Written answers
Thursday, 14 February 2019
- Department of Finance
- Digital Services Tax
14. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with the EU member states and the European Commission in respect of proposals on the development of a digital tax; if he has been...
- NAMA Social Housing Provision
15. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to use the surplus from NAMA to invest in the real economy, including social and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Brexit Preparations
16. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the Revenue Commissioners will ensure the integrity of the Single Market while also ensuring there is no hard border in the event of a hard...
- Insurance Data
17. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the analysis carried out regarding the treatment of policyholders in the aftermath of Storms Emma and Ophelia; the number of policyholders...
- Insurance Costs
18. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures that have been taken to meet and engage with insurance companies here regarding excessive premiums being charged to consumers, particularly in...
- Brexit Preparations
19. To ask the Minister for Finance the key areas administered by his Department in which emergency legislation may be necessary in the event of a no-deal Brexit; if such legislation has been...
- Tax Code
20. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which he plans to resolve the issues raised by unmarried persons regarding the perceived unfairness of the inheritance tax system by which there is...
- Brexit Preparations
21. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to date and plans to take in preparation for post-Brexit customs checks at ports here, specifically Rosslare Europort; and if he will...
- National Children's Hospital Expenditure
22. To ask the Minister for Finance if the national surplus reserve fund will be used to fund cost overruns at the national children’s hospital. [7350/19]
- Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Reports
23. To ask the Minister for Finance the response issued to the November 2018 fiscal assessment report by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council; if he and his officials have met the council to discuss...
- Carbon Tax Implementation
24. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for carbon taxation; if the fee and dividend approach recently outlined recently is the preferred option for these taxes; and if he will make a...
- Tax Collection
25. To ask the Minister for Finance the most recent figures available for tax payments that are six months and one year in arrears; the highest amount in arrears for each tax heading; the amount...
- Tax Code
26. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Revenue Commissioners to protect the flat rate expenses for lower paid workers such as shop assistants, due to cease in 2020. [7277/19]
- Help-To-Buy Scheme (1 comment)
27. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the help-to-buy scheme for properties bought after 2019; and the cost of the scheme to date. [7343/19]
- Economic Data
29. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has undertaken an economic evaluation of wage levels here and the affordability of rent and house purchases; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Land Development Agency
30. To ask the Minister for Finance if he envisages NAMA and NTMA staff being seconded to the Land Development Agency; if he has discussed same with the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local...
- VAT Rate Application
31. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether there is a fairer way to class various products for VAT rather than standardised rates, which can be subject to changes that make...
- NAMA Transactions
32. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that multiple NAMA transactions since 2010 may have been in breach of section 172 of the NAMA Act; if he or NAMA has had engagement with...
- Insurance Data
33. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the failure of a company (details supplied); the number of households that have been impacted by the withdrawal of latent defect...
- Tax Reliefs Availability
34. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the need for special tax incentives to allow small businesses to establish in areas outside of the main cities. [52144/18]
- Budget 2019
35. To ask the Minister for Finance if he met with colleagues before the recent tax cut announcements were made. [49445/18]
- Economic Competitiveness
36. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has identified issues likely to impact negatively on the competitiveness of the economy; if so, the corrective measures he has put in place; and if he...
- Insurance Costs
37. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that progress is being made by the working group on the cost of insurance in the areas of public liability insurance such as for marts or...
- Banking Sector Regulation
39. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce legislation on regulations for the large shadow banking sector here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7156/19]
- Personal Injury Claims
40. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce the perceived excessive sums awarded for whiplash compensation claims in view of the latest Personal Injuries Assessment Board data. [4566/19]
- Insurance Costs
41. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his plans to deal with the rising cost of business insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7276/19]
- Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
42. To ask the Minister for Finance if his officials meet the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council on a regular basis. [49136/18]
- Carbon Tax Exemptions
44. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures that will be introduced in order to mitigate the regressive impact of an increased carbon tax; if he will publish a report on the measures...
- Credit Union Lending
45. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress being made in matching the capacity of credit unions to lend to small businesses with the needs of those businesses to obtain credit in the...
