curriculum
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assurances will be provided to parents that it will not be mandatory for children to be present in class when proposed changes to the content...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a sensory room for children with special needs in a school (details supplied) will be provided. [5635/19]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the refurbishment of a school (details supplied). [5636/19]
    • Education and Training Boards
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 911 of 3 November 2018, the usage to be made of the vacant site at Gaol Road, Kilkenny, once occupied by a...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason lower paid teachers, qualified post-2012 and working in a non-casual substitute position that do not get paid for holidays and so on,...
    • Seirbhísí Uisce
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an raibh aon chomhráití aige leis an Aire Tithíochta, Pleanála agus Rialtais Áitiúil maidir le na scéimeanna...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Citizenship Status
      265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to change the process by which British citizens who are married to Irish citizens and living and working here for a...
    • Child Custody and Access
      266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if progress is being made to ensure that fathers have equal rights when applying for custody and access to their children; and...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if applications are open for the community-based CCTV scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4962/19]
    • Legislative Reviews
      268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a review of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 will be carried out in view of recent statistics on arrests for...
    • Public Inquiries
      269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress with regard to establishing a public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Garda Powers
      270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the role of An Garda Síochána in the supervision of a service (details supplied) in view of recent online posts in...
    • Proposed Legislation
      271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if legislation will be introduced to provide for domestic homicide reviews as has been introduced in the UK under section 9 of...
    • Crime Prevention
      272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans make the text alert facility free of charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5140/19]
    • Spent Convictions
      273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if each person that has a spent conviction under the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016, has...
    • Naturalisation Certificates
      274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the fees for pensioners seeking citizenship will be reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5202/19]
    • Wards of Court
      275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if wards of court continue to benefit adequately from their status in the case of children or adults that have been made wards...
    • Residency Permits
      276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for residency status in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Refugee Data
      277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details relating to the provision of accommodation in emergency reception orientation centres to persons...
    • Employment Rights
      278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to implement legislation that will outlaw in most instances contracts that stipulate a person has to retire at 65...
    • Road Safety
      281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of roadside drug tests taken since the introduction of this facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Visa Applications
      282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when consideration of a visa application by a person (details supplied) will be completed; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Youth Diversion Projects
      283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has made further inquiries regarding the recent disturbing lacunae discovered in the recent Garda internal review into...
    • Garda Resources
      285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation to the Garda air support unit in each of the years 2016 to 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visa offices here and abroad, respectively; the number of staff employed in each; the cost and benefits of each...
    • Garda Deployment
      290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to each divisional drugs unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5587/19]
    • Garda Transport Provision
      291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a Garda station (details supplied) has one Garda car; and if same will be reviewed in view of the fact that it is...
    • Garda Data
      292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 4 December 2018, the reason for the delay in providing the information; and if he...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Employment Rights
      293. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration will be given to introducing an employment regulation order to introduce a minimum standard of pay and working...
    • Brexit Preparations
      294. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if particular contingency plans have been put in place in the event of food shortages as a consequence of a no-deal Brexit; and if she...
    • Health and Safety
      296. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a company (details supplied) has alerted the Health and Safety Authority to seven deficiencies in the safety procedures of the ESB;...
    • IDA Ireland Portfolio
      297. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the length of time the IDA site in Glenamaddy, County Galway has been vacant; the efforts being made to market it as a potential site...
    • Brexit Preparations
      298. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a change at EU level to state aid rules as a mitigation measure for Brexit has been requested; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Legislative Programme
      299. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if representations have been made to her concerning the commercial, business or industrial impact of the Control of Economic Activity...
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      300. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if grant support is offered to businesses seeking to avail of three-phase power; if investigations have been carried out on...
    • Regional Action Plan for Jobs
      301. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the launch date and location of each refreshed regional action plan for jobs that will be launched in tabular form; and if she will...
    • IDA Ireland Site Visits
      302. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits by county in each quarter of 2018; the percentage of visits in each county as a percentage of the number...
    • IDA Ireland
      303. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA premises in Waterford city and county; the status of same; if they are occupied; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Brexit Preparations
      305. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has submitted or is considering a request that the state-aid ceiling under EU Regulation No. 1407/2013 be temporally...
    • Legislative Programme
      306. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to update the Employment Permits Act 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5436/19]
    • Science Foundation Ireland
      307. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated cost in 2019 if the budget for Science Foundation Ireland increased by 8%. [5450/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      308. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Ireland has formally applied for a relaxation of state-aid rules to assist businesses as a consequence of the impact of Brexit; and...
