Written answers

Tuesday, 12 February 2019

  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Brexit Preparations
      57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has spoken with his French counterpart regarding Brexit recently and the arrangements that France has in place for Calais and other...
    • Railway Stations
      64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the impact on persons with disabilities who can not access DART and rail transport due to the non-maintenance and failures of...
    • Public Transport Fares
      65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has investigated or plans to investigate a similar move here in view of the decision of Luxemburg to introduce free public...
    • Bus Services
      67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received reports from the NTA on the performance of a company (details supplied) that recently won the tender for certain Dublin...
    • Rural Transport Programme
      68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the position paper submitted by the Rural Transport Network identifying the importance of statutory planning to progress the...
    • Rail Services
      69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if measures are in place to replace train tickets for commuters outside the short hop zone who may have had their tickets stolen; and if...
    • Aviation Industry Regulations
      70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the work of the high-level project management board regarding the creation of a single national aviation regulator. [6349/19]
    • Public Private Partnerships
      71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which public private partnership arrangements will be used in new road construction projects in the next five years. [6692/19]
    • Rail Services Provision
      72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the population and employment figures needed in the Navan and Dunshaughlin areas of County Meath to commence a high-capacity rail link...
    • Brexit Supports
      73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide specific additional funding to local authorities in the Border region such as counties Cavan and Monaghan; if...
    • Cycling Facilities Provision
      75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce similar segregated cycle paths on the north side of Dublin city in view of the success of the off-road cycle track...
    • Taxi Licences
      76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the taxi advisory group is considering proposals to improve the availability of taxi services in rural Ireland; if revisions to the...
    • Driver Test
      78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the number of driver testers will be increased in the Skibbereen, Mallow, Cork, Killarney and Tralee test centres; and if he will make...
    • Electric Vehicles
      79. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amendments being made with regard to traffic regulations to take account of the arrival of electric scooters, battery scooters and...
    • Road Projects Status
      80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Bonagee link road project in County Donegal; when the project will commence; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Sports Organisations
      81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement he has had with an association (details supplied) regarding its compliance with the governance code endorsed by his...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the internal review of the Air Navigation (Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Orders 1973 and 1989 has been completed; and...
    • Public Bike Schemes
      84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the contract renewal for the public bike share schemes in regional cities (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Tourism Project Funding
      85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to providing funding for the creation of activity tourism hubs in which persons and groups in rural...
    • Road Safety
      86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the categories in which large vehicles are required to be equipped with a tachograph; the categories of such vehicles that are exempt; the...
    • Sports Funding
      87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which the large-scale sport infrastructure fund will be announced; the stage at which the assessment of the projects is at;...
    • Road Network
      88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider funding for the extension of the M3 motorway to Cavan town and the east-west link; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to reduce the waiting times for driver tests in the Skibbereen, Mallow, Cork, Killarney and Tralee test centres;...
    • Road Network
      90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the status of the N2 will be reviewed with a view to upgrading it to motorway status in view of the number of recent accidents on the...
    • Park and Ride Facilities
      91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 939 of 6 November 2018, the status of the provision of park and ride facilities for Galway city as...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for investment in vital recreational infrastructure for local communities such as swimming pools, community centres and other...
    • Carbon Budget
      93. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the underspend from the 2018 carbon reduction programme will be carried forward and added to the €7.6 million allocation for...
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the perceived considerable waiting periods nationally for driver tests and the impact this can have on...
    • Road Projects Status
      95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the progress of the A5; the details of his engagement with his counterpart in Northern Ireland on the project; the funding...
    • Light Rail Projects Status
      96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the next stage of the public consultation process for the metro with particular reference to alternative routes for the...
    • Road Safety
      97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of roadworthiness inspections on HGV operators carried out by the RSA and An Garda Síochána, respectively in each of...
    • Asylum Seekers
      98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the review of the policy by which asylum seekers cannot apply for driver licences; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Maritime Safety Regulations
      99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views regarding safety procedures for maritime operations within the jurisdiction of the State; his plans to review same; and if it is...
    • Bus Services
      100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which planners for BusConnects have engaged and held consultations with affected residents along initial routes; and if he...
    • Public Transport
      101. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the overcrowding across the public transport system; and the steps he is taking to address the matter....
    • Rural Transport Services Provision
      102. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the planned review of the evening and weekend local link rural bus pilot scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      103. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if measures are being considered to reduce waiting times for driver tests in County Kildare and nationally; and if he will make a...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      104. To ask the Taoiseach if the lack of the Northern Assembly was discussed when he met the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May, on 8 February 2019. [6676/19]
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      105. To ask the Taoiseach if Cabinet committee D, infrastructure, met recently. [6683/19]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      106. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met church leaders recently. [7055/19]
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      108. To ask the Taoiseach the number of advisers and special advisers employed by his Department in 2017 and 2018 and to date in 2019; the areas of expertise covered by such advisers; and the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      109. To ask the Taoiseach the number of boards or agencies to which his officials have been appointed; if there are guidelines or protocols for members of staff being appointed to boards or...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Consultations
      111. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the engagement between his Department and Kildare County Council regarding ongoing land management and maintenance of the Curragh plains. [6360/19]
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      112. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the protests over pay and conditions by veterans and families of the Defence Forces. [6365/19]
    • Defence Forces Resources
      113. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which partnerships have been encouraged between the Defence Forces and the private sector in County Kildare with a view to increased...
    • Military Medals
      114. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the family of a person (details supplied) was granted medals in recognition of that individual's service and sacrifice; and if not, if a...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      115. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of sick leave taken by members of the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service in each year since 2000, by officer and enlisted personnel...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      116. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of advisers and special advisers employed by his Department in 2017 and 2018 and to date in 2019; the areas of expertise covered by...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      117. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to develop lands in the area of the Defence Forces training centre on the Curragh to enhance relationships with the local communities;...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      118. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of boards or agencies to which his officials have been appointed; if there are guidelines or protocols for members of staff being...
    • Defence Forces Pensions
      119. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason a retired member of the Defence Forces (details supplied) has not received an increase in pension entitlement for the past decade;...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      120. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 110 to 112, inclusive, of 28 November 2018 and No. 75 of 24 January 2019, the reason for the delay in...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      121. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of appointments in the Defence Forces training centre for civilian employees; the number of these positions unfilled; and if he will...
    • Army Barracks
      122. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding has been made available for the refurbishment of catering facilities at Custume Barracks, Athlone; and when the project will...
    • Air Corps Equipment
      123. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding the replacement of CASA maritime patrol aircraft within the Air Corps. [6999/19]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Irish Aid
      124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the compliance of Irish Aid in regard to public sector equality duties and specifically if its volunteer rosters are equipped for disabled...
    • Human Rights
      125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken at EU and international level to address human rights concerns in Bahrain; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Trade Promotion
      129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the efforts to double Ireland's global footprint by 2025; the actions taken to date; the actions that will be taken in the...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the actions taken to address difficulties being experienced by returning Irish emigrants; the progress in implementing the...
    • Passport Applications
      131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the necessary documentation required when applying for a passport; and if an applicant whose passport is expired in excess of five years...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of advisers and special advisers employed by his Department in 2017 and 2018 and to date in 2019; the areas of expertise covered...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of boards or agencies his officials have been appointed to; if there are guidelines or protocols for members of staff being...
