Written answers

Tuesday, 19 February 2019

  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      55. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the impact of the six-day waiting period for employees to access social payments in view of the fact that...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Payments
      56. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department is withholding payments in circumstances in which a person entitled to same declines to register for a...
    • Pensions Reform
      57. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce an auto-enrolment scheme in view of the fact that the proposals put forward by her Department were...
    • National Carers' Strategy
      58. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she has taken to ensure that all family carers can avail of access to adequate support services for respite,...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      59. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which she plans to avert further strike action by community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors; and...
    • Social Insurance
      60. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will request an independent review of the decisions with regard to the errors in the historic PRSI classification of a...
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      61. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the opportunities given to locally based community employment social inclusion schemes to participate in the review by the...
    • Live Register Data
      62. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the fall in the number of persons on the live register in County Carlow since January 2018; and if she will make a statement...
    • Rural Social Scheme Eligibility
      64. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the means test applicable to participation on the rural social scheme will be amended (details supplied); her views on...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      65. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review of pensions affected by the 2012 contributory pensions changes; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      66. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the further changes she plans to make to alleviate the difficulties part-time and seasonal workers have accessing social...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      68. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether there is a need for more social welfare offices in County Meath. [7946/19]
    • Child Benefit Payments
      69. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the child benefit payment to children who turn 18 years of age and are in full-time secondary school...
    • Arts and Culture Capital Scheme Eligibility
      70. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the arts scheme is open to actors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8045/19]
    • School Meals Programme
      71. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the hot school meals pilot scheme; if it will be rolled out nationally; if so, the expected benefits of same;...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Administration
      72. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the level of bureaucracy involved in the annual forms that applicants for farm assist are required to fill out and return...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Data
      73. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that availed of optical benefit through the treatment benefit scheme in since its extension to the...
    • Rural Social Scheme
      74. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to amend the conditions applicable to the rural social scheme with particular reference to the need to remove the...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on the final design of the total contributions approach to be introduced in 2020; and if not, the...
    • Parental Leave
      76. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the introduction of a new social insurance parental benefit payment to be paid for two weeks to each parent; and...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      77. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she expects paper forms to be available for use by those in receipt of reduced contributory pensions post-2012 who have...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      79. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on Intreo offices having the right to make recipients of social welfare payments take up employment outside of their...
    • Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
      80. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the protections in place for members of defined benefit pension schemes in cases in which an employer seeks to move away from...
    • Local Employment Service
      81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a report (details supplied) commissioned by her Department which found value for money in local employment...
    • Departmental Strategies
      82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the new national action plan for social inclusion 2018 to 2021 will be published; the reason it has not been published to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
      83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average time required to process means tested applications for various social welfare entitlements; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce changes to the means testing in the social welfare system; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • JobPath Programme
      85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to continue contracts with JobPath providers in view of the recent Dáil Éireann motion in relation to the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans to extend jobseeker's benefit to the self-employed; if illness benefit will be extended to the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      87. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the report into the impact of reduced jobseeker's payments for those under 26 years of age will be published; and if she...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Data
      88. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that carried out their post-2012 contributory pension reviews online; the number that commenced an...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      89. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to date with the introduction of the new TCA method of assessment for the State pension (contributory) for...
    • Paternity Benefit
      90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that availed of paternity benefit since its introduction in September 2016; and if she will make a...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Data
      92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that availed of aural benefit through the treatment benefit scheme since its extension to the...
    • Carer's Allowance Data
      93. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for carer’s allowance that were refused on application, referred to appeal and granted or...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      94. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all pensioners affected by the reduced rates of entitlement in budget 2012 have now been contacted; the number contacted to...
    • Public Services Card
      95. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the publication of the report by the Data Protection Commissioner into the public services card; and if she will...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      96. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans to re-examine the situation that relates to women who were in the workforce and left in earlier years...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Data
      101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that availed of dental benefit through the treatment benefit scheme nationally and in County Clare...
    • Carer's Allowance Delays
      102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps being taken to fast-track applications for payment of a carer's allowance to new applicants in view of the fact...
    • Telephone Support Allowance
      105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the operation of the telephone allowance will be reviewed in view of the fact that pensioners in need of the allowance who...
    • Pension Provisions
      106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider allowing social welfare supports for widows to be awarded in cases in which the surviving partner was...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Unemployment Benefits Data
      109. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons in receipt of a long-term unemployment payment as a percentage of the workforce. [8442/19]
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      111. To ask the Taoiseach the expenditure details for all consultancy or audit services provided to his Department by a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in...
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      112. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on meetings with the political parties when he visited Belfast on 8 February 2019; the persons that attended; the issues that were discussed; the...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      113. To ask the Taoiseach if his attention has been drawn to cost overruns on contracts within his Department with a value in excess of €10 million that came in more than 10% over budget...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Medical Services
      114. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of serving medical officers in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7684/19]
    • Commemorative Medals
      119. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if members of the fire service will be awarded medals in commemoration of 1916; if he will consider granting the medals to veteran members of...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      120. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if colour blindness is an automatic disqualifier for application to the Defence Forces; if there have been changes to same; and if he will make...
    • Defence Forces Data
      121. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of members of the Defence Forces injured during the course of their duties in the past 20 years that have had to retire subsequently...
    • Defence Forces Properties
      122. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if construction works will commence in 2019 on the new gymnasia at Sarsfield Barracks, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      123. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a new recruitment campaign for the Permanent Defence Force will commence before the end of Easter 2019; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      126. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 20 November 2018, when the information will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      127. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to cost overruns on contracts within his Department with a value in excess of €10 million that came in...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Applications
      128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a person (details supplied) is eligible to apply for an Irish passport; if not, if they must first make a formal application for...