    • Work Permits Applications
      309. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 29 January 2019, the steps she will take to have the application for general employment...
  • Department of Health
    • Disability Support Services
      310. To ask the Minister for Health when a payment similar to the mobility allowance will come on-stream; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4956/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      311. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body that will care for a child (details supplied) with severe autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5510/19]
    • Mental Health Services
      312. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of all projects funded under the service reform fund that address the mental health needs for persons experiencing homelessness; the individual...
    • Home Help Service Data
      313. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed as home help by the HSE in each year since 2010, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4953/19]
    • National Dementia Strategy
      314. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand funding and assistance in the area of community support for persons with dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4954/19]
    • HSE Properties
      315. To ask the Minister for Health the progression of refurbishment of the HSE property in Drogheda Street, Monasterevin, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4957/19]
    • Home Help Service
      317. To ask the Minister for Health if home help will be reinstated for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4966/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      318. 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. [4987/19]
    • Medical Products Supply
      319. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the anxiety and worry the parents of children with SMA are experiencing due to the delay in making the drug Spinraza...
    • Home Help Service
      320. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the progress being made to date regarding the development of a statutory home care scheme; the status of the work that is under way and action...
    • Health Services Data
      321. To ask the Minister for Health the situation at a service (details supplied) regarding the operation of the service; the number of beds operational; the number of beds closed; and if he will...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      322. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to classify fibromyalgia as a critical medical condition; the supports in place for persons suffering from fibromyalgia; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      323. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has been appointed to a location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4997/19]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      324. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5000/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      325. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5001/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      326. To ask the Minister for Health the status of care service provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5003/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      327. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a rescheduled date for an operation in Tallaght hospital having had the scheduled date cancelled; and if he will...
    • Health Services Provision
      328. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been without a specialist doctor, care plan or support services; if same will be provided; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      329. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for inpatient appointments; the number waiting for outpatient appointments at Galway University Hospital and Portiuncula...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      331. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries cancelled at Galway University Hospital and at Portiuncula Hospital in 2017 and 2018 and to date in 2019; the reason for the...
    • Brexit Issues
      332. To ask the Minister for Health if a plan has been devised for medicines that have a narrow therapeutic index that are not interchangeable in the event of a no-deal Brexit; and if he will...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      333. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an extension and redevelopment at a hospital (details supplied). [5047/19]
    • HSE Expenditure
      334. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent under the winter plan purchasing additional capacity in private hospitals; the number of and the length of time beds were purchased for use;...
    • HSE Staff Data
      335. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a pay and numbers strategy from the HSE; if so, the key details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5052/19]
    • Hospitals Data
      336. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in the National Rehabilitation Hospital; the number occupied, empty and closed, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      340. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the BreastCheck mobile units which will cease screening in several areas in 2019 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      341. To ask the Minister for Health the number of non-specialist mental health consultants working on a permanent, temporary or locum basis in each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      342. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment. [5064/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      343. To ask the Minister for Health if financial provision is being made available for the 6,000 women who will need to have a retest carried out following a previous smear test the results of...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      344. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the development and expansion of a mental health service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5077/19]
    • Health Promotion
      345. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the breastfeeding regime and supports that operate in workplaces in general; the particular reforms planned for the HSE as an employer for...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      346. To ask the Minister for Health the capital projects, including information technology and equipment, the commencement date of which has been postponed, delayed or dropped as a result of the...
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      347. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 1 February 2017, the liability of medical card holders to pay for blood tests carried out at their general...
    • Medical Card Drugs Availability
      349. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to making food supplements and vitamins available under the medical card scheme in circumstances in which they have been...
    • Abortion Services Provision
      350. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a report from the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital to clarify the decision of the medical team not to terminate a pregnancy on...
    • National Cancer Strategy
      351. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a national cancer centre in an area (details supplied); if a review of such a service is underway; if the Border region will be...
    • Positive Ageing Strategy
      352. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the recent research conducted into the effects of rural isolation on the well-being of senior citizens particularly those living alone; the...
    • Rural Transport Services
      353. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals he is considering and has discussed with other Departments with regard to providing practical and reliable transport systems to cater for persons...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      354. To ask the Minister for Health if the overspend at the National Children’s Hospital and the National Maternity Hospital has impacted upon capital projects in counties Cavan, Monaghan...
    • Healthcare Professionals
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the regulation of psychotherapy and counselling under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005; if members have been appointed to the...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      356. To ask the Minister for Health if appointments under the treatment abroad scheme which have been scheduled prior to Brexit on 29 March 2019 will be honoured regardless of the way in which...