    • Syrian Conflict
      134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the conflict in Syria; the efforts being made at EU and international level to bring a political resolution to the conflict;...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has considered reopening an embassy in Iran, particularly in the context of plans to double Ireland's global footprint by 2025; and if...
    • Human Rights
      136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to specifically help the Yazidi; if he will consider providing specific funding to assist the Yazidi women and...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the name and age of each observer appointed to the 2018 election observer roster; the county each lives in; if they were members of the...
    • Passport Services
      139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the breakdown of the allocation in 2019 for the passport reform programme; the phases that will be delivered in 2019; the date in 2019 each...
    • UN Funding
      140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if funding was provided in 2018 to support the work of the United Nations population fund in humanitarian settings; and if he will make a...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of his visit to the United States of America, including meetings and engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Brexit Negotiations
      143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is considering a long-time limit on the European backstop in view of the difficulties in the House of Commons. [6681/19]
    • Trade Sanctions
      144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the fact that the Government of the United States of America may implement Title 3 of the Helms-Burton Act (details supplied);...
  • Department of Finance
    • Brexit Issues
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance the customs arrangements (details supplied) in the event of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6460/19]
    • Emigrant Support Services
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the issue of returning emigrants being charged high car insurance due to the fact they have lost their no claims bonuses (details...
    • Fuel Allowance Expenditure
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of an increase in fuel allowance for those who qualify in order to neutralise the impact of a €5, €10, €15 and...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance if tracker mortgages will be investigated in cases in which the applicant had an appeal refused by the independent appeals panel of the lender and is unhappy...
    • Tax Code
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the betting tax review; when the review will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6317/19]
    • European Investment Bank Loans
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of applications for European Investment Bank, EIB, funds made since 1 January 2015; the details of each project; the amount applied for; and if he...
    • Revenue Documents Issuance
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) in County Derry can expect a notice of claim to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6323/19]
    • Central Bank of Ireland Staff
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the selection process for the role of Governor of the Central Bank is carried out; the salary for the role; and if he will make a statement...
    • Stamp Duty
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance if the direct relationship attracts stamp duty at a lower percentage than if the land was being transferred to a stranger in circumstances in which a father...
    • Insurance Costs
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of recommendation No. 6 of the report on the cost of employer and public liability insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6419/19]
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance the rights a consumer has to seek a lower interest rate on amortgage as the consumer's loan-to-value ratio decreases; the obligations on lenders to inform...
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of efforts to reduce the cost of car insurance; the number of recommendations and associated actions from the report on the cost of motor insurance...
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of property owners that have secured flood insurance since OPW flood schemes were put in place as a result of the flood relief works; the...
    • Tax Yield
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue collected by year from stamp duty on non-life insurance policies from 2008 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement...
    • EU Directives
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the effectiveness of regulation of insurance across the EU and Solvency II directive 2009 in view of the number of insurance firms that have...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Enforcement Actions
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the fine imposed by the Central Bank on a company (details supplied); the reason for the fine; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Revenue Commissioners Staff
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Revenue Commissioners officials due to be posted to Rosslare Europort following a recent recruitment campaign; and if he will make a statement...
    • Economic Data
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance the level and projected levels of general expenditure from 2010 to 2024, inclusive, or the latest available date by current and capital (details supplied) in...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of advisers and special advisers employed by his Department in 2017 and 2018 and to date in 2019; the areas of expertise covered by such advisers;...
    • Revenue Commissioners Enforcement Activity
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance if Revenue Commissioners enforcement officers are subject to physical security checks upon entering, leaving and-or re-entering the premises and-or facilities...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to the introduction of a category of vulnerable taxpayers or persons to be defined in the Revenue Commissioners guidelines; and...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of boards or agencies his officials have been appointed to; if there are guidelines or protocols for members of staff being appointed to boards or...
    • Insurance Compensation Fund
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claimants that are yet to receive their compensation in full as a result of the failure of a company (details supplied); the number of these...
    • Tax Credits
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 27 November 2018, the reason for the delay in the Revenue Commissioners reply. [6727/19]
    • VAT Exemptions
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding medical supplies exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6738/19]
    • Tracker Mortgages
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance if the attention of the Central Bank has been drawn to customers being contacted by banks that are offering to buy out tracker mortgages by replacing them...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) is regulated by the Central Bank as an owner of credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6823/19]
    • Money Laundering
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times the Central Bank has compelled the production and-or provision of information pertinent to monitoring anti-money laundering and countering...
    • VAT Rate Reductions
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6975/19]
    • Energy Regulation
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue protection measures in place to ensure that all compressed natural gas complies with the relevant statutory requirements - blending and excise and...
    • Betting Regulations
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his review of the implementation of a 100% increase in turnover tax for the bookmaker and betting industry announced in budget 2019; if the...
    • Insurance Data
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of insurance claims filed in each of the years 2015 to 2018; the overall amount paid out on claims by insurance type; and if he will make a...
    • Mortgage Repayments
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an issue following the completion of the Project Glas sale with mortgage payments not being processed by a company (details...
    • Film Industry Tax Reliefs
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to delays in the processing of section 481 applications by the Revenue Commissioners (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Government Expenditure
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual gross increases in general expenditure required between 2020 to 2024 to reach the EU15 average level of general expenditure as a percentage of GDP;...
    • National Treasury Management Agency Staff
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff at the National Treasury Management Agency excluding the National Asset Management Agency that received pay in 2018 including retention...
    • NAMA Staff Data
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff at the National Asset Management Agency that received pay in 2017 by ranges (details supplied); the number employed by the agency at the...
    • NAMA Staff Remuneration
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid out by the National Asset Management Agency in voluntary redundancy payments in 2018; the number of staff that took voluntary redundancy in...
    • Revenue Commissioners Resources
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance the expenditure and allocations attributable to the drugs programme that were made by the Revenue Commissioners custom service in each of the past five years;...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Risk Assessments
      193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if risk assessments have been carried out in areas that were previously prone to flooding but are now OPW-defended zones; and if he will...
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision
      194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of properties in zones defended by the OPW that have full flood insurance coverage; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Drainage Schemes
      195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the River Nenagh in areas (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be cleaned in view of the fact that in moderate rainfall it...
    • Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory
      196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of the allocation in 2019 for the forensic science library; the date in 2019 building will commence; if it will be...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the Revised Estimates published on 19 December 2018 took no account of the cost overrun on the national children’s...
    • National Monuments
      198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to extend the season during which access is provided to Sceilg Mhichíl, County Kerry from 1 April with the season ending...
    • Office of Government Procurement
      199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if public tenders that require photographic images must be provided in hard copy in addition to digital format; and his views on whether...
    • Office of Public Works
      200. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the offices of Intreo, Garda vetting and penalty points in Thurles, County Tipperary, require extra office space (details supplied);...
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision
      201. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that insurance companies are using the OPW website and the flood report on the site to...
    • Civil Service Accountability
      202. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his officials and civil servants across the public service are subject to circular 12/2010; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      203. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the dates, attendees and purposes of all meetings he or his special advisers had with a person (details supplied) in each of the years...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      204. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish all correspondence between a person (details supplied) or his office or officials with the Minister, his special...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      205. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of advisers and special advisers employed by his Department in 2017 and 2018 and to date in 2019; the areas of expertise...
    • Public Expenditure Data
      206. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public projects undertaken by a company (details supplied) in the past ten years that have involved overruns of the...