    • Rapid Response Initiative
      129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the arrangements made for equality monitoring in the running of the rapid response roster and the election observation roster; and if...
    • Passport Services
      130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated amount it would cost in a full year if two additional passport printing machines were purchased; and if he will make a...
    • Passport Applications Fees
      131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to introduce a reduced cost for renewing and obtaining a passport for senior citizens; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Brexit Issues
      132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether arrangements should be made for the UK to enjoy a one-stop security agreement with the European Union; and if he has...
    • Irish Aid
      133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons employed in the fraud unit in Irish Aid in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Passport Services
      138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the contract for the Passport Express service with An Post will be renewed when the current contract expires; and if he will make a...
    • North South Inter-Parliamentary Association
      139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times the North South Inter-Parliamentary Association has met since it was formed; when the last meeting of the association...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to cost overruns on contracts within his Department with a value in excess of €10 million that came...
  • Department of Finance
    • Property Tax Review
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance if the review of local property tax will include an assessment of the fairness of applying the full tax to residents in areas that have been paying the tax...
    • Betting Licences Data
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of licences for gaming machines issued by the Revenue Commissioners in 2016, 2017 and 2018; and the amount of fees collected from the issue of such...
    • Debt Collectors Regulation
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to the licensing and regulation of debt collection agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7666/19]
    • VAT Rate Application
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 5 February 2019, if there is scope to reduce VAT on such non-alcoholic drinks in view of the fact that they are...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 75 of 4 October 2018, if there have been changes in the regulatory status of the company; if the Central Bank has...
    • Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Remit
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance if local authorities are classified as financial service providers for the purposes of complaints to the Financial Services and Pension Ombudsman in view of...
    • Financial Services Sector
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance if an investigation is taking place in respect of surcharge interest on arrears being wrongly charged in respect of mortgages that originated with a bank...
    • Mortgage Data
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) is reporting the full mortgage loan balance as arrears following the serving of...
    • Mortgage Arrears Rate
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance if the reports that a company (details supplied) has reverted incorrect methodology for calculating mortgage arrears balances will be investigated; and if he...
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made on ensuring that flood insurance is available at a reasonable price to householders; the flood protection plans in place to ensure a...
    • Film Industry Tax Reliefs
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans in relation to the regional film development uplift corporation tax credit introduced in the Finance Act 2018; his further plans to extend the area...
    • Tracker Mortgage Examination
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the tracker mortgage examination by the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7865/19]
    • Tracker Mortgage Examination Expenditure
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance the resources being deployed by the Central Bank in the ongoing enforcement investigations associated with the tracker mortgage examination; the number of...
    • Brexit Issues
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated effect of the UK leaving from the EU will have on the net Irish annual contribution to the EU budget; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Proposals
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions held to date at EU level in relation to the introduction of a common consolidated corporation tax; if this is likely in the next three years;...
    • Tax Rebates
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance when a final reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7958/19]
    • Mortgage Book Sales
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he has taken to deal with a bank (details supplied) selling mortgages to unregulated vulture funds against the wishes and without the consent of...
    • Property Tax Exemptions
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps available to affected homeowners to not have to pay the local property tax in view of the situation for homeowners in County Donegal arising from...
    • Tax Appeals Commission
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the independent review of the workload and operations of the Tax Appeals Commission; and if he will...
    • Tax Exemptions
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated extra revenue that would be expected to accrue for each reduction of €2,500 until a threshold of €100,000 in the high earners'...
    • VAT Rate Application
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance if a ban on the below invoice cost selling of alcohol would result in an increase in VAT revenues; if it is within his power to cease the practice of below...
    • Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to cost overruns on contracts within his Department with a value in excess of €10 million that came in more than 10%...
    • Revenue Commissioners Enforcement Activity
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of cash seized from persons exiting and entering the State by the Revenue Commissioners enforcement officers at Weston Aerodrome in the past ten...
    • Banking Sector Recruitment
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance if a specific appointment has been approved by him and the EU Central Bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8489/19]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Pension Provisions
      169. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person who is a pensioner who previously worked in a position (details supplied) is due a pension increase as a result of pay...
    • Departmental Properties
      170. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a reception was held on 28 December 2018 at Stewards Lodge, Farmleigh; the nature and purpose of the reception; and the persons who...
    • Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory
      171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a new State forensic science laboratory; the reason for the delay in the construction; and if he will make a statement on...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      174. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the cost overrun in relation to the national children’s hospital; the capital projects which will be deferred as a...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      175. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Templemore, County Tipperary, flood relief programme following reports of €3 million being diverted from flood...
    • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
      176. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is an annual report detailing the distribution of moneys from the national lottery fund; the way in which these funds are...
    • Departmental Budgets
      177. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the budget of Departments will face cuts due to the spending overrun in the national children’s hospital; if so, the areas the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      178. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position in relation to pension claims by community employment scheme supervisors; the number of times the community employment...
    • Departmental Meetings
      179. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the meetings attended by designated public officials which have taken place between his Department and the Department of Communications,...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      180. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is considering further decentralisation of Departments in view of the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • State Pensions
      181. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if information (details supplied) on the professional added years schemes will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Staff Remuneration
      182. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost in 2019 and 2020 of implementing in full the Labour Court recommendations of February 2019 on resolving the...