- Brexit Preparations
47. To ask the Minister for Finance his assessment of Ireland’s preparedness for all Brexit scenarios; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7371/19]
- Department of Defence
- Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the expenditure details for all consultancy or audit services provided to his Department by a company (details supplied) from 2015 to 2018,...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
50. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the capital projects completed by his Department since 2011; the initial contract value of same; the final cost of same; and the final cost of...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Military Aircraft Landings
51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if advance notice was given to his Department of the transit of an aircraft (details supplied) through Shannon Airport on 4 February 2019 in...
- Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure details for all consultancy or audit services provided to his Department by a company (details supplied) from 2015 to 2018,...
- Brexit Issues
53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on recent comments by the Committee on the Administration of Justice regarding the rights of persons in Northern Ireland claiming...
- Department of Finance
- Stamp Duty
54. To ask the Minister for Finance if a farm restructuring and completion agreement that was completed in August 2018 would qualify for a stamp duty rebate; if so, the process involved; and if...
- National Treasury Management Agency Staff
55. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of procurement officials within the NTMA charged with managing and overseeing public private partnerships; and the annual cost of same through...
- Insurance Costs
56. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the high costs of insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7145/19]
- Financial Services Regulation
57. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to regulate the bad credit moneylending industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50518/18]
- Budget 2019
58. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his officials have been briefed on the ESRI report published on 11 December 2018. [53145/18]
- Brexit Issues
59. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the possibility that the United Kingdom will lose its membership of the common transit convention; and if he has raised these issues with his...
- Fuel Rebate Scheme
60. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the performance of the diesel rebate scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many hauliers are dissatisfied with the...
- Brexit Preparations
61. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and his officials are preparing for soft technology options on the Border in view of the rules of the Single Market and in the event of there being a...
- Film Industry Tax Reliefs
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking as a condition for approving section 481 film tax relief to ensure the application of all employment rights, legislation and in...
- VAT Rate Application
64. To ask the Minister for Finance if vulture funds pay VAT on properties they sell; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7517/19]
- Tax Collection
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) accrued income tax arrears despite being in receipt of the appropriate tax credits or otherwise; and if he will make a...
- Brexit Preparations
66. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to be in contact with all relevant bodies and agencies in the preparation of the post-Brexit conditions; and if he will make a...
- Economic Data
68. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which recovery from the economic crisis continues; if specific issues are likely to impact on the progress; and if he will make a statement on...
- Financial Services Regulation
69. To ask the Minister for Finance if the activities of primary and secondary lenders will be monitored with a view to ensuring that they deal with their customers in a fair and equitable manner...
- Credit Availability
70. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which working capital continues to be made available to the farming and business sectors, with particular reference to smaller enterprises; and...
- Corporation Tax Regime
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he remains satisfied that foreign direct investment here does not become affected by measures to apply corporation profits tax here on...
- Tax Code
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the position in regard to discussions at EU level to remove taxation policy from member states, having particular regard to Ireland's peripheral location; and...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the capital projects completed by his Department since 2011; the initial contract value of same; the final cost of same; and the final cost of the capital...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- National Children's Hospital Expenditure
76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the information regarding the cost overruns associated with the new national children’s hospital prior to the...
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which public pay, conditions and agreements continue to be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7615/19]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an assessment has been conducted by his Department with respect to the implications for capital expenditure projects in view of the...
- Courts Service Properties
80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans of the Office of Public Works for a building (details supplied). [7432/19]
- National Children's Hospital
81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when his officials were first informed of the contents of the memo to the Minister for Health dated 27 August 2018 regarding the new...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital projects completed by his Department since 2011; the initial contract value of same; the final cost of same; and the final...
- Public Procurement Contracts Data
84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital projects since 2011 that proceeded on a basis other than a fixed-sum contract, in tabular form. [7550/19]
- Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expenditure details for all consultancy or audit services provided to his Department by a company (details supplied) from 2015 to...
- Flood Risk Management
86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if overruns at the national children’s hospital will not result in cuts to Office of Public Works funding earmarked for urgent...
- National Broadband Plan Expenditure
87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process in which information regarding the cost of the national broadband plan is communicated by the Department of Communications,...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Accommodation Provision
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken following his meeting with representatives of a school (details supplied) in order to ensure that the procurement and...