    • National Children's Hospital
      207. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all communications between his Department and the Department of Health regarding the national children’s hospital in 2017 and...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of boards or agencies his officials have been appointed to; if there are guidelines or protocols for members of staff being...
    • National Children's Hospital
      209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the circumstances surrounding the appointment of an official in his Department to the national paediatric development board; and if he...
    • Government Construction Contracts Committee
      212. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the purpose of the contracts committee; the person or body that sits on the committee; the Departments represented; the positions or...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme Review
      213. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a review of capital projects for 2019 has commenced in view of the capital overrun at the national children’s hospital; if...
    • Departmental Budgets
      214. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the €50 million to be found within the health vote and the €50 million to be found in other Departments as a result of...
    • National Museum
      215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of the allocation in 2019 for the National Museum of Ireland and Natural History Museum; the date in 2019 the OPW plans to...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      216. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of the €123 million allocation in 2019 for the Hawkins House project; the date in 2019 the project is expected to...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of the €37 million allocation in 2019 for the Enniscorthy flood relief scheme; the date in 2019 the project is...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of the €30 million allocation in 2019 for the children's science museum and the National Concert Hall; the date in...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      223. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if officials from his Department will inspect coastal erosion at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • National Development Plan
      225. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress to date on infrastructural projects in County Meath listed in the national development plan; and the amount spent on...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) was refused the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6256/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of planned school building works at a school (details supplied). [6279/19]
    • Autism Support Services
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to have a third ASD unit provided at a school (details supplied) for the 2019-20 school year; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Data
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of young persons in the school cycle who do not avail of transition year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6338/19]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children up to12 years of age in catchment areas (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the number of available primary school...
    • School Staff
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined and revised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6347/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a major building project for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6362/19]
    • Site Acquisitions
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if land has been secured for a new school building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6366/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding has been approved for the redevelopment of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6386/19]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 381 of 15 January 2019, the prequalification fulfilments of the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and...
    • School Curriculum
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) on the provision of time for eating and hygiene as part of the school...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving adequate educational supports to meet special needs; and when adequate educational...
    • Brexit Preparations
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to safeguard ongoing educational programmes and educational co-operation with other EU states regarding students on...
    • School Staff
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the issues raised by a union (details supplied) on the conditions attaching to the employment status of school secretaries;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a meeting will be convened with a group (details supplied) in respect of a school project in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of advisers and special advisers employed by his Department in 2017 and 2018 and to date in 2019; the areas of expertise covered by...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school transport for children (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6587/19]
    • State Examinations
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the junior cycle English 2017 report by the chief examiner was issued to all management authorities in the second level school sector; if so,...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) applied for the prefab replacement programme; if so, the status of the application; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a request has been made by a primary school in Wexford for an additional special needs assistant or additional special needs resources for a...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions in place to ensure that individual education plans will be provided (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of boards or agencies to which his officials have been appointed; if there are guidelines or protocols for members of staff being...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address concerns outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6659/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new school building project for a school (details supplied); if the acquisition of a new site for the school has...
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Data
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 22 January 2019, when he expects a full year's data to be available; and if he will make a statement...
    • Schools Facilities
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new national school for south Swords area of Fingal will be delivered in temporary accommodation at a location (details supplied) for the...
    • School Catchment Areas
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new national school for south Swords area of Fingal will give priority access to children from a catchment area (details supplied) for...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the allocation in 2019 for the prefab replacement scheme; the dates in 2019 each construction project is expected to commence;...
    • Third Level Funding
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the €15 million allocation for 2019 for a college (details supplied); the date in 2019 the project will commence; if this...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when teacher supply panels will be introduced. [6805/19]
    • Autism Support Services
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of an ASD unit at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6818/19]
    • School Curriculum
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of time allocated in a school day for national school children to have their breaks; the portion of this time allocated for eating;...
    • Scoileanna Lán-Ghaeilge
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad iad na socruithe atá á ndéanamh le freastal ar an éileamh ar oideachas dara leibhéal i ndeisceart Chathair Bhaile...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications Data
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if each capital application for schools in County Wexford will be granted; the type and extent of each application; the status of each; and if he...
    • Autism Support Services
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the distance from Dublin 12 to the nearest school with a designated classroom for students with autism. [6980/19]
    • Home Tuition Scheme
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of payments of home-school tuition made to persons in the Dublin 12 area. [6981/19]
    • Youthreach Programme Review
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the Youthreach programme; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7018/19]
    • Teagmháil na nÓg
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills maidir le Ceist Uimhir 147 ar an 19ú Aibreán 2018, cad iad torthaí an phróisis comhairliúcháin a chuir Bord...
    • School Transport Appeals
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason free school transport is not being provided to a child (details supplied); when the appeal lodged regarding the case will be decided;...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date on providing a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7025/19]
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a full psychological service will be restored to a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Recognition
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a request by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7039/19]
    • Tax Collection
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances that have resulted in substitute teachers paying emergency tax since before Christmas 2018; the measures he has taken to...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure and allocations attributable to drugs programmes that were made available in each of the past five years; the projects and...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address matters relating to a device (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7138/19]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Inspector of Prisons
      286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the staffing complement of the Inspector of Prisons; the staffing level deemed necessary; if requests for additional funding to...
    • Direct Provision System
      287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the tender process for the new direct provision centre within a 40 km radius of Newbridge, County Kildare, has concluded; if...
    • Execution of Wills
      288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process in a situation in which no will relating to land is left by a deceased person in which there is no immediate family...
    • Victim Support Services
      289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports available for the families of victims of crime abroad to help them to attend court dates and trial hearings that...
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to a person (details supplied); if the deportation order will be reconsidered; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Deployment
      291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to each sub-district within the Cork city division. [6468/19]
    • Garda Transport Data
      292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of squad cars or Garda vehicles attached to each sub-district within the Cork city division. [6469/19]
    • Road Safety Data
      304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding roadside accident statistics; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of advisers and special advisers employed by his Department in 2017 and 2018 and to date in 2019; the areas of...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      306. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees settled here under the Irish refugee protection programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      307. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of boards or agencies his officials have been appointed to; if there are guidelines or protocols for members of...
    • Road Safety Data
      308. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions initiated in respect of road worthiness-related infringements against HGV operators in each of the...
    • Garda Expenditure
      309. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the capital expenditure proposed by An Garda Síochána in the north Dublin Garda division in 2019; and if he will make...
    • Garda Operations
      310. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on Garda operation disruption; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; the number of successful...
    • Security of the Elderly
      311. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce grants for the installation of intruder alarms for older persons; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Complaints Procedures
      312. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 175 of 9 October 2018 and 241 of 4 December 2018, when a reply will issue; and if he...
    • Garda Policing Plans
      313. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to receive the policing plan for 2019 for An Garda Síochána. [6824/19]
    • Garda Stations
      314. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the allocation in 2019 for the Garda station bundle; the date in 2019 the project is expected to commence; the projects that...
    • Domestic Violence
      315. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 291 of 16 October 2018, if he has received a response to his communication with the Garda...
    • Garda Transport Data
      316. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of mountain bikes attached to each district in the Westmeath Garda division as of 31 January 2018 and 31 January...
    • Protected Disclosures
      317. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to details relating to a complaint made by a member of An Garda Síochána (details...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
      319. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter relating to a posting on social media (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      320. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a differentiation in the process for persons applying for citizenship (details supplied) who have been...