    • Lansdowne Road Agreement
      183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of bringing forward to early 2016 the payment of the pay increase that was due to certain public servants in September 2016...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be allocated to dredge a river (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7935/19]
    • Public Procurement Contracts Data
      186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of State contracts that were not awarded to the lowest tender or bid in each year since 2011 to date in his Department, or...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he was informed prior to November 2018 of the latest cost overruns at the national children’s hospital; and if he will make a...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the corporate and fiduciary responsibilities of civil servants appointed to State boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tender Process
      189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider submitting all future major public project tendering to pre-examination by a reputable international independent...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if delays to affect the introduction of a flood relief scheme in Enniscorthy, County Wexford are anticipated; and if he will make a...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding has been ring-fenced for the flood prevention scheme in Glanmire, County Cork and will not be affected in view of the...
    • Public Expenditure Data
      192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 206 of 12 February 2019, the reason the information cannot be collated in response to a...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Playgrounds
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to national schools to improve playground facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7679/19]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of substitute teachers at primary level that have been affected by the issue arising from the new modernised PAYE system being...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide a special needs unit at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7667/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of building plans for a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the condition of the school building; if the...
    • After-School Support Services
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures in place to allow for an existing lease held by his Department to be changed on a vacant school building to facilitate the...
    • Teacher Redeployment
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding teacher redeployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7703/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a project (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage in view of the need to upgrade existing accommodation and provide additional...
    • Schools Building Projects
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the escalating problem of the lack of school places for children in an area (details supplied) in County...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be granted to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7758/19]
    • Schools Designation
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the co-education status will be determined for a school (details supplied); if it will provide for 2019 enrolment; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Circulars
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of circulars to educational institutions relating to workplace relations specifically disciplinary proceedings and access to sick...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the pay issues affecting substitute teachers since the introduction of PAYE modernisation on 1 January 2019;...
    • Departmental Budgets
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projects which have been delayed as a result of cost overruns at the national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Solas is providing an apprenticeship for motorcycle mechanics; if not, if he will request SOLAS to bring forward proposals to do so; and if he...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reinstate the funding of trainee teachers travel and living costs associated with a mandatory requirement to spend a number of weeks...
    • Schools Building Projects Administration
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an assessment of the shortage of places in secondary schools (details supplied) will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Supervision and Substitution Scheme Data
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of uncovered absences by a qualified substitute teacher in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for emergency works will be considered for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport Provision
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 364 of 6 November 2018, if progress has been made on providing a person (details supplied) with school...
    • Supervision and Substitution Scheme Data
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary substitute teachers on the roster in 2018; the number of those required for cover in 2018; the average number...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a project to rebuild a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7890/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide teachers with resources and training to administer individual education planning for children with Down's syndrome; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a schedule of accommodation will be provided to a school (details supplied) further to his meeting with the authorities of the school in...
    • Autism Support Services
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties facing parents of children with special needs in securing appropriate school places in ASD...
    • Free Education Scheme
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost in a full year if the book grant of €11 per pupil in primary schools were increased to €14 per pupil and from €24...
    • Home Tuition Scheme
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appeal regarding home tuition hours for persons (details supplied) will be granted. [7949/19]
    • School Curriculum
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the electronic music equipment recognised as musical instruments in the school curriculum to be provided; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 245 of 5 February 2019, the status of the requirement for a new primary school and secondary school in...
    • School Accommodation
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the lack of progress on the planning application to Dublin City Council for a permanent school (details...
    • School Management
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ban the use of mobile phones in primary and post-primary schools; his views on whether boards of management are...
    • Third Level Fees
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the criterion of being ordinarily resident and not habitually resident applies to applicants to third level education in order to be...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new school build (details supplied) will commence; the expected date of completion; the position of the build in the process; the steps...
    • School Enrolments
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a child (details supplied) in County Leitrim will be reviewed; his views on whether this is unacceptable; if the case will be...
    • School Transport Applications
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school bus transport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8165/19]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide additional classroom accommodation for a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an...
    • Physical Education Facilities
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide a physical education hall for a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to an application lodged with his...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to whether an application for...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for a replacement roof at the school; if his attention has been drawn to the fact...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to topical issue No. 1 of 12 February 2019, if the Minister of State with special responsibility for higher education stated a new...
    • State Examinations Appeals
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the case of a person (details supplied) as an example of delays in rechecking leaving certificate examination results; the steps he...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs assistant will be provided for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8173/19]
    • Autism Support Services
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional supports available to support a person with special needs (details supplied). [8191/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Data
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the approved primary and post-primary school capital projects at various stages of construction and planning and design in Waterford city and...
    • School Accommodation
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of prefab units in situ at primary and secondary schools in County Waterford as of 31 December 2018; the number of prefabs in place...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend entitlement to the July provision scheme to children with Down's syndrome; if so, when such a broadening of the scheme will...
    • Departmental Reviews
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review into his Department's design and build programme commenced; and when it will conclude. [8220/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the delivery of a new campus for a school (details supplied); when building will commence; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Youthreach Programme
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Irish language Youthreach programme in Connemara, County Galway is being closed; if the funding for the programme will be...
    • Schools Building Projects
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools that have no permanent site for which his Department is responsible for providing a permanent site. [8249/19]
    • State Examinations
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if efforts will be made to expedite the issuing of a certificate of results to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Management
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures in place for a patron to remove clergy from a school board of management at their discretion; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if progress has been made on the construction of a new build for a school complex (details supplied); the timeline of the building project; if...