    • Medical Card Administration
      357. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a medical card expiry date can be changed and brought forward by 12 months without an explanation to the medical card holder; if the case of a...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      358. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [5159/19]
    • Health Services Staff
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the key workers employed by the HSE by respective CHO areas and additional catchment areas they operate under or services they are assigned to. [5172/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      360. To ask the Minister for Health if an ENT appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5176/19]
    • Orthodontic Services
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to address the significant delays in accessing orthodontic treatment in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      362. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive cataract surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5186/19]
    • Dental Services
      364. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can gain access to denture repair through their medical card. [5204/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      365. To ask the Minister for Health if an orthopaedic appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [5215/19]
    • Disability Services Provision
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Laois and Offaly on the waiting list for six months or more for speech therapy. [5216/19]
    • Hospitals Data
      375. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented with respiratory conditions at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore in 2018. [5225/19]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respiratory specialists at Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [5227/19]
    • National Maternity Hospital
      379. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 787 of 15 January 2019, if he will publish the details of a process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Mental Health Policy
      382. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the publication of the revised mental health policy, A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5244/19]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      383. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide statistical information (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5279/19]
    • Health Services Data
      384. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time in CHO 4 for ophthalmology assessments; the average waiting time for ophthalmology day case appointments; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Procedures
      385. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 168 to 170, inclusive, of 16 January 2019, the number of persons who have undergone cataract surgery in each of the...
    • Medicinal Products
      388. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address costs and commercialisation of medicines as outlined by an organisation (details supplied); if consideration has been given to finding a...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      389. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 58 of 5 December 2018, if extra resources will be committed to allow adequate spaces for those wishing to detox from...
    • Pharmaceutical Sector
      390. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that pharmacy students will be in a position to be paid for their mandatory placement; his views on the enormous financial strain this will...
    • General Practitioner Data
      391. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner full-time equivalents for the past three years by county and year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      392. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of dispensing pharmacists in relation to the falsified medicines directive; if the concerns will be taken into...
    • Abortion Services Provision
      393. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the availability and national distribution of termination of pregnancy services in hospital settings; the number of hospitals providing...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      396. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in relation to the provision of a health centre on Inisbofin, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5339/19]
    • HSE Reports
      397. To ask the Minister for Health if a publication (details supplied) was funded by the HSE or from a hospital group budget and if so, the full cost of the publication from marketing and...
    • HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
      398. To ask the Minister for Health the agency spend on nurses in 2018. [5383/19]
    • Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date on the recommendation in the Report on Tackling Childhood Obesity by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs...
    • Hospitals Funding
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding included in budget 2019 and the HSE National Service Plan 2019 for equipping and staffing the 40 bed modular unit at South Tipperary...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      403. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the failure of the HSE to complete assessment of needs for children with disabilities within a reasonable timeframe (details supplied); and if he...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to prevent the closure of a society (details supplied); his views on the potential loss to the deaf community of the only national...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      407. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5455/19]
    • Sign Language and Deaf Services
      408. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided in order that a service (details supplied) will not be forced to close; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      409. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the South Inner City Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force cut the funding to a project (details supplied) when its service provision has increased from...
    • Vaccination Programme
      412. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the Gardasil vaccine. [5476/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      413. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive a date for a procedure at St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8; and if he will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      414. To ask the Minister for Health the support services in place in County Donegal for those in foster care transitioning from Tusla services on reaching 18 years of age requiring mental health...
    • Mental Health Policy
      416. To ask the Minister for Health the number of officials in his Department who specialise in mental health policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5481/19]
    • Abortion Services Provision
      417. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to provide free access to termination of pregnancy services for women from Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Provision
      421. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to improve access to contraception in 2019; if this includes measures to remove the cost barrier to accessing long-acting reversible...
    • Hospital Staff
      422. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an ongoing dispute between maintenance staff and management at Mayo University Hospital; if so, his plans in place to...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      423. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of maintenance contractors and agency workers for maintenance at Mayo University Hospital in each of the years 2016 to 2018, inclusive, in tabular...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      424. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that a child (details supplied) has their assessment of needs carried out; when they will be provided with services by the early...
    • EU Directives
      425. To ask the Minister for Health if the medical provisions of the basic safety standards directive have now been finalised; if a proposal (details supplied) has been accepted; and if he will...