    • Departmental Budgets
      321. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expenditure and allocations attributable to drugs programmes that were made available in each of the past five years; the...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
      323. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expenditure and allocations attributable to the drugs programme that were made by the Irish Prison Service in each of the...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Brexit Supports
      324. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports and guidance that will be provided by her Department and agencies under her remit for businesses arising from standards...
    • Legislative Measures
      325. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a legislative proposal. [6259/19]
    • IDA Ireland Site Visits
      326. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland site visits to County Limerick in each of the years 2011 to 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Employment Data
      327. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 31 January 2019, if her Department or an agency under her remit holds the information;...
    • Brexit Preparations
      328. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the relevant Departments have engaged with the CEOs of the various food companies and SMEs that conduct business here or have a...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      329. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of advisers and special advisers employed by her Department in 2017 and 2018 and to date in 2019; the areas of expertise...
    • Meat Processing Plant Inspections
      330. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of meat plants inspected by the legal metrology service in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the date each plant was...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      331. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of boards or agencies her officials have been appointed to; if there are guidelines or protocols for members of staff being...
    • Third Level Funding
      332. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the breakdown of the €17 million allocation in 2019 for cycle 5 of the programme for research in third level institutions; the...
    • Research and Development Funding
      333. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the €500 million allocated for the disruptive technologies innovation fund to be rolled out in 2019; the date in...
    • IDA Ireland
      334. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will respond to issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to Drogheda, County Louth; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Reports
      335. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has commissioned research or holds research or data relating to a united Ireland. [6927/19]
    • National Digital Strategy
      338. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to provide for a merchants' incentive scheme as part of the new digital strategy; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Health
    • Medicinal Products Regulation
      339. To ask the Minister for Health if the public information leaflet and associated stickers are being included mandatorily in the dispensing of sodium valporate to prescribed patients. [6735/19]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      340. To ask the Minister for Health if a service agreement between the HSE and a service provider exists or existed in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disability Support Services Funding
      341. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Cork-Kerry HSE has not received its budget allocation for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6247/19]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      342. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a homecare package; and when a package will be put in place for them [6271/19]
    • Disability Services Provision
      343. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to ensure children (details supplied) will not be waiting for 18 months before receiving an appointment with the early intervention...
    • Audiology Services Provision
      344. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are no audiology services in the new primary care centres in Tralee, County Kerry and Bantry, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Procedures
      345. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be rescheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6284/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      346. To ask the Minister for Health when a resubmitted application seeking reimbursement for Translarna (details supplied) will be processed by the HSE; when the drugs committee will assess the...
    • Obesity Strategy
      348. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the establishment of a body to monitor the codes of practice on the marketing and advertising of food and non-alcoholic beverages...
    • Public Health Policy
      350. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the consideration of the collated outcomes from Connect, Collaborate, Create; Co-Designing Healthier Communities, A Healthy Ireland...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      351. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reopening of a ward at a hospital (details supplied); if the first tranche of beds have now been opened; when the remaining beds will be...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      352. To ask the Minister for Health when legislation will be brought forward to implement the proposed changes in the fair deal scheme outlined in February 2018; the full extent of the changes;...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      353. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person with a full medical card is charged for blood tests in a general practitioner surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6328/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      354. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements and-or instructions issued to the HSE with regard to the supply of vital medicines in respect of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Cancer Services Provision
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that cancer patients have access to innovative new cancer treatments at the same time as those in other European countries; and...
    • National Cancer Strategy
      356. To ask the Minister for Health his plans regarding strengthening the role of the national cancer control programme in delivering the National Cancer Strategy 2017-2026 as per recommendation...
    • National Children's Hospital Administration
      358. To ask the Minister for Health the preparation undertaken to ensure that the chain of command for administering the procurement and building of the national children's hospital project was...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      359. To ask the Minister for Health if unsuccessful bidders for development of the national children's hospital will be included in the investigation into the spiralling of costs; if employees...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      360. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 475 of 16 October 2018 if home help hours will be sanctioned for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services Provision
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the status of respite care, occupational therapy, home support and speech and language therapy appointments in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      362. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will have an assessment for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6355/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      364. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 421 of 22 January 2019 if he will request the HSE to issue a response as promised (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      365. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be given a licence for medicinal cannabis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6361/19]
    • National Children's Hospital
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the contractual obligations included in the procurement process to prevent spiralling costs in the development of the national children's hospital. [6370/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      367. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [6373/19]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
      368. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons working in the child and adolescent mental health services in County Tipperary; the number of positions that are either on leave or...
    • Health Services Provision
      369. To ask the Minister for Health if the service at a location (details supplied) in County Cork is to close; if so, the replacement services being provided; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      370. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the level of child mental health service in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6376/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); the timeframe for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6377/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      372. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied); if the matter will be expedited; the number on the waiting list; the length of time they...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      373. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in arranging an operation at Cappagh hospital for a person (details supplied); the way in which he is addressing the waiting list for...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      374. To ask the Minister for Health if home support and grief counselling will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6389/19]
    • Hospitals Funding
      375. To ask the Minister for Health when capital funding will be allocated for the new diabetes day unit at Sligo University Hospital for which planning permission was secured in December 2016;...
    • Autism Support Services
      376. To ask the Minister for Health if a report will be provided (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6391/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      377. To ask the Minister for Health if a MRI scan will be expedited for a person (details supplied); the number of MRI scans carried out each week at WUH; the number of persons on the waiting...
    • Health Services Provision
      378. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the services for those affected by Alzheimer's and who attend a centre (details supplied); the funding received by the centre from the HSE...
    • Mobility Allowance
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the health (transport support) Bill. [6401/19]
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the original agreed tender with a company (details supplied) for the children’s hospital in St. James's; and the amount it has increased to....
    • Patient Safety
      382. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 137 of 7 November 2018 and 349 of 18 December 2018, if a statement was provided by a person (details supplied). [6423/19]
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      383. To ask the Minister for Health the revised cost of a report (details supplied) into overruns at the national children’s hospital in view of the revised terms of reference. [6429/19]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      384. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to State-backed health infrastructure projects that have been delayed due to the sale of the loans of a contractor to vulture...
    • General Practitioner Services
      385. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Clashmore health centre, County Waterford; if ownership of the health centre remains with the HSE; when general practitioner services will be...
    • Nursing Staff Data
      388. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent public health nurses operating in the Dungarvan and Lismore municipal district or the closest corresponding HSE area of...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      389. To ask the Minister for Health the level of emergency ambulance provision in the Dungarvan and Lismore municipal district or closest corresponding HSE area of operations; if a needs...
    • Hospital Services
      390. To ask the Minister for Health when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied). [6448/19]
    • Air Ambulance Service Provision
      391. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding an air ambulance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6450/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      392. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6457/19]
    • Home Care Packages
      393. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be allocated additional home care hours. [6465/19]
    • Local Drugs Task Forces Funding
      394. To ask the Minister for Health if a €1 million national fund will be made available through the drug policy unit in his Department; if the addiction services and local drugs task...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      395. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to establishing a screening programme for haemochromatosis such as in the UK in order to ensure that no person goes undiagnosed...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      396. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for approved funding spend for the community nursing units in Stranorlar and Ramelton, County Donegal; when tenders will be sought for this work...