- Schools Facilities
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for a general purpose room; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7429/19]
- School Curriculum
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the obligation on a school principal in circumstances in which the parents of a child refuse to allow the child to be assessed by the school...
- Teachers' Remuneration
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of measures to cease pay inequality for teachers who qualified after 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7453/19]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure that two children (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive access to the education provision to which...
- School Attendance Data
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the matter of reduced timetables being used in schools to manage behaviour; the way in which the practice is monitored; and...
- School Enrolments
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the system of students attending a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7527/19]
- Schools Building Projects Status
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new secondary school in Greystones and Kilcoole; the timeline for opening the patronage process and beginning the...
- Oideachas Gaeltachta
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills céard iad na socraithe atá beartaithe lena chinntiú go mbeidh oiliúint ar fail trí Ghaeilge i nGaeltacht Chonamara...
- School Staff
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of negotiations with representatives of school secretaries regarding the two-tier pay system; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure details for all consultancy or audit services provided to his Department by a company (details supplied) from 2015 to 2018 and to...
- Schools Building Projects Status
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a new building by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7590/19]
- Special Educational Needs Staff
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will have special needs assistants reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7593/19]
- Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to difficulties that have arisen by which SUSI refuses to accept certain information relating to applications for...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital projects completed by his Department since 2011; the initial contract value of same; the final cost of same; and the final cost of...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Prison Deaths
106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the two prison deaths that occurred in the Midlands Prison over the past period; his views on the...
- Child Detention Centres
107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 396 of 15 January 2019, if information relating to the Garda unit that attended at...
- Road Traffic Offences Data
108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful prosecutions made arising from the use of data from the pilot scheme of red light running cameras in...
- Coroners Service
109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the recruitment and competition process for coroners. [7520/19]
- Garda Data
112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times An Garda Síochána was called to respond to an incident in each of the prisons here in each of the...
- Inspector of Prisons Reports
113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the completion and publication of the Inspector of Prisons report into allegations of covert surveillance...
- Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expenditure details for all consultancy or audit services provided to his Department by a company (details supplied) from...
- Garda Operations
115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda operations targeting suspected drug dealing in an area (details supplied) in the past two years in tabular...
- Garda Vetting Applications
116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in processing a Garda vetting security clearance application by a person (details supplied); the...
- Naturalisation Certificates
117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when eligibility for naturalisation will be determined in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Immigration Status
118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) can have a stamp upgraded to stamp 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7602/19]
- Asylum Applications
120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for leave to remain stamp 4 in the case of a person (details...
- Citizenship Ceremonies
121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) in view of the fact this person never received an invitation to...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the capital projects completed by his Department since 2011; the initial contract value of same; the final cost of same; and...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Industrial Disputes
123. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the average waiting times for cases in the Labour Court and WRC for each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and her plans...
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Data
124. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons working in each role in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in tabular form; and if she will...
- IDA Ireland
129. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeline of the interaction between the IDA and a company (details supplied) that has announced a relocation from the Connemara...
- Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
130. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the expenditure details for all consultancy or audit services provided to her Department by a company (details supplied) from 2015 to...
- Work Permits Eligibility
131. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if renewal of a work permit is an option in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Health and Safety Authority Data
132. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of farm safety inspectors employed by the HSA; and the number of new inspectors that have been hired in 2017 and 2018,...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
135. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the capital projects completed by her Department since 2011; the initial contract value of same; the final cost of same; and the final...
- Department of Health
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
136. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the construction and equipping of the MISA unit at St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8; the details of the tendering process; the number that tendered;...
- Hospitals Capital Programme
137. To ask the Minister for Health if the €9 million for a replacement 50-bed unit at the Sacred Heart Hospital, County Roscommon, has been ring-fenced; if the project is still included...
- National Children's Hospital Location
140. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the review of the national children's hospital process; if the option of investigating alternatives to the continuation of the project...
- Health Services
141. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 429 of 22 January 2019, if those living in Glenamaddy, County Galway, availing of Westdoc services and that have no...
- Respite Care Services Provision
142. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received respite; if the case will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7414/19]
- Nursing Staff Remuneration
143. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a nurse returning home to work here should proceed to receive the relocation allowance; the length of time it takes to receive same; and if he...