    • Physiotherapy Provision
      426. To ask the Minister for Health when paediatric physiotherapy services will be made available to a child (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Provision
      427. To ask the Minister for Health if a full review of the medical needs of a person (details supplied) will be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5523/19]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      428. To ask the Minister for Health if all Travellers will be provided with a medical card, in view of the perceived level of Traveller health inequalities that exist; and if he will make a...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      429. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons treated for gambling addiction in each of the years from 2007 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5525/19]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
      431. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent posts employed by the Health Service Executive in the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, in north and...
    • Health Services
      432. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a facility (details supplied); the number of beds in the service; if the HSE plans to close the service; if so, the service which will...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
      433. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve and expand CAMHS in County Tipperary in view of the need for service improvement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5529/19]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of the drug Savitex; when he expects the assessment to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5538/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      435. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Products Regulatory Authority's equivalent of black box warnings apply to morcellators sold here. [5542/19]
    • Hospital Deaths
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women here who have died in the past decade within a year of having hysterectomies by morcellation. [5543/19]
    • Hospitals Data
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed name change of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5547/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      438. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Clare will have an assessment and ultrasound in the urology department of University Hospital Limerick; and if he...
    • Autism Support Services
      440. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address a waiting list for autism services (details supplied); his plans to appoint additional staff to the service; his plans for budget...
    • Ethics in Public Office Legislation
      441. To ask the Minister for Health if measures are in place to provide for a statutory declaration by consultants, clinicians and other medical practitioners who receive gifts or donations from...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      442. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding allocated to the HSE to reduce the waiting lists and waiting times for home support services; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      443. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for an outpatient appointment in children’s hospitals in Dublin (details supplied) for more than 18 months; and if he...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
      444. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health units in 2018. [5601/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      445. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical product will be supplied to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5603/19]
    • Occupational Therapy Provision
      446. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will be assessed for occupational therapy and receive appropriate therapy; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      447. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will have an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Provision
      449. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5639/19]
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      450. To ask the Minister for Health the date in October 2018 his Department drew the attention of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, either formally or informally, to the overspends...
    • National Children's Hospital
      451. To ask the Minister for Health the date and times of meetings he and-or his officials had with the national children’s hospital project and programme board since its inception; the...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      452. To ask the Minister for Health the date in November 2018 he or his officials informed the Taoiseach of the cost overruns in the national children’s hospital; the format in which this...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      454. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he expects to be in a position to meet the capital programme for his Department as previously set out; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Brexit Preparations
      455. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he is satisfied he has made the provisions necessary in the context of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5653/19]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      457. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains in contact with victims of the cervical smear test issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5655/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      458. To ask the Minister for Health the alternatives now in operation or proposed to improve the reliability of cancer screening for women in the aftermath of the cervical smear test issues; and...
    • Cancer Incidence
      459. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which his Department monitors the incidence of various forms of cancer throughout the regions in conjunction with the National Cancer Register;...
    • School Medical Examinations
      460. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the normal school medical examinations have successfully identified particular health issues among children in the past five years; and if...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      461. To ask the Minister for Health the number of extra nurses, nurse assistants, doctors and consultants employed throughout the public health sector in the past three years; and if he will make...
    • Health Services Data
      463. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who obtained dental and or optical benefits in each of the past three years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5661/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      464. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for elective procedures, including orthopaedic, coronary, kidney or similar conditions; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      465. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies that exist and are waiting to be filled at each public hospital nationally at all levels; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      466. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which the number of home care packages approved is sufficient to meet the need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5664/19]
    • Healthcare Policy
      467. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the implementation of the Sláintecare programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5665/19]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      468. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the number of children and adolescents awaiting treatment and or assessments from CAMHS (details supplied). [5668/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      469. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on outpatient waiting lists awaiting eye care procedures at the end of 2017 and 2018, respectively; his plans to reduce such waiting...
    • Dental Services Provision
      470. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide additional resources for dental services in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5688/19]
    • Medical Card Applications Data
      471. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of an application for a discretionary medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services Data
      472. To ask the Minister for Health the amount transferred from the HSE to an organisation (details supplied) for the provision of services since 2004; the number of times the service level...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      475. To ask the Minister for Health the months in which the original smear tests took place for the up to 6,000 women likely to be called for a repeat test; and the number of tests that took...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      476. To ask the Minister for Health if surgery will be expedited for a person (details supplied) due to extenuating circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5738/19]
    • Medical Card Applications Data
      477. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who renewed their medical card online; the number who commenced online renewal but did not complete the process; the number who requested...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
      478. To ask the Minister for Health the level of engagement by a hospital (details supplied) in resolving its orthopaedic waiting list; and if the hospital has requested assistance through the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Brexit Supports
      479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which a request was made to the European Commission in view of confirmation at an event (details supplied) that the...