    • Disability Services Provision
      399. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a case regarding the HSE and a service provider (details supplied); the status of the funding that was provided for the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      400. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will have a follow-up appointment at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6499/19]
    • School Equipment
      402. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Number 129 of 21 November 2018 to the Minister for Education and Skills, the way in which an application can be made through...
    • National Children's Hospital
      403. To ask the Minister for Health if the reports by a company (details supplied) in respect of the national children's hospital will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • HSE Properties
      404. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with the HSE to facilitate conservation-led improvements to a location (details supplied) in Dublin 8 and carry out a study of its historical...
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      405. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned €7.85 million national rehabilitation unit at Roscommon County Hospital, which was approved in 2015 for a 20-bed unit to be...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      407. To ask the Minister for Health if eligibility for a medical card for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed in view of the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in obtaining a scan at a clinic in County Galway; the position on the waiting list for same of a person (details supplied); when an...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
      409. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the NTPF on patients by county in each of the years 2016 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6550/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      410. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital procedure will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6559/19]
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the number of advisers and special advisers employed by his Department in 2017 and 2018 and to date in 2019; the areas of expertise covered by such advisers;...
    • Hospital Transfers
      413. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be transferred from University Hospital Galway to the National Rehabilitation Hospital; the reason for the delay; the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      414. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychiatric inpatient units here with no disabled showers within the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6593/19]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) continues to be on the waiting list for CAMHS and psychiatric services in view of the circumstances; and if he will make...
    • Counselling Services Provision
      416. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for counselling in primary care in each CHO; and the number of persons waiting between zero to one, one to three, three to six...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals for the self-harm intervention programme; and the number of sessions offered in each CHO in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date...
    • Counselling Services Provision
      422. To ask the Minister for Health the budget for counselling in primary care for each CHO in each of the years 2013 to 2018 and to date in 2019 [6606/19]
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      423. To ask the Minister for Health the budget for the self-harm intervention programme for each CHO in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019 [6607/19]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      424. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a transfer from prison to the Central Mental Hospital; the number of patients on the caseload of in-reach teams the hospital...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      425. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the high cost of the batteries required to operate cochlear implants; if the batteries are covered by a medical card; and if...
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 1,800 members of the National Ambulance Service availing of the facility to have union deductions taken by NAS payroll; and the number of...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      429. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6620/19]
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      430. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a primary care certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6622/19]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
      431. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts in whole-time equivalent terms in the CAMHS service for each CHO in tabular form [6623/19]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      432. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the practice of admitting children and young persons to adult mental health units to cease. [6624/19]
    • HSE Staff Data
      433. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists in post by CHO nationally in tabular form; the target number of psychologists by CHO as advised in A Vision for Change in tabular...
    • HSE Reports
      434. To ask the Minister for Health when a report (details supplied) on the review of genetics services here will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6630/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      435. To ask the Minister for Health if a company (details supplied), under its contract to provide cervical screening services to the HSE, outsources some of its work outside of the contract with...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the number of boards or agencies his officials have been appointed to; if there are guidelines or protocols for members of staff being appointed to boards or...
    • National Children's Hospital
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind the appointment of a HSE staff member and the appointment of a Department of Public Expenditure and Reform official to the National...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      442. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be placed in a facility as a matter of urgency. [6685/19]
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      443. To ask the Minister for Health the capital expenditure on the national children's hospital in December 2017; the month that coincided with the European Investment Bank, EIB, confirming its...
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      445. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment for the provision of a public health nurse for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [6728/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      448. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for orthodontic treatment with the Health Service Executive. [6740/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      449. To ask the Minister for Health the details of funding mechanisms available for the purchase of vehicles for HSE community care facilities in County Donegal providing residential, temporary...
    • Hospital Services
      450. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Dingle Community Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6748/19]
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      452. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 1,800 members of the National Ambulance Service, NAS, availing of the facility to have union deductions taken by NAS payroll. [6758/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      453. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the drug Daxas is not covered under the medical card scheme; his plans to include this drug under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Children's Hospital
      454. To ask the Minister for Health the funding received from the European Investment Bank for the construction of the new children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Respite Care Services
      455. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the respite crisis being experienced for dozens of families at a centre (details supplied); the position regarding the latest reports of an...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      456. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for bariatric surgery; the position of the person on the waiting list; the reason for the delay in...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      457. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on the community ophthalmic services scheme in 2016, 2017 and 2018; the budget allocation for same in 2019; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Emergency Departments Services
      459. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the accident and emergency department in St. Michael's Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, cannot accept an ambulance after 6 p.m. despite the fact it is...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      462. To ask the Minister for Health the role he has in the provision and contribution of services for persons experiencing deafness; the commitments he will give to ensure the continuation of...
    • Respite Care Services
      463. To ask the Minister for Health if respite care will be provided for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6828/19]
    • National Children's Hospital
      464. To ask the Minister for Health if a copy of all minutes of meetings of the board or sub-committees of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board held in each of the years 2016 to...
    • Primary Care Centres
      465. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address a shortage of parking at Mullingar primary care centre (details supplied). [6834/19]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      467. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plan for a new emergency department and the reconfiguration of the existing department at Beaumont Hospital under Project Ireland 2040; if...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      468. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the plan for a 20-bed purpose built cystic fibrosis inpatient facility at Beaumont Hospital under Project Ireland 2040; if the overrun in...
    • National Children's Hospital Status
      479. To ask the Minister for Health when the paediatric outpatients and urgent care centre at Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown will open in 2019; if it will be impacted by the cost overrun with...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      480. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to each contractor to date regarding the national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6923/19]
    • Medicinal Products Expenditure
      481. To ask the Minister for Health the cost per patient by year of the FreeStyle Libre diabetes monitoring system. [6924/19]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      483. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to place the FreeStyle Libre system on the long-term illness scheme for persons with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Card Applications
      484. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6931/19]
    • Dental Services Provision
      485. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline and the anticipated official opening date of the new HSE dental clinic in Celbridge, County Kildare, which is undergoing refurbishment; and if he...
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      486. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding FEMPI cuts on general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6937/19]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      487. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a panel in CHO area 8 to fill home help positions; the number of positions filled to date from this panel; and when further recruitment will take...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      488. To ask the Minister for Health the repairs policy in place for wheelchair users when repairs are required to their wheelchairs in the Waterford city area; the recommended and average...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      489. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a development (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6956/19]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
      490. To ask the Minister for Health when a building (details supplied) will be opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6957/19]
    • Hospital Equipment
      491. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6958/19]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      492. To ask the Minister for Health the details of each building project contained in the capital plan at each development stage, including new builds, extensions and improvements; the cost of...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      493. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6970/19]
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      494. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money spent to date on the national children’s hospital; the breakdown of money spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6976/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      495. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a cervical smear test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6979/19]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      496. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have utilised the treatment abroad fund in County Tipperary and nationally in 2016, 2017 and 2018, in tabular form; the five main...
    • Health Services
      498. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not heard from health professionals on the matter; and the reason the health system is failing the person. [7003/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received test results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7004/19]
    • Mental Health Policy
      500. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 432 of 16 October 2019, the status of the model of care for dual diagnosis the first draft of which was scheduled for...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      501. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7015/19]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      502. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an assessment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7017/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      503. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce legislation to amend the nursing home subvention scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7023/19]
    • National Children's Hospital
      504. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent opening of an 18,000 sq. m, 148-bed, state-of-the-art children’s hospital in Germany (details supplied)....