    • School Accommodation
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the alternative arrangements which will be made for the education of students in a school (details supplied) in the event that the planning...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for Teaching Council registration by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8413/19]
    • Liúntais do Mhúinteoirí
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills é mhéad airgead a chosain an Liúntas Gaeltachta, an Liúntas um Múineadh trí Ghaeilge agus an Liúntas Teagaisc...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to cost overruns on contracts within his Department with a value in excess of €10 million that came in...
    • School Closures
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a trust responsible for a school (details supplied) advising parents and staff that it plans to close the...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Data
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of State contracts that were not awarded to the lowest tender or bid in each year since 2011 to date in his Department or bodies under...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Garda Remuneration
      264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost in 2016, 2017, 2018 and the projected cost for 2019 of the deal agreed in November 2016 in respect of pay policy for...
    • Citizenship Applications
      265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to extend the right to Irish citizenship to British persons that have lived here at some time in their life for more...
    • Courts Service Properties
      267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of plans to redevelop Tralee court services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7699/19]
    • New Communities Unit
      268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding an organisation (details supplied) receives through its membership of the new communities partnership each year;...
    • Gambling Sector
      271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of occasions in each of the years 2016 to 2018 when An Garda Síochána intervened to cease the unlawful...
    • Execution of Wills
      272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he or the Law Reform Commission will examine the procedures appertaining to the making of wills with a view to minimising a...
    • Citizenship Status
      273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person that has been resident and married here for over 20 years must provide proof of residency for each of those years;...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the projects which have been delayed as a result of cost overruns at the national children’s hospital; and if he will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is acceptable to send a certified copy of a passport with a citizenship application in circumstances in which an...
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been prosecuted, fined or penalised for the offence of tailgating at the M1 toll barrier in each...
    • Deportation Orders
      277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if regard was given to the marriage of a person (details supplied) to an Irish citizen before review and the decision to...
    • Garda Equipment
      278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount An Garda Síochána spent on purchasing new Garda mountain bikes in 2017 and 2018 and to date in 2019; and...
    • Garda Accommodation
      279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding allocated for the building programme of An Garda Síochána under the Capital Plan 2016 to 2021;...
    • Citizenship Ceremonies
      280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the citizenship ceremonies will take place in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7986/19]
    • Garda Strength
      281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda numbers for the Donegal division in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019, respectively; the Garda...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has written or is writing to disability organisations under the aegis of his Department or in receipt of...
    • Garda Operations
      283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of knives seized by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular...
    • Departmental Properties
      284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the Thornton Hall site in Fingal; if a detention centre or prison is planned for the location; and if he will...
    • Ground Rents Abolition
      285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation providing for a referendum to abolish ground rents here; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Gambling Sector
      286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 4 December 2018 and Parliamentary Question No. 432 of 15 January 2019, if he...
    • Legal Aid Service Data
      287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the eligibility criteria for accessing free legal aid for repossession cases; the average time persons are waiting to access...
    • Direct Provision Data
      288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average stay of residents living in direct provision up to 31 December 2018, in tabular form; the number of persons staying...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the basis on which the 25 refugees that Ireland agreed to take from a ship (details supplied) in the summer of 2018 were...
    • Garda Transport Data
      290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of motorbikes purchased for the roads policing unit of An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2016 to 2018...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress being made by the cross agency group on the issue of illegal use of scramblers and quad bikes; the outcome of the...
    • Drugs Crime
      292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons convicted for possession of drugs with a value of more than €13,000; the number that received...
    • Private Security Industry Regulation
      293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the findings of the working group established to investigate the regulation of private security personnel...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      294. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for improving Rathmullan Garda station within the Donegal division; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Inquiries
      295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the scoping inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); when a full inquiry will commence; and if he...
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fines issued to cars parked on pavements since 2012 in each county and city council; and if he will make a...
    • Legal Aid Service Reform
      299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale for the recently announced changes to the legal aid terms and conditions that support debtors in appealing...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      301. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to cost overruns on contracts within his Department with a value in excess of €10...
    • Immigration Status
      302. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of application for permission to remain in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Data
      303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of State contracts that were not awarded to the lowest tender or bid in each year since 2011 to date in his...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Industrial Development
      304. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of a replacement pharmaceutical industry for a company (details supplied) in view of correspondence from the company to the...
    • Departmental Budgets
      305. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the parts of her budget she plans to cut for the savings required to fund the overrun in the national children’s hospital; the...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Reports
      306. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she expects the report from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission on motor insurance; and if she will make a...
    • Green Enterprise
      307. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the areas in the green economy in which she plans to prioritise job creation and economic green growth; and if she will make a...
    • Trade Agreements
      308. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Ireland or the EU has a free trade agreement with the Philippines; if no trade agreement exists, the applicable duty for exports...
    • Departmental Funding
      309. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 282 of 29 January 2019, the funding for ehubs provided for entrepreneurship and start-ups in...
    • Brexit Supports
      310. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applicants and participants in Brexit schemes and supports provided by her Department or agencies under her remit in...
    • Brexit Preparations
      311. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the meetings she has had with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport since becoming Minister regarding increasing ferry...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      312. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to cost overruns on contracts within her Department with a value in excess of €10 million that...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Data
      313. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of State contracts that were not awarded to the lowest tender or bid in each year since 2011 to date in her Department or...
  • Department of Health
    • Medicinal Products Licensing
      314. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to legislate for the production of a crop (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7814/19]
    • HSE Staff
      315. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the four year lookback rule in respect of HSE employees seeking to avail of sick pay; if the maximum number of sick days availed of in the...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      316. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not had a response from CAMHS and consultants when contacted; the steps the person should take; and if he will make...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      317. To ask the Minister for Health the status of respite care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7664/19]
    • Patient Files
      318. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will be requested to amend the file of a person (details supplied) to reflect an illness diagnosed in 1994 and 1995 in view of the fact that his or...