    • Regeneration Projects Status
      480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work carried out to date at a site (details supplied); the amount spent; the details in relation to the south tip and a building...
    • TAMS Administration
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the suggestion that heat recovery technology grant aided under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, TAMS, be...
    • GLAS Payments
      482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when all green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS, payments in respect of 2017 and 2018 will issue to a farmer (details...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payments relative to commonage in County Kilkenny will be paid to a person (details supplied). [5040/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans that have been developed to assist the equine industry in the event of a no-deal Brexit, in particular plans to address...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive outstanding payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5046/19]
    • Hazardous Waste Removal
      487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the remediation work on Haulbowline Island; the completion date for the remediation works; and if he will make a...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an areas of natural constraint scheme, ANC, payment for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
    • Departmental Projects
      489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of research that has been carried out nationally since 2010 on grey seals; the costs under research headings (details...
    • Fishing Industry Data
      490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commercial gill-netting boats that are operating nationally. [5182/19]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Eligibility
      491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an area (details supplied) in County Cork has been included for areas of natural constraint scheme, ANC, purposes. [5213/19]
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme Appeals
      492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a sheep welfare payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied). [5230/19]
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5243/19]
    • Live Exports
      494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied). [5291/19]
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers can continue to receive payments under the beef data and genomics programme, BDGP, scheme if they have switched from...
    • Beef Exports
      496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if beef from a herd with a history of tuberculosis can be exported to China; if there are restrictions in place; and if he will make...
    • Food Safety Standards Regulation
      497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if beef imported from Poland in 2018 originated from the plant which is the subject of an investigation for illegally slaughtering...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a payment can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5300/19]
    • GLAS Payments
      499. 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. [5302/19]
    • Brexit Supports
      500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which a request (details supplied) was made to the European Commission seeking emergency aid for the farming sector in...
    • Brexit Preparations
      501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has formally made a request to the European Commission under a regulation (details supplied); and if so, when the application...
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5382/19]
    • Departmental Reports
      505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to a report (details supplied); when this consideration will be completed; his plans to publish a...
    • Fish Landings
      506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to approve the port of Rathmullan, County Donegal, as an approved designated port (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Preparations
      507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if contingency plans have been put in place for the supply of potatoes in the event of a no-deal Brexit in view of the fact that...
    • Beef Exports
      509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of exports to Egypt since the Egyptian market reopened to Irish beef; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5594/19]
    • Trade Promotion
      510. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts being made to increase trade between Ireland and Egypt, including live cattle exports; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Forestry Premium Payments
      511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a forestry payment by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Brexit Preparations
      512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has put specific proposals to the Council of Agriculture Ministers and to the European Commissioner on the need to provide...
    • Felling Licences
      514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a thinning licence was issued and then rescinded due to local opposition and reissued without notice to the opponents for...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2018 area of natural constraints payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Horse and Greyhound Fund
      518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on subsidies to industries which promote gambling and its consequences (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Climate Change Adaptation Plans
      519. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to address the considerable carbon admissions resulting from agriculture; and if he will make a statement...
    • Fur Farming
      520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a ban on fur farming will be introduced here in 2019 (details supplied). [5732/19]
    • Greyhound Industry
      521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 10 October 2018, if the matter raised has been investigated; and if so, if he will...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      523. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures put in place by his Department and an organisation (details supplied) to ensure that no devices such as one publicised...
    • Animal Welfare
      524. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether fox hunting is unacceptable here (details supplied); and if legislation will be introduced to outlaw same. [5736/19]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      525. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2018 area of natural constraints payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Landfill Sites
      526. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of expressions of interest to tender for the remediation of Kerdiffstown landfill, Naas, County Kildare...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      527. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the provision of broadband services to Ballymore, County Westmeath, will cover the townland of Rathskeagh including...
    • Waste Management
      528. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the detail of the objective as set out in the strategy (details supplied) regarding the Statement of Strategy 2016 -...
    • Air Pollution
      530. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the regulations in place governing the burning of wood in domestic fires; if wood burning is classified as a pollutant;...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland
      531. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason an application by a person (details supplied) for eel compensation has not issued; and if he will make a...