- Hospital Appointments Status
145. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for referral to Beaumont Hospital; and if such treatment can be availed of through the cross-border...
- National Children's Hospital Administration
146. To ask the Minister for Health the role the National Development Finance Agency has had in the new national children’s hospital project; if the agency was entitled to be part of the...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
147. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to provide greater supports and to reduce costs for persons undergoing IVF treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7430/19]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
148. To ask the Minister for Health if the reason the methodology of the cross-border directive will be investigated by which patients are being treated within a few weeks cannot be applied to...
- Cancer Screening Programmes
149. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 433 of 29 January 2019, if the note provided to him on 7 September 2018 by his officials updating him on the emerging...
- Hospital Appointments Status
150. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be arranged at University Hospital Waterford urology department for a person (details supplied); and if the matter will be expedited...
- Hospital Appointments Delays
152. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting since 2006 for corrective surgery; the further reason a misplacement of files has led to a three-year...
- Hospital Appointments Status
153. 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. [7456/19]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Payments
154. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who has no spouse or children must pay a larger amount per week for the fair deal scheme than the person's combined...
- Health Services Funding
155. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available for a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7469/19]
- Cancer Screening Programmes
156. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting since October 2018 for the results of the most recent annual smear test; and if he will make a statement on...
- Disability Services Funding
157. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who is fully funded can have funds redirected to the person's parent in view of circumstances; and if he will make a statement...
- Hospital Procedures
159. To ask the Minister for Health if cataract surgery will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7474/19]
- Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
160. To ask the Minister for Health if an anomaly regarding medication available under the drugs payment scheme (details supplied) will be removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
161. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be treated under the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [7480/19]
- Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
162. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which it is planned to reduce the waiting times being experienced by children in counties Laois and Offaly who are in need of an assessment for...
- Hospitals Data
164. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital appointments cancelled in January 2017, 2018 and 2019 by week and hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7486/19]
- National Children's Hospital Expenditure
165. To ask the Minister for Health the date the European Investment Bank was informed of the increased cost of the national children’s hospital project; if the cost estimate presents a...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
166. To ask the Minister for Health the stage plans are at for the new primary healthcare centre in Arklow, County Wicklow; the timeframe for the completion of the centre; and if he will make a...
- EU Programmes
167. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Ireland participated in the DEMOCOPHES pilot biomonitoring project but did not continue on to the EHBMI-HBM4EU human biomonitoring initiative; and...
- Home Help Service Provision
169. To ask the Minister for Health if extra home help hours will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7495/19]
- Hospital Appointments Status
170. 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. [7505/19]
- Services for People with Disabilities
172. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body families should contact in an emergency situation when they are unable to care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
173. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) has been denied an inpatient place in a facility on the basis of being dependent on alcohol despite having been referred...
- National Children's Hospital Expenditure
174. To ask the Minister for Health the possible inflationary pressures that may result in the final build cost of the national children’s hospital rising further taking the current gross...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
175. To ask the Minister for Health if it is planned to provide a drug (details supplied) under the GMS in view of its reported efficacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7533/19]
- Hospitals Capital Programme
176. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated in the 2019 capital plan for the 50-bed ward block at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
177. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7547/19]
- Health Services Provision
178. To ask the Minister for Health if a second medical option can be sought or offered in the case of the daughter of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
179. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure details for all consultancy or audit services provided to his Department by a company (details supplied) from 2015 to 2018, inclusive, and to...
- Medical Card Applications
180. To ask the Minister for Health the reason documentation is being requested from a person (details supplied) from the medical card section in view of the fact it has already been provided; if...
- Health Services Provision
181. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive is allowed to deny the grant of a treatment that has been approved by a committee (details supplied). [7573/19]
- Addiction Treatment Services
182. To ask the Minister for Health the opening hours of a health facility (details supplied) in Dublin 8; the number of beds the facility accommodates; the numbers sleeping on the premises; and...
- Health Products Regulatory Authority
183. To ask the Minister for Health the ongoing supervision the Health Products Regulatory Authority carry out for parallel import productions, particularly regarding repackaging; and if he will...