    • Health Services Staff
      505. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 814 of 15 January 2019 and the reply issued by the HSE on 22 January 2019, the further meetings that have taken place...
    • National Children's Hospital
      506. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a series of matters (details supplied) relating to the national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7040/19]
    • Hospital Services
      507. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of a report (details supplied) into the future and long-term sustainability of three community hospitals in County Donegal; if he...
    • Primary Care Centres
      508. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available in 2019 to ensure work commences on the primary healthcare centre at Rowlagh, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 in view of the budgetary...
    • Medicinal Products Data
      509. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have been in receipt of Suboxone in each of the past five years; the number receiving Suboxone; if an evaluation of the treatment...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Data
      510. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure and allocations attributable to drugs programmes that were made available in each of the past five years; the projects and programmes supported...
    • Hospital Procedures
      512. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a service level agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7131/19]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      513. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment of need report will be issued in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Cork; when the child will have a CAMHS assessment; and if...
    • Hospitals Data
      514. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is being provided in the 2019 capital plan for the new 60-bed modular unit at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Negligence Cases
      516. To ask the Minister for Health if the period allowable for compensation claims for negligence within the health service will be extended from two to five years; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Brexit Issues
      517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has formally met with the farming organisations here and in Northern Ireland to discuss the implications of Brexit for the...
    • Organic Farming Scheme Payments
      518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an organic farming scheme payment will be made available to a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      519. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a degree in agricultural food science is not recognised for the green certificate; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan
      520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in County Tipperary that have applied for the hen harrier scheme; the number that have been paid; the maximum...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Eligibility
      521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who have been taken out of the ANC scheme are informed of the reasons they have been excluded in order that they can mount...
    • Fisheries Protection
      522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a matter relating to the catching of dogfish (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Organic Farming
      523. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the national and sectoral targets under the new strategy for the development of the organic food sector here in tabular form. [6289/19]
    • Forestry Premium Payments
      524. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount and percentage of forestry payments received in 2018 by farmers and non-farmers, respectively under the Forestry Programme...
    • Brexit Preparations
      525. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the relevant departmental officials have spoken to their counterparts in the UK with regard to food production and the transport...
    • Meat Processing Plant Inspections
      526. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the return to service protocol to be followed by the authorised officer to allow a mechanical grading machine to be returned to full...
    • Bord Bia
      528. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date by which the 2018 Bord Bia annual report will be published; and if the report will be of the same format and contain the...
    • Meat Processing Plant Inspections
      529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding carcase measurement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6426/19]
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      530. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); when a decision can be expected on same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Applications
      532. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [6536/19]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals
      533. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6553/19]
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      534. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of advisers and special advisers employed by his Department in 2017 and 2018 and to date in 2019; the areas of expertise...
    • Animal Slaughtering Standards
      535. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 848 of 15 January 2019, if he has applied a fine on a particular carcase for non-compliance...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of boards or agencies his officials have been appointed to; if there are guidelines or protocols for members of staff...
    • GLAS Payments
      539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2018 GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Brexit Supports
      540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the targeted financial aid or compensation measures considered at national and EU level to support Irish beef farmers in view of the...
    • Beef Exports
      541. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific market-oriented engagement that has taken place between his Department and the agencies under his remit since the Brexit...
    • Brexit Preparations
      542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the latest assessments made by his Department of the potential impact of a hard or soft Brexit on the beef sector here at primary...
    • Employment Rights
      544. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged in discussions to introduce an employment regulation order to ensure a minimum standard of pay and working...
    • GLAS Payments
      545. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 483 of 5 February 2019, when validation checks will be cleared on an application (details...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      546. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the €180 million allocation for the fishery harbour centres; the major development projects to be initiated...
    • Hazardous Substances Disposal
      547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the €39 million allocation for 2019 for the remediation of Haulbowline Island; the date in 2019 the east tip...
    • Food Industry Development
      548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the €9 million allocation for 2019 for the national food innovation hub; the date in 2019 the project will be...
    • Employment Rights
      549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to act on the conclusions of the review of joint labour committees 2018 carried out by the Labour Court,...
    • Beef Exports
      550. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of progress to facilitate exports of beef to Iran; if he has considered the impact the reopening of the embassy in Tehran...
    • GLAS Payments
      551. 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. [6816/19]
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      552. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the situation regarding young farmers who are in a farming partnership will be clarified regarding their eligibility to apply for...
    • Departmental Staff
      553. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reopen and review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6930/19]
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      554. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for improving and extending Killybegs Harbour, County Donegal; the timeline for the tendering of this project; the...
    • Fodder Crisis
      555. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to address the fodder crisis here; if he will undertake a county specific fodder analysis or survey to account...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      556. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application lodged for an oyster farm licence at Carrickfinn, County Donegal; when a decision will be known...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      557. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the recent round of public consultation on aquaculture licensing reforms and new procedures to be introduced; when he...
    • Brexit Supports
      558. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the emergency funding sought for his Department from the European Union; the extent of the request or application for...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals
      559. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of on an ANC appeal by a person (details supplied); when a decision can be expected on same; and if he will make a...
    • Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan
      560. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) was omitted from a scheme; if this person will be included in the scheme; and if he will make...
    • Farm Inspections
      561. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 818 of 15 January 2019, if the case will be reviewed in view of the fact his Department...
    • GLAS Appeals
      562. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a payment in the case of a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7139/19]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Nuclear Waste
      563. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his officials received information or have had discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland,...
    • North-South Interconnector
      564. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the lack of compliance with the planning conditions in the infrastructure agreement...
    • Hazardous Substances Disposal
      565. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the progress on environmental issues at a location (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if a...
    • Climate Change Adaptation Plans
      566. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the establishment of 11 high-level interdepartmental teams that will develop actions to step up...
    • Broadcasting Sector Regulation
      567. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the Broadcast Authority of Ireland will undertake a full review of the rules dealing with food advertising to...
    • Commission for Communications Regulation Remit
      569. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the analysis conducted in regard to the number of online scam practices; and if there has been analysis carried out on...
    • Angling Sector
      571. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his officials have met angling club representatives in recent months; and if not, the reason therefor. [6309/19]
    • Broadband Service Provision
      572. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a fibre broadband application for a property (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Inland Fisheries
      574. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the eel fishermen compensation scheme for affected fishermen on Lough Ree; and the reason compensation...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      575. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of progress regarding the provision of broadband (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      577. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of advisers and special advisers employed by his Department in 2017 and 2018 and to date in 2019; the areas...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      579. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of boards or agencies his officials have been appointed to; if there are guidelines or protocols for members...
    • Air Quality
      580. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the extent to which air pollutants have been identified at the air quality...
    • Electricity Transmission Network
      581. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown of the allocation in 2019 for the national smart energy metering programme; the date in 2019 the...
    • Electricity Generation
      582. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown of the allocation in 2019 for converting west Offaly and Lough Ree power plants to more sustainable...
    • Climate Action Fund
      583. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown of the allocation for the Climate Action Fund for 2019; the date in 2019 the fund will be rolled out; if...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      584. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the provision of an annual support towards the cost of pay-by-weight bin charges for homes...
    • Biofuel Obligation Scheme
      586. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the way in which the target of blending under the biofuel obligation scheme that all road transport fuel,...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Projects Data
      587. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the €25 million allocation for 2019 for the Fresh Start agreement; the date in 2019 the funding will be made...