    • Climate Change Policy (1 comment)
      532. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether permission to build permanent infrastructure for fossil fuel storage, such as the Shannon LNG...
    • Environmental Protection Agency
      534. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that sufficient safeguards are in place at a plant (details supplied) to ensure that the red mud...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme
      535. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the value of grants disbursed by the SEAI under categories (details supplied) in 2017 and 2018. [5605/19]
    • Warmer Homes Scheme Data
      536. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the value of work grant aided by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, under the better energy, warmer...
    • Building Energy Rating Compliance
      537. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of households that have successfully applied for deep retrofit grants from the SEAI by county; and the value...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Data
      538. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of households that applied for and received grant aid from the SEAI for attic, wall and other insulation...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      539. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of the national broadband plan at a location (details supplied); when it will be connected;...
    • Water Pollution
      540. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expected time for an inner lough waterway to refresh itself following a pollution incident; and the research that...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Sports Capital Programme
      541. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports available for clubs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5117/19]
    • Fáilte Ireland Funding
      542. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria included in the decision-making process regarding funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Railway Stations
      543. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the service that is out of order at a train station (details supplied); the length of time it is out...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects
      544. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the costing of the M7 upgrades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4952/19]
    • Fáilte Ireland
      545. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Fáilte Ireland’s website will be updated to reflect more accurately tourism products and offerings in north County Cork...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      546. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of funding available by county under the specific improvement grant scheme; if multiple schemes from one county can be...
    • Cycling Facilities Provision
      547. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to consultations undertaken by his counterpart in France (details supplied); his plans to engage in a...
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      549. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons awaiting driver tests in the Cork city, Mallow, Skibbereen, Killarney and Tralee testing centres. [5073/19]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      550. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application by a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5082/19]
    • Cothabháil Bóithre
      551. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh maidir le hiarratas a cuireadh chuig a Roinn maidir le hacmhainní cuí a fháil chun...
    • Ports Development
      552. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the recruitment of a business development manager at Rosslare Europort; the responsibilities associated with the...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      553. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual operating costs of the Navan, Athlone and Sligo Bus Éireann town bus service, respectively; and the cost of fuel,...
    • Public Transport Data
      554. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the mid-point annual pay for drivers in Bus Éireann and LocalLink services, respectively. [5153/19]
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      555. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional resources and-or finance required to implement a guarantee of a driver test within six weeks of application; and if he...
    • Road Network
      556. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the national policy guidelines with respect to the erection and installation of new street lighting beyond urban speed limits; if policy...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      558. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reintroduce Bus Éireann route 190 from Duleek to Navan, County Meath. [5236/19]
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      559. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a payment outstanding from the 2018 sports capital grant for a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      560. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding an application for funding under the sports capital grant scheme by a club (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • National Mitigation Plan
      561. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details regarding item No. 72 of the update report on the national mitigation plan: actions complete, in relation to establishing a...
    • Carbon Budget
      562. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a small portion of the €5.5 million reduction budget was utilised in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
      563. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 963 of 15 January 2019, the provisional arrangements in place to enable the holder of a driver...
    • Road Safety
      564. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a route (details supplied) will be made safer; if road markings will be made clearer on all routes; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Public Transport
      565. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a planned trial of a service (details supplied) in County Limerick did not proceed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Brexit Preparations
      566. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with his UK counterpart to discuss the Port of Dover and the threat that Brexit poses to Irish-EU trade via the land...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the drawdown of funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5570/19]
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      570. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he plans to take to rectify the waiting time for a driver test of up to 28 weeks at test centres in County Tipperary...
    • Electric Vehicles
      571. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of journeys not awarded the correct discount regarding electronic vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles respectively...
    • Air Services Provision
      572. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to commence direct flights between Ireland and Egypt; the efforts made to date by him or his officials in this regard; and if...
    • Taxi Regulations
      574. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure taxis facilitate digital payment by customers; the expected timeline in this regard; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rail Network
      575. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to change the existing level crossings in the Dublin 15 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5610/19]
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      576. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting for driver licence tests at centres in Cork, Mallow and Skibbereen, County Cork and Killarney, County...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Abuse
      577. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the instances of child abuse non-investigation (details supplied) by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Early Years Sector
      578. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding mechanisms available to early year providers, in particular Naoínraí, for the purchase of play equipment; the process...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      579. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the key workers employed by her Department or organisations under her aegis; and the respective catchment areas in which they operate under...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      580. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which adequate protection remains available to children exiting residential care facilities in the public or private sector;...