    • Youth Services
      319. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 662 of 15 January 2019, if the changes referred to will not impact on the range of services provided or the access...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      320. To ask the Minister for Health the role played by a company (details supplied) in evaluating the tenders for the national children's hospital; if conflicts of interest exist with the main...
    • Medicinal Products Regulation
      321. To ask the Minister for Health the findings of research undertaken by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics into the potential effect of broadening the health technology criteria for...
    • Brexit Issues
      322. To ask the Minister for Health if he has reviewed the possible impact of Brexit on patients accessing healthcare in the UK under the cross-border directive; and his plans to deal with all...
    • HSE Expenditure
      323. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review a matter (details supplied) in regard to HSE spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7695/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      324. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7696/19]
    • Disability Support Services
      325. To ask the Minister for Health the alternative local supports being put in place due to the crisis situation at a centre (details supplied); the status of the matter; and if he will make a...
    • General Practitioner Services
      326. To ask the Minister for Health the hours of service each day of Caredoc in south County Tipperary and Shannondoc in north County Tipperary; the location of the service in each area; and if...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      328. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the approval of the drug Spinraza for availability under the general medical services system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7727/19]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      329. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the next phase in the development of the Sheil Hospital to provide an 80 bed community hospital within the campus in Ballyshannon, County...
    • Eating Disorders
      332. To ask the Minister for Health if the national framework for eating disorder care has been launched to date in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7741/19]
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      334. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for assessment for occupational therapy in County Kildare for three, six and over 12 months, respectively, in tabular form; and...
    • Paediatric Services
      336. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for outpatient appointments in each hospital; and the number waiting over 12 and 18 months, respectively. [7745/19]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a child is waiting for speech and language in each community healthcare organisation, CHO, area; and the number waiting longer than 12...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      338. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) who has been referred for an appointment to St. Columcille's Hospital will be reviewed; the steps he will take to...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Administration
      339. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his plans to introduce a device (details supplied) under the long-term illness scheme cover for type 1 diabetes; if his attention has been drawn...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      340. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the commencement of the compassionate access programme for patients that require treatment with medicinal cannabis; and if he will make a...
    • Hospitals Data
      344. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 359 of 29 January 2019, the number of patient discharges from hospitals in which patients were discharged to no fixed...
    • Psychological Services
      345. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a psychology appointment for a child (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7808/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      346. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made on an application for funding by an organisation (details supplied) in County Kerry to provide full-time residential care for a...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      347. To ask the Minister for Health the involvement he has had with the National Treasury Management Agency and the National Development Finance Agency relating to the children’s hospital...
    • Medical Card Applications
      348. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue for a medical card application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7815/19]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      349. To ask the Minister for Health the services and funding provided by the Health Service Executive for persons that suffer from addiction to gambling; and the amount of funding allocated to...
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      350. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive will be instructed to sanction three public health nursing posts in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry following the...
    • Cancer Services Provision
      351. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made by the National Cancer Control Programme to allocate funding for a pigmented lesion clinic outreach in service in a hospital...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      353. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the appointment of a consultant psychiatrist for weekdays and weekends at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      354. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE collects data relating to persons presenting to emergency departments with mental health associated incidences; if so, if the relevant data for each...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to bring an area (details supplied) in line with A Vision for Change staffing recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
      356. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to improve locum cover for CAMHS services particularly in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7839/19]
    • Health Services Staff
      357. To ask the Minister for Health if a general nurse will be appointed within a service (details supplied) to administer blood tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7840/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      358. To ask the Minister for Health the status of delays being experienced by women in relation to smear test results; his plans to ensure that smear test results are made available sooner; and...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      359. To ask the Minister for Health when the relevant stakeholders regarding a drug (details supplied) will be informed regarding the recent HSE leadership team meeting; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services Provision
      360. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE disability services will provide a placement for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7869/19]
    • Patient Transfers
      362. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be transferred from Mullingar General Hospital to University Hospital Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he will...
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      363. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he has not engaged with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the crisis in general practitioner healthcare; and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      364. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is being refused versatis patches in view of the fact their general practitioner has appealed the decision; and if he...
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      365. To ask the Minister for Health when additional funding will be made available to task forces through an emerging needs fund; his strategy in terms of targeting those resources in favour of...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      366. To ask the Minister for Health when building will commence for the proposed new primary care centre at Ballyboden, Dublin 16 in view of the fact that the site was purchased a number of years...
    • Health Services Funding
      367. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE projects in an area (details supplied) will be affected by the cost overrun in the building of the national children's hospital, such as a new renal...
    • Ambulance Service Data
      368. To ask the Minister for Health the procurement process entered into by the HSE before the engagement of an organisation (details supplied); the requirements for qualification, duration of...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the payments made to date under the main contract in relation to the construction of the national children’s hospital; the amount expected to be paid in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) must wait for an ENT appointment in University Hospital Limerick [7918/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      372. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied) [7922/19]
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      373. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for respite care will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7924/19]
    • Hospital Groups
      374. To ask the Minister for Health if there are discussions within the HSE to remove Our Lady's Hospital, Navan and the Mullingar Regional Hospital from the Ireland East hospital group; the...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      375. To ask the Minister for Health if the satellite children’s hospital at Tallaght University Hospital will be delayed; and if so, the timeline for same. [7950/19]
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Places
      376. 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. [7953/19]
    • Domestic Violence Services Funding
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the funding channels available to an organisation (details supplied) including the next round of the National Lottery funding programme; and if he will make a...