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      588. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons awaiting a first driver test and second test, respectively in each driver test centre here; the length of time...
    • Road Network
      589. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request TII to investigate the surface of the motorway between Roscrea, County Tipperary and Annacotty, County Limerick...
    • Cycling Facilities Funding
      590. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific cycling allocations made by county in addition to projects since he announced funding in budget 2019. [6306/19]
    • Public Transport Provision
      591. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met officials from Cork City Council regarding planned transport provisions following the expansion of the city in June 2019....
    • Driver Licences
      592. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal holds a valid driver licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6327/19]
    • Rail Services Provision
      593. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the upgrade to the northern commuter Connolly-Drogheda line (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tourism Data
      595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tourists that visit County Tipperary annually by nationality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6378/19]
    • Trans European Transport Network Programme
      597. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether there should be an extraordinary review of Ireland’s TEN-T infrastructure; if so, if he has made...
    • Rural Transport Programme Data
      598. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of users of the LocalLink service in each of the areas it is in operation in each of the years 2016 to 2018. [6428/19]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      599. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the 2018 sports capital grant application decisions will be made in the case of a club (details supplied). [6437/19]
    • Ports Policy
      600. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether it is appropriate that Rosslare Europort has a different ownership structure to other Irish ports; and if he will...
    • Bus Services
      601. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the request from an organisation (details supplied) that consideration be given to the provision of dedicated bus corridors...
    • Driver Test
      602. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a HGV test for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6492/19]
    • Road Projects
      603. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided to carry out a noise survey at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      604. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of advisers and special advisers employed by his Department in 2017 and 2018 and to date in 2019; the areas of expertise...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      605. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that will be taken to ensure that persons who need assistance boarding and exiting trains using ramps and so on will still do...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      606. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers per hour on the new Bus Éireann Ballincollig-Carrigaline route; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Airport Security
      607. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the categories of staff that are considered a risk and-or subject to physical security checks by private security firms when entering...
    • Sports Funding
      608. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of grant funding provided to each national sport governing body in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      610. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of boards or agencies his officials have been appointed to; if there are guidelines or protocols for members of staff being...
    • Sports Organisations
      611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made to date on implementing the governance code of community, voluntary and charitable organisations in the context of...
    • Road Safety Authority Data
      612. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of inspections for cabotage activity of foreign HGV operators carried out by the RSA and An Garda Síochána in each...
    • Road Safety Authority
      613. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of the RSA as a regulatory agency to determine if it is performing its statutory...
    • State Properties
      614. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a location (details supplied) rests within the ownership of the State or its part-owned company; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Transport Infrastructure Provision
      615. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if contact will be made with the NTA to seek funding in order to provide new bus shelters at the stop serving a location (details...
    • Greenways Funding
      618. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the €56 million allocation for 2019 for the greenways strategy; the projects to be delivered in 2019; the dates...
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      622. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the €200 million allocation in 2019 for the N22 Ballyvourney to Macroom route; the date in 2019 building will...
    • Sports Facilities Expenditure
      628. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the €26 million allocation in 2019 for the national indoor arena phase 2; the date in quarter 1 of 2019 it will...
    • Driver Test Data
      638. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of training undertaken by driver test examiners nationally; the frequency examiners are retrained in the rules of the road and...
    • Public Transport Fares
      639. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Leap cards will be introduced for commuters at stations in south County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6961/19]
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      640. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons awaiting driver test dates by county; the average waiting time; and the longest waiting time, in tabular form. [6962/19]
    • Public Transport Fares
      641. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his engagement on the proposed plans for free inter-rail travel across the EU for students including those over 18 years of...
    • Road Safety
      643. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding safety measures at Kyle Cross between Enniscorthy and Wexford on the N11; if TII has examined this matter; and if...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      644. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the most recent occasion he formally met a person (details supplied); the issues discussed; and when he will next meet formally with the...
    • Transport Policy
      645. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allow consumers who choose to utilise renewable compressed natural gas made from biomass to fuel their vehicles the same...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      646. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a sports capital grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7035/19]
    • Road Network
      647. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a TII licence application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7049/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      648. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans the NTA has in place to provide wheelchair accessible buses and infrastructure on the route 64 service from Galway to Derry,...
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      652. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding has been committed specifically for the construction of Fintra bridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7080/19]
    • Railway Stations
      655. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action taken to date to address the severe shortage of car parking spaces at Sallins train station, County Kildare; the progress on...
    • Traffic Management
      656. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when plans will be advanced to combat the traffic congestion on the M50 route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7087/19]
    • Swimming Pool Programme Applications
      657. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when an application for grant aid for a swimming pool in north County Kildare is likely to be accepted and supported either through the...
    • Tourism Promotion
      658. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he can identify options for the promotion of tourism here during the off season with particular reference to the need...
    • Transport Policy
      659. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to evaluate the transport system, that is, road and rail, public and private, to ensure the development...
    • Brexit Preparations
      661. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects to develop facilities at ports and airports in order to enhance access to the European Union and the...
    • Tourism Industry
      662. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects the tourism industry to develop in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7093/19]
    • Sports Events
      664. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to promote Ireland as a sports event centre with particular reference to encouraging such events here;...
    • Rural Transport Services Provision
      665. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he has continued to evaluate rural transport requirements with a view to bringing transport to persons rather than...
    • Road Projects
      666. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timescale for the provision of vital major road networks nationally in the commuter belt or elsewhere with a view to maximising...
    • Brexit Issues
      667. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has formally discussed with his European counterparts the prospect of more direct maritime links between Ireland and continental...
    • Bus Éireann Fleet
      669. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the difference in area dimension of the door space on the new bus fleet in operation in Waterford city since December 2018; the width...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Abuse Reports
      670. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the serious incident review that she and the Minister for Justice and Equality commissioned in 2018 into the handling of...
    • Child and Family Agency Investigations
      671. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will direct Tusla to investigate the case of two children (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6273/19]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Data
      672. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of funding for 2017 and 2018, respectively, for programmes (details supplied). [6313/19]
    • Child and Family Agency Policy
      673. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 15 May 2018, the progress in providing the same level of insurance through Tusla to foster...
    • Child Abuse Reports
      674. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her officials are engaged with an organisation on a matter (details supplied). [6554/19]
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme
      675. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the new affordable childcare scheme roll-out will be postponed until January 2020 in view of the significant administration requirements...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      676. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of advisers and special advisers employed by her Department in 2017 and 2018 and to date in 2019; the areas of expertise covered...
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      677. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 6 December 2018, if a response regarding the number of complaints and-or referrals to Tusla...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      678. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of boards or agencies her officials have been appointed to; if there are guidelines or protocols for members of staff being...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      679. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers allocated to the Ballymun area by type of service provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Foster Care Supports
      681. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if financial support is provided in County Donegal to foster parents of those who, on reaching 18 years of age, continue to be cared for...
    • Children in Care
      682. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there are sufficient private residential services to meet the demand required by Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      683. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) has not received correspondence from Tusla or an educational welfare officer. [7103/19]
    • Local Drugs Task Forces
      684. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the expenditure and allocations attributable to drugs programmes that were made available in each of the past five years; the projects and...
    • Childcare Services
      685. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address matters (details supplied) regarding childcare centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7127/19]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Local Authority Boundaries
      686. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to keep areas in County Cork that are due to move to the control of Cork City Council within his remit for funding...