    • Foster Care Supports
      581. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a review of the foster care allowance has been considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5208/19]
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      582. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the recent HIQA review of Tusla services in the Dublin region which identified long delays in referrals, poor management of...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Expenditure
      583. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount approved by a company (details supplied) in an area which is delivering the SICAP programme under the community development...
    • Community Services Programme Funding
      584. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the system for paying the salary of a person (details supplied). [4946/19]
    • Seniors Alert Scheme
      585. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to introduce grants for the installation of intruder alarms for older persons; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • CLÁR Programme
      586. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next round of CLÁR funding for 2019 will open. [5453/19]
    • Scheme to Support National Organisations
      588. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional funding will be sourced through Pobal for services (details supplied) which face possible closure; and if he will make a...
    • CLÁR Programme
      590. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the eligibility criteria for rural geographical areas for participation in the CLÁR programme; when the eligible areas will be...
    • Local Improvement Scheme Funding
      591. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the work to be carried out with funds allocated to local authorities in 2018 under the local improvement scheme has been completed...
    • Community Services Programme
      593. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a decision on an application by a centre (details supplied) for a new community services programme will be decided; and if he...
    • Walks Scheme
      594. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to include a walk (details supplied) under the walks scheme; when a decision will be made on the application; and if he will...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter regarding community employment supervisors (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Care of the Elderly Provision
      596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will request the HSE to consider developing a scheme to assist elderly pensioners who suffer from illnesses such as...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for a disability allowance on cessation of domiciliary care allowance; and if she...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      598. 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...
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Free Travel Scheme Review
      604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the travel pass scheme in particular to children who are wheelchair bound. [4984/19]
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Applications
      605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an application by a person (details supplied) for a jobseeker's benefit was refused; and if she will make a...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      606. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is eligible as part of the review process for those affected by the 2012 contributory pension...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      607. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Brexit Preparations
      608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the scheme by scheme analysis of social insurance schemes and reciprocal arrangements between the UK and Ireland and the...
    • Pensions Reform
      609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the problem facing persons who must retire from their private employer two years before the pensionable age; and...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if moneys owed to a person (details supplied) will be investigated in view of the fact that there are no assets to be...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      611. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a matter concerning a request for a review of a contributory pension by a person (details supplied) will be examined; and...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is policy not to issue the name of the deciding officer when issuing decisions regarding invalidity pension...
    • JobPath Programme
      613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the econometric evaluation of JobPath will be published. [5158/19]
    • Working Family Payment Applications
      616. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a working family payment application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be processed; and if she will...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Working Family Payment Applications
      618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be re-examined taking into consideration the up to date information they...
    • State Pensions
      619. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the situation of those that are forced to retire at 65 years of age but cannot now receive their...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
      621. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if payment into an AVC pension scheme is an allowable deduction from a spouse's income in the assessment of means for the...
    • Social Insurance Payments
      622. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of hours per week a PAYE employee must work in order to receive a full class A PRSI stamp; and if she will make a...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      623. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans to implement a total contributions approach in relation to the State pension (contributory); and if...
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications
      624. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a partial capacity benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Pensions Reform
      625. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1303 of 7 September 2018, the position regarding the proposed legislation; and if she...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Applications
      626. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for farm assist by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      627. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons who received offers for a review of State pension (contributory) payments can provide the necessary information in...
    • Working Family Payment Applications
      629. 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); the reason for the delay...
    • Back to Work Family Dividend Scheme
      630. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for a back to work family dividend by a person (details supplied) will be processed; when payment will...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of further medical evidence submitted in support of an invalidity pension...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in same; and if she...
    • Working Family Payment Applications
      633. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a working family payment application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Pension Provisions
      634. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rules governing self-employed persons and their PRSI record with regard to their pension entitlements; the way in which...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      635. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      636. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to provide for a merchants' incentive scheme as part of the new digital strategy; and if she will make a statement...
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      637. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied). [5691/19]
    • Supplementary Welfare Allowance Data
      638. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount expended in each year since and including 2008 on exceptional needs payments under the supplementary welfare...
    • Pension Provisions
      639. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is planned under the new total contributions approach model for calculating contributory pensions to give credits to...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Data
      640. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who did their post-2012 contributory pension reviews online; the number who commenced an online review...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      641. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when paper review forms will be available for persons who are having their post-2012 contributory pension reviewed. [5752/19]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Environmental Policy
      642. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policy on protecting green spaces, including allotments and community gardens, in city areas in view of the benefits of...