    • Counselling Services Provision
      378. To ask the Minister for Health the reporting mechanisms to monitor the successes and shortcomings of the telecounselling service being piloted in south County Wicklow; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      380. 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. [7971/19]
    • Disabilities Data
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons diagnosed on an annual basis with ASD and AAH in each CHO in tabular form; the number by age ranges (details supplied) in each of...
    • Disability Services Funding
      382. To ask the Minister for Health if approval for funding for a facility (details supplied) will be provided; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8000/19]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      384. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary question No. 375 of 19 December 2018, the outcome of the meeting between the HSE and a service (details supplied) to identify and...
    • Brexit Preparations
      385. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for patients receiving treatment and that will need treatment for eating disorders within UK health facilities in view of Brexit; and if he will make...
    • Eating Disorders
      386. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Centre for Eating Disorders will be included in the national children's hospital development as recommended in A Vision For Change; and if he...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      387. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for processing applications under the nursing home support scheme in CHO area 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8026/19]
    • Blood Transfusion Service Provision
      389. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 28 February 2018, the status of a pilot programme; if results are available from the programme; and if he will...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      391. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [8075/19]
    • Disability Support Services Funding
      392. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a letter sent recently to the three umbrella disability bodies seeking savings of up to €500,000; the rationale for...
    • Ambulance Service Data
      394. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulances and ambulance crews stationed within County Donegal in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019; his future plans for...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      396. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 31 January 2019, the status of same. [8120/19]
    • International Agreements
      397. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland's full participation in the four pillars of the BeNeLuxA collaboration, including information sharing, horizon scanning, joint assessment and joint...
    • HSE Reports
      401. To ask the Minister for Health when the report of the national out of hospital cardiac arrest steering group will be finalised and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      402. To ask the Minister for Health if he sought a report or update on the project and procurement process, including the negotiation of the guaranteed maximum price, before reappointing the...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the impact the announced reprofiling of €100 million in capital expenditure will have on the new 27-bed inpatient mental health unit to serve counties...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      404. To ask the Minister for Health the provision on construction tender inflation in the contract regarding the guaranteed maximum price of €1.433 billion for the construction of the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      409. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some general practitioners in County Limerick charge for the taking of blood; the steps he will take to...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      410. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will remain available for the upgrade of the Sheil Community Hospital in Ballyshannon, County Donegal in view of savings required due to the overrun...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      413. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8201/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      414. To ask the Minister for Health if a copy of the advice given to him recommending the move to offer additional out of cycle smear tests following the CervicalCheck scandal by the chief...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      416. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on an application under the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      417. To ask the Minister for Health if a children's disability respite house (details supplied) services children in County Meath. [8209/19]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      418. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for funding the necessary upgrade works at three community hospitals (details supplied) in County Donegal; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      419. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide access to the purchase of the meningitis B vaccine for children born before 2016, in particular to those with a medical card; his plans to...
    • Alcohol Pricing
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe in which he will seek a revised decision to implement minimum unit pricing here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8263/19]
    • Medical Card Applications
      423. To ask the Minister for Health the grounds upon which a person (details supplied) was refused a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8269/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      424. To ask the Minister for Health when a cataract operation will take place in the Mater Hospital for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8270/19]
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding treatment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8284/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the timescale for the results of repeat cervical smears; the number of women in each county waiting, in tabular form; the length of time they are waiting; and...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      428. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an assessment of needs for a child (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8298/19]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      429. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in the cross-border directive unit; the number of these who are HSE staff; the number of these who are agency staff; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      430. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a submission seeking additional resources for the cross-border directive unit; the number of staff that have been requested; when the...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      431. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received by the cross-border directive unit in each of the past five years; the number of these which were approved for...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      432. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8314/19]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Administration
      433. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address an anomaly in the drugs payment scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8318/19]
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      435. To ask the Minister for Health when respite care will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8325/19]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      436. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help hours which were allocated to a person (details supplied) will be put in place as soon as possible. [8329/19]
    • Healthcare Policy
      437. To ask the Minister for Health when an action plan to implement Sláintecare will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8335/19]
    • Organ Donation
      438. To ask the Minister for Health when the opt-out organ donation legislation will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8364/19]
    • Abortion Services Provision
      439. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the introduction of legislation to ensure safe access to premises in which termination of pregnancy services may be provided; and if he will...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      440. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 24 January 2019, the number of persons waiting for orthodontic treatment by time periods (details supplied); and...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      441. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 24 January 2019, if comparable data can be supplied for each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Protected Disclosures
      442. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has yet to provide a response other than to confirm its receipt to a protected disclosure of information it received on 16 February 2018...
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      443. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which two formally vacant HSE posts were filled (details supplied); if the recruitment processes and execution of same were identical with respect...
    • Pharmaceutical Sector
      444. To ask the Minister for Health the status of pharmaceutical assistants following recommendations by a society (details supplied). [8382/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      445. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [8392/19]
    • Nursing Home Services
      447. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in providing an alternative nursing facility to both St. Annes Nursing Home and Clifden Hospital in Clifden, County Galway; the...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      448. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to cost overruns on contracts within his Department with a value in excess of €10 million that came in more than 10%...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      449. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recognition of fibromylagia as a debilitating disease; the research the HSE or his Department have undertaken to better understand...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      450. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the cervical results for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8447/19]
    • Rare Diseases Strategy
      451. To ask the Minister for Health if a grant for treatment that has been approved by the Rare Disease Technical Review Committee can be denied. [8449/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      452. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8491/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      454. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment for cataract surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8493/19]
    • Public Procurement Contracts Data
      455. To ask the Minister for Health the number of State contracts that were not awarded to the lowest tender or bid in each year since 2011 to date in his Department or bodies under the aegis of...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Hare Coursing
      456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for a perceived inconsistency regarding hunting laws here in which it is legal to hunt hares with beagles and harriers for...