    • Community Services Programme
      687. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a review of the community services programme is taking place; when the review will be completed; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
      688. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the standards required to be implemented by community groups that publish community newsletters or newspapers and are in receipt of...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      689. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of advisers and special advisers employed by his Department in 2017 and 2018 and to date in 2019; the areas of expertise...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      690. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of boards or agencies his officials have been appointed to; if there are guidelines or protocols for members of staff being...
    • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
      691. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the breakdown of the €315 million allocation for 2019 for the rural regeneration and development fund; the date in 2019 the...
    • Departmental Budgets
      692. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the expenditure and allocations attributable to drugs programmes that were made available in each of the past five years; the projects...
    • Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme
      693. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when measure 2 of the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme will become open for applications; if the request of a walk group...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      694. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if moneys will be lodged directly to the bank account of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      695. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [6239/19]
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      696. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 277 of 24 January 2019, if the telephone support allowance is only available to...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      697. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [6251/19]
    • Community Employment Schemes Review
      698. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether the value of community not-for-profit employment services must be protected in a reconfiguration of...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Applications
      699. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for a one-parent family payment in the case of a person (details...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      700. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the negotiations taking place with representatives of community employment supervisors in regard to pension rights that may...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      701. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to simplifying the process of pension recalculation (details supplied). [6337/19]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      702. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      703. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's benefit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      704. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      705. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      707. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if supervisors and assistant supervisors of community employment schemes can transfer to another scheme operated by a...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      708. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if pension entitlements in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed under the total contributions approach...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Data
      709. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who availed of dental benefit through the treatment benefit scheme in 2018; and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Support Grant
      713. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision to refuse a carer's support grant in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if the appeal...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      714. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of working hours allowable for a person to qualify for carer's allowance and-or benefit in 2003; the changes to...
    • Carer's Support Grant
      715. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the carer's respite grant is means-tested; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6494/19]
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      716. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed. [6502/19]
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      717. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a refusal to grant a disability allowance to a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      718. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of advisers and special advisers employed by her Department in 2017 and 2018 and to date in 2019; the areas of...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      719. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for a disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • EU Regulations
      720. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of recent media reports that Ireland is seeking an opt-out from proposals for an EU regulation regarding national...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      721. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of boards or agencies her officials have been appointed to; if there are guidelines or protocols for members of...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      722. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will receive the payments that she is owed without further delay. [6664/19]
    • Social Welfare Appeals Data
      723. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1113 of 15 January 2019, the steps she will take to reduce the number of incorrect...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      724. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the benefits available to a person who becomes unemployed and who had been paying class S PRSI contributions; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      725. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps a person should take who does not qualify for a social welfare payment due to his or her spouse's earnings although...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      726. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      727. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if assistance will be offered to a person (details supplied) regarding a carer's allowance review; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      728. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6814/19]
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      729. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      730. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6817/19]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      731. 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...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      732. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); when a decision is likely; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      734. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will receive illness benefit payments on a weekly basis at the full rate in view of the fact...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      735. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social welfare payment a person (details supplied) is eligible to receive. [6837/19]
    • State Pensions
      736. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to allow those who have reached 65 years of age and are retired to apply for the full State pension; the cost of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      737. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason compensation payments awarded to persons as a result of medical negligence in the circumstances of birth here are...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      738. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all required documentation has been received by the relevant section of her Department in respect of a carer's allowance...
    • Carer's Allowance Waiting Times
      739. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if additional resources will be provided to reduce the three-month delay in sending carer's allowance appeals to the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      740. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the entitlements persons (details supplied) under EU regulations are entitled to in terms of optical and dental benefits; and...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      741. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason October 1946 was chosen as the cut-off date for those affected by pension anomalies since the changes in...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      742. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the appeal by a person (details supplied) to the WRC has now been submitted correctly; if the case will be expedited; and...
    • JobPath Data
      743. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that engaged with JobPath and secured full-time employment that lasted for less than three, six and...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      744. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will be informed of the decision of an oral hearing; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      745. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the need to bring forward new guidelines on wind farms will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Irish Water
      746. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the agency responsible for auditing the financial accounts of Irish Water on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      747. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the new affordable home purchasing scheme (details supplied) being introduced; the qualifying criteria to be...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
      748. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if improvements will be introduced to the tenant purchase scheme to enable Part V tenants who are in a financial position to...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      751. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to State-backed housing projects that have been delayed due to the sale of the loans of the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      752. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Part V housing output for 2018 by local authority will be provided. [6443/19]
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      753. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of advisers and special advisers employed by his Department in 2017 and 2018 and to date in 2019; the areas of...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      754. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 631 of 27 November 2018, the date on which a commencement notice will issue for the...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      755. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he has taken to remedy the five grounds of the European Social Charter violated by Ireland in terms of the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      756. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of boards or agencies his officials have been appointed to; if there are guidelines or protocols for members of...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      757. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the eligibility criteria for applications to the urban regeneration and development fund for the development of community arts...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Administration
      758. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position on an existing tenant renting in the private sector who becomes eligible for housing assistance payment in the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      759. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new social and affordable homes constructed in the Dublin 1, 7 and 11 areas (details supplied) in the past five...
    • Commercial Rates Calculations
      761. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the methodology used in the calculation of commercial rates will be examined (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      762. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an applicant can be granted a mortgage to cover 100% of construction costs on a self-build home under the Rebuilding...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      763. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the €188 million allocation for 2019 for a project (details supplied); the date in 2019 the programme...
    • Legislative Measures
      765. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if matters regarding the Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018 (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a...
    • Seaweed Harvesting Licences
      766. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 589 of 29 January 2019, if all applicants have received correspondence; if not, if the...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Arts Funding
      768. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funds available for the further development of talented young musicians; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6966/19]
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Eligibility
      769. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the entitlement of a person (details supplied) under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme can be reviewed; and if...
    • Waterways Ireland Expenditure
      770. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding spent by Waterways Ireland on canal clearing ensuring navigation is retained effectively each year for the past five...
    • Waterways Ireland Data
      771. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of times Waterways Ireland conducted clearing in the Grand Canal through County Offaly to ensure open navigation per...
    • Burial Grounds
      772. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will engage with the HSE to provide conservation-led improvements to a burial ground (details supplied), carry out a study...
    • Built Heritage Investment Scheme
      773. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the assistance available to a church (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6518/19]
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      774. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of advisers and special advisers employed by her Department in 2017 and 2018 and to date in 2019; the areas of...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      775. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of boards or agencies her officials have been appointed to; if there are guidelines or protocols for members of staff...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      776. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of district conservation officers, wildlife inspectors, conservation rangers and ecologists recruited by her Department...
    • Seirbhísí Farantóireachta
      777. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén stádas atá ag an gconradh le haghaidh seirbhís farantóireachta gasta, atá le riaradh idir...
    • Forbairt na nOileán
      778. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici maoiniú a sholáthar d’oileáin Dhún na nGall le haghaidh bóithre...
    • Scéim na mBóithre Áise
      779. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na pleananna atá aici chun Scéim na mBóithre Áise a chur ar bun athuair, chun freastal ar thithe agus...
    • Film Industry
      781. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the film forum will meet; and the stakeholders that will be invited to participate. [6941/19]
    • Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
      782. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent on public relations services in each of the years 1 January 2015 to 1 January 2018 and to date in 2019 in her...

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