- Nursing Home Services
184. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans being devised and considered by the HSE regarding the future of services at a community hospital (details supplied) in County Donegal; his...
- Hospital Consultant Remuneration
185. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of reversing and restoring all adjustments to consultants' remuneration since 2008. [7591/19]
- Health Services Staff Remuneration
186. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of reversing or restoring all FEMPI adjustments for general practitioners since 2008. [7592/19]
- Hospital Procedures
188. To ask the Minister for Health when required surgery will be available for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7608/19]
- National Children's Hospital Expenditure
189. To ask the Minister for Health if the professional services being provided for the construction of the national children's hospital are being paid as a percentage of the overall cost. [7651/19]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
190. To ask the Minister for Health the capital projects completed by his Department since 2011; the initial contract value of same; the final cost of same; and the final cost of the capital...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Animal Disease Controls
191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the outbreak of equine flu in the UK (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7473/19]
- Animal Welfare Bodies
192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a system of licensing and registering for animal rescues is being developed; the consultation that has taken place in relation to...
- Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure details for all consultancy or audit services provided to his Department by a company (details supplied) from 2015 to...
- Beef Industry
196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reduce the 70-day retention period for all amounts that go onto farms before they can be resold to 30 days maximum; and...
- Hazardous Waste Removal
197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when remediation work will be completed on Haulbowline Island, County Cork and what the reason for the delay. [7580/19]
- Laboratory Facilities
198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has completed his value for money review into the regional veterinary laboratories; and if so, when it will be made public....
- Pigmeat Sector
199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals he has put to the European Commission on the need to introduce measures to support the pig sector in view of continuing...
- Inshore Fisheries
202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the Strategy for the Irish Inshore Fisheries Sector 2018 to 2023; the number of agreed actions; and the timetable for...
- Farm Costs
203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had discussions at EU level recently with regard to reducing the price of fertiliser costs for farmers, including wholesale...
- Nitrates Usage
204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications approved for the nitrates derogation in each of the years 2015 to 2018; the 2019 closing date for...
- Nitrates Action Programme Review
205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the review of the nitrates derogation; and when it will be completed. [7639/19]
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals
207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that have appealed the removal of their lands from the areas of natural constraint scheme in 2019, by county in...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capital projects completed by his Department since 2011; the initial contract value of same; the final cost of same; and the...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Food Wise 2025 Strategy
211. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the discussions he had with his colleagues regarding a policy decision (details supplied) [7637/19]
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
212. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 18 December 2018, the timeframe for the completion of the tendering process...
- Broadband Service Provision
214. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a location (details supplied) will have access to broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7481/19]
- Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
215. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expenditure details for all consultancy or audit services provided to his Department by a company (details...
- North-South Interconnector
216. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the detailed costs of the North-South interconnector approved overhead line; the reason the published costs in the...
- National Broadband Plan
218. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his responsibilities with regard to the costs of the national broadband plan. [7649/19]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
219. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the capital projects completed by his Department since 2011; the initial contract value of same; the final cost of...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Departmental Funding
220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on sustainable transport grants from 1 January to 31 December 2018; the way in which this amount matches against the...
- Employment Rights
221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the joint declaration by Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands has not been supported regarding...
- Military Aircraft Landings
222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if permission was sought for the transport of munitions of war on an aircraft (details supplied). [7458/19]
- Brexit Preparations
223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to plans to extend alternative routes for businesses in counties Cork and Kerry to prevent travel through...
- Road Toll Data
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the income and costs associated with the barrier-free tolling on the M50; the number of vehicles passing the tolling point in each of the...
- Road Safety
226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans and timescale for implementing variable speed limits on the M50. [7498/19]
- Road Network
227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for adding an extra lane to the M3-N3 between Clonee and the M50 in view of the resultant increase in traffic this would...
- Public Transport Data
228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of payments made from the green public transport fund. [7500/19]
- Pension Fund Data
229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value and asset spread of the CIÉ pension fund; and if it is adequate to cater for the demands placed on it. [7501/19]
- Dublin Bus Fleet
230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average age of the Dublin Bus fleet in each of the past five years. [7502/19]
- Bus Éireann Fleet
231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to purchase fully electric public transport vehicles in 2019. [7503/19]
- Traffic Regulations Implementation
232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to legislate or regulate for the use of cameras by local authorities, An Garda Síochána or others in enforcing...