    • Farm Inspections
      457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an inspection and-or## investigation regarding the condition of sheep at a farm (details supplied) in County Kildare has been...
    • Land Issues
      458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a landowner can lease out land to another person if there are no issues in relation to the division of commonage (details...
    • Bord Bia
      459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the 70 day rule under the quality assurance scheme will be reviewed and altered (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Beef Industry
      460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the 4 movement rule on cattle will be amended (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7749/19]
    • Bord Bia Strategy
      461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans Bord Bia has to establish a distinctive marketing strategy for grass fed beef; if beef produced from feedlots can avail of...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 30 January 2019, if the application forms will be forwarded again to a person (details...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Applications
      464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 493 of 5 February 2019 when it is proposed to update the decision made on 14 November 2018...
    • Agriculture Scheme Administration
      465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline and application details for the farmer low cost loans scheme which was announced in budget 2018; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7876/19]
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the study into establishing the prevalence of mycoplasma bovis infection in the national herd has commenced; if the study will...
    • Transport of Animals
      468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter regarding horse transport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7885/19]
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle slaughtered from TB programme defined feedlot herds in each of the years 2014 to 2018; his plans to...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a 2018 single farm payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Eligibility
      472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the redesignation of land; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Animal Slaughtering Standards
      473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers are disqualified for quality payments if the cattle exceed 30 months by even a day or a week in view of the fact...
    • GLAS Payments
      474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of GLAS payments for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7960/19]
    • Livestock Issues
      475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the negative impact the lariage services at French ports, including Cherbourg, is having on the...
    • Bovine Disease Controls
      476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to resist EU proposals to impose a 30 day pre-movement TB test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8229/19]
    • Livestock Issues
      477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the possibility of increasing quality lairage capacity for calf exports in Cherbourg, France to satisfy increased demand in the...
    • Brexit Preparations
      478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to protect the Irish beef industry in the event of a hard Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8304/19]
    • Beef Industry
      479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the fact that cattle prices here have fallen below the EU average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8305/19]
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the proposed €97 million cut to the CAP budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8307/19]
    • Agrifood Sector
      482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to seek exemptions on EU state aid limits on member states in view of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Meat Processing Plant Inspections
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the controls, inspections and sanctions for factories on carcase trim, classification and weights; and if he...
    • Animal Welfare
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a centralised point that records all actions taken under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 in general and...
    • Meat Processing Plants
      489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cows of UK origin slaughtered in factories here per month in 2017 and 2018, respectively, and in January 2019; and if...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Reform
      490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department plans to evaluate if the CAP proposals proposed by the main farming organisations truly reflect the...
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the genomic traits used in the beef data and genomics programme; the relative emphasis given to each trait to provide a figure for...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to cost overruns on contracts within his Department with a value in excess of €10 million that...
    • Harbours and Piers Maintenance
      493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when Howth Harbour will be dredged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8448/19]
    • Brexit Issues
      494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the procedures in place for the export of specific material to Northern Ireland post Brexit (details supplied). [8496/19]
    • Public Procurement Contracts Data
      495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of State contracts that were not awarded to the lowest tender or bid in each year since 2011 to date in his Department or...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Broadband Service Provision
      496. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband will be made available in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Fisheries Protection
      497. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average number of adult salmon returning annually; the amount that have come from hatchery ranched fish; and the...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      498. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken to accelerate the process of developing a mechanism to provide a support for vulnerable persons...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      500. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the provision of broadband for homes in the dark blue area of the national broadband plan map was discussed in the...
    • Electricity Generation
      502. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received and plans to publish promised proposals by the ESB on the future on Moneypoint power station; and if...
    • National Broadband Plan
      503. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a progress report on the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • EU Directives
      504. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of amendments tabled at the European Council relating to the directive of the European Parliament and of...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      505. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to revise Ireland's nationally determined contribution for 2030 in respect of the Paris Agreement; and the...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      506. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether renewable natural gas has a role in the transition to a carbon-neutral economy. [7770/19]
    • National Mitigation Plan
      510. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date on which he had first knowledge in relation to proposals by companies (details supplied) to export over 3.5...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      514. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projects which have been delayed as a result of cost overruns at the national children’s hospital; and if he...
    • Angling Sector
      515. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7816/19]
    • Climate Change Adaptation Plans
      516. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has engaged with a local authority (details supplied) in respect of preparing a climate change adaptation...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      519. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if broadband will be supplied to a location (details supplied). [7870/19]
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland
      521. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will ensure that Inland Fisheries Ireland consults with an organisation (details supplied) on the Inland...
    • Departmental Reports
      522. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to the key findings and recommendations in a report (details supplied) concerning the...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      523. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timescale for broadband roll-out for an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Internet Safety
      524. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to appoint a digital safety commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8059/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      525. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if plans for an all-of-Government approach to climate change have been considered as part of the contingency action...
    • Climate Change Policy
      527. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to give investors a clear indication of Ireland’s commitment to the Paris Agreement; and...
    • Job Creation
      528. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the areas in the green economy in which he plans to prioritise job creation and economic green growth; and if he will...
    • Climate Change Adaptation Plans
      529. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the relationship between the national mitigation plan, the national energy and climate plan and the all-of-Government...