    • Electoral Reform
      643. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to facilitate the holding of elections and referendums at the weekend to facilitate young persons returning home to...
    • Chimney Sweeps Regulation
      644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to regulate the practice of chimney sweeps and to encourage and ensure households carry out regular cleaning of...
    • Rights of Way Registration
      645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the latest date to register existing rights of way; his plans to extend the date; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to Kildare County Council under the urban regeneration and development fund for the Celbridge...
    • Land Availability
      647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of land banks and public lands and sites owned by Louth County Council; the acreage of same; the locations and the...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      648. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the Rebuilding Ireland home loan does not accept carer's allowance as income when accessing applicants for same....
    • Defective Building Materials
      649. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce a latent defects redress scheme to help those living in badly built properties bought during the Celtic...
    • Student Accommodation
      650. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a requirement on An Bord Pleanála to publish applications on its website which detail the student...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      651. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a new round of funding will be made available to the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme to allow applicants that have...
    • Housing Issues
      652. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the housing supply and demand report will be published. [5110/19]
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      653. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding an approved housing body (details supplied) received for the development of 41 apartments for older persons; the...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      654. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to amending the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme in order that persons that previously owned...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the work he is undertaking to develop schemes in respect of cost rental and affordable housing; and when details in relation...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      656. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when Dublin City Council will receive a response to a request to assist with phase 2 of its housing insulation programme. [5195/19]
    • Land Acquisition
      657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Fingal County Council has initiated the acquisition of the necessary lands for the upgrading of the Hearse Road, Donabate,...
    • Water Charges
      659. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce an incremental instalment payment plan to assist persons in paying the cost of water connection charges...
    • Rural Development Policy
      660. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the connection to area condition in the sustainable rural housing guidelines for planning authorities will be removed; and...
    • Land Development Agency
      661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the names of the persons appointed to the board of the Land Development Agency; the process by which they were appointed; and...
    • Irish Water Administration
      662. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding a referendum on the ownership of Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5372/19]
    • Housing Data
      663. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if responsibility for housing output statistics will be allocated to the Central Statistics Office in view of differing...
    • Fire Stations Upgrade
      664. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a funding request has been received from Dublin City Council for the refurbishment of fire stations within Dublin; and if...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      665. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants removed from the housing list in each of the years 2014 to 2018 due to being over the income...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      666. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the income threshold criteria for eligibility for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Planning Data
      667. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications made and exemptions granted, respectively under the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No.2)...
    • Rents Data
      668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities that impose and do not impose, respectively, a maximum amount of rent payable under their rent scheme...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Eligibility
      669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether it is appropriate for a local authority to refuse to recommend a house for the mortgage to rent scheme on...
    • Planning Issues
      670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the safeguarding conditions attached by An Bord Pleanála to its grant of permission to a plant (details supplied) in...
    • Private Rented Accommodation Standards
      671. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2017 to ensure that all rental properties are more...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
      672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the report on the review of the tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Architects Register
      673. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 23 January 2018, if he will address matters (details supplied) on same; and if he...
    • Planning Issues
      674. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 314 of 7 February 2018, his plans to improve the limited criteria that pertains to...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Applications
      675. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be made available to Dublin City Council to progress an application by a person (details supplied) under the...
    • Water Abstraction Regulation
      676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the research carried out to establish the overall risk of pollution to Killinure Lough, County Westmeath, through the...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Animal Culls
      677. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of section 42 licences that have been issued annually since 2010 for the purpose of culling grey seals at fishing,...
    • Heritage Council Funding
      678. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to reverse cuts in local heritage plan funding used to implement local heritage plans; and if she will make a statement...
    • Heritage Fund
      679. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding allocated for heritage grants nationally by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5203/19]
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      681. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will investigate with the National Parks and Wildlife Service, to partially withdraw aspects of the new SAC boundaries in...
    • Scéimeanna Teanga
      682. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil plean teanga faighte aici ón Roinn Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail; má ta, cén uair a fuair sí an...
    • National Concert Hall
      683. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to meet with the chairperson and CEO of the National Concert Hall in the immediate future. [5451/19]
    • National Monuments
      684. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 30 and 35 of 21 June 2018, the two monuments indicated at which there were instances of...
    • Wildlife Protection
      686. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the potential impact on the bottlenose dolphin as a consequence of the development of the Shannon LNG project has been...
    • Seirbhísí Uisce
      687. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an raibh aon phlé aici leis an Aire Tithíochta, Pleanála agus Rialtais Áitiúil maidir leis na...

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