- Air Accident Investigations
233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 556 of 20 November 2018, if the draft air accident report into Rescue 116 has been completed and...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his capital expenditure for the calendar year 2018 from January to December, excluding expenditure by Transport Infrastructure Ireland...
- Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expenditure details for all consultancy or audit services provided to his Department by a company (details supplied) from 2015 to...
- Bus Services
237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if landscape architects have worked on the BusConnects core bus corridor designs. [7586/19]
- Road Projects Status
241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 928 to 930, inclusive, and 936 of 15 January 2019, if TII has indicated when the data requested...
- Bus Éireann Fleet
242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if improved buses will be provided in a depot (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7630/19]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital projects completed by his Department since 2011; the initial contract value of same; the final cost of same; and the final...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Detention Centres Staff
244. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 189 and 190 of 6 February 2019, the reason there is a large gap between the number of assaults on...
- Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
249. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the expenditure details for all consultancy or audit services provided to her Department by a company (details supplied) from 2015 to 2018,...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
250. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an additional year will be granted under the early childhood care and education scheme to a child (details supplied); and if she will...
- Child Detention Centres
251. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Oberstown Children Detention Campus has an assault leave policy; and if so, if a copy of same will be provided. [7464/19]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
254. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capital projects completed by her Department since 2011; the initial contract value of same; the final cost of same; and the final cost...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
255. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the expenditure details for all consultancy or audit services provided to his Department by a company (details supplied) from 2015 to...
- Local Improvement Scheme Data
256. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated to each local authority under the local improvement schemes scheme in each year since 2016; the amount expended...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
257. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital projects completed by his Department since 2011; the initial contract value of same; the final cost of same; and the final...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility
258. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be permitted to collect the one-parent family payment on behalf of that person's child;...
- Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
259. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure details for all consultancy or audit services provided to her Department by a company (details supplied) from...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
260. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a carer's benefit by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [7576/19]
- Working Family Payment Applications
262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for working family payment will be determined in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Disability Allowance Applications
263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Jobseeker's Payments
264. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procedure for dealing with means-tested jobseeker's payments in cases in which the jobseeker obtains a single day's work...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
265. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which arrears of disability allowance or jobseeker's allowance remain outstanding in the case of a person...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an invalidity pension payment has been approved or is under consideration in the case of a person (details supplied); if...
- Parental Leave
267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date parents will be entitled to take two weeks' additional paid parental leave; the persons that will access same; and...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the capital projects completed by her Department since 2011; the initial contract value of same; the final cost of same; and...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Local Authority Housing Data
269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the overcrowding and underoccupancy of local authority housing stock nationally; and the breakdown of local...
- Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to put in place a joint housing list for the four Dublin local authorities. [7445/19]
- Local Authority Funding
271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the specific way in which population changes are factored into the determination of local authority funding baselines for the...
- Planning Guidelines
272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the new revised guidance for local authorities on one-off rural housing regulations will be published; and if he will make...
- Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expenditure details for all consultancy or audit services provided to his Department by a company (details supplied) from...
- Emergency Services Data
274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of fire brigade and ambulance call-outs in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the capital projects completed by his Department since 2011; the initial contract value of same; the final cost of same; and...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Ministerial Meetings
276. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the meetings she has had with the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in respect of additional funding or...
- Film Industry
277. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason given by a person (details supplied) for the recent resignation from a position; if she will report on the work carried...
- Commemorative Events
278. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding an initiative in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
279. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the expenditure details for all consultancy or audit services provided to her Department by a company (details supplied) from 2015...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta Data
280. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if information (details supplied) will be provided in tabular form. [7627/19]
- Brexit Supports
281. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the contingences and supports in place to safeguard exposed Údarás na Gaeltachta companies from a no-deal Brexit. [7628/19]
- Údarás na Gaeltachta Funding
282. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeframe for the delivery of funds under budget 2019 to Údarás na Gaeltachta for linguistic, cultural and community...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
283. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital projects completed by her Department since 2011; the initial contract value of same; the final cost of same; and the...