    • Air Pollution
      530. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a public information campaign encouraging motorists not to idle their engines at level crossings...
    • Salmon Management Report
      531. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the exact conservation limits for the River Nore; the exact figure of salmon which were estimated to have entered the...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      535. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to cost overruns on contracts within his Department with a value in excess of...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Data
      536. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of State contracts that were not awarded to the lowest tender or bid in each year since 2011 to date in his...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Motor Tax
      537. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position in relation to changes to the motor tax renewal online system and the advance notification provided to motorists; and if he...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects
      538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the construction of the proposed motorway between counties Limerick and Cork; the projected date it will be open; and if...
    • National Transport Authority
      539. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to divert a cycle lane through Cathal Brugha Barracks; the consideration given to the security implications of same; and if he...
    • Rural Transport Services Provision
      540. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the areas catered for by LocalLink in County Kildare; and his plans to extend the service. [7747/19]
    • Road Projects Status
      541. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of progress being made to deliver the A5/N2 road project; if an expected timeline for the completion of the project is...
    • National Transport Authority
      542. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the compensation and consultation process that persons affected by the proposed BusConnects enhanced bus corridors may avail of; the way...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects
      543. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount contributed by the State to the cost of building the Limerick tunnel; the amount private companies contributed to building the...
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      544. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the sports capital grants for 2019 to be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7925/19]
    • Departmental Priorities
      545. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy priorities for the transport sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7926/19]
    • Road Safety
      547. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding blood alcohol levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7934/19]
    • Rural Transport Services Provision
      548. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a meeting (details supplied) took place; and if so, the outcome of this meeting between his officials and the NTA in relation to rural...
    • Rail Services
      550. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a security service is still provided on Irish Rail evening trains out of Dublin; if so, the station at which the security remains on...
    • Driver Licence Applications
      551. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a driver test for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7957/19]
    • Road Projects Status
      552. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected start date of the Ardee bypass; if there are issues holding up the project; if there are expected issues that will cause...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      554. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the implications of the €27 million cut to his Department's budget following the over-expenditure in the Department of Health; if...
    • Road Projects Status
      555. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the delivery of the A5-N2 motorway project following his recent decision to cut the budget for the proposed road in...
    • Road Traffic Accidents Data
      556. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the level of vehicle crashes and road casualties to date in 2019; the steps he and the Road Safety Authority plan to take to...
    • Regional Airports
      558. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the proposed runway extension at Waterford Regional Airport; if capital funding will be provided to supplement...
    • Ferry Services
      559. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the interaction he has had with a company (details supplied) since it announced the discontinuation of ferries from Rosslare Europort to...
    • Rail Network Expansion
      560. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the costs of completing phase 2 of the Navan to Dublin rail line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8124/19]
    • Haulage Industry Regulation
      561. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tachograph and licensing inspections on HGV operators and drivers carried out by the RSA in each of the years 2016 to 2018;...
    • Road Safety Authority
      563. 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 whether it is performing its...
    • Transport Policy
      564. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an application to the European Union for the revision of the TEN-T core network including the reinstatement of the cross-Border...
    • Bus Services
      565. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties students (details supplied) are having with the limited frequency of a bus service;...
    • Rail Network
      566. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to change the existing level crossings in the Dublin 15 area; the role of the National Transport Authority regarding the plans;...
    • Public Transport Fares
      567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the changes to Luas fares in each of the years since 2012, in tabular form; the reason for increases in the fares; and if he will make a...
    • Road Network
      568. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a new pedestrian overbridge and pedestrian crossing on the N67 at Oranmore, County Galway, will be provided (details supplied); and...
    • Taxi Regulations
      569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if rules with regard to the ten year cap on the age of regular taxis can be changed to bring them into line with wheelchair taxis which...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      570. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the recently announced regional and local roads grant for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8273/19]
    • Rail Network
      573. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the rail census for 2018 will be published; his plans to accelerate investment in the heavy rail system in view of the growing...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      574. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to cost overruns on contracts within his Department with a value in excess of €10 million that...
    • Bus Services
      575. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the provision of extra buses and routes to the Swords express timetable will be expedited; if he will contact the NTA regarding same;...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      576. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to the Parliamentary Question Nos. 82 and 83 of 12 February 2019, if the purpose of the review of the Carriage of Munitions of...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Data
      577. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of State contracts that were not awarded to the lowest tender or bid in each year since 2011 to date in his Department or...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      578. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding a group (details supplied) receives each year from Tusla through its membership of the new communities partnership;...
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      583. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average waiting time for children referred to social services to be investigated by county. [7804/19]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      584. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her policy priorities in relation to supporting the provision of early childhood care in crèches; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      586. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to address the issue of redress for the small number of survivors from the Bethany homes; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      587. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of childcare service providers that closed their services in 2018 and to date in 2019, or have indicated that they are not...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      588. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consideration has been given to the proposal made by an organisation (details supplied) to split the historical investigations of the...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      589. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address a matter regarding an application by a centre (details supplied). [8151/19]
    • Child and Family Agency Remit
      590. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address a matter in relation to the statutory obligation on Tusla to prepare an after-care plan for each eligible child and...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      591. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to cost overruns on contracts within her Department with a value in excess of €10 million that came...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Schools Facilities
      592. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding schemes available to national schools for the improvement of playgrounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Community Enhancement Programme Eligibility
      593. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the community enhancement programme does not allow schools to apply for funding in...
    • Community Services Programme
      594. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if Pobal will be requested to provide three full-time positions under the community services programme to a group (details supplied)...
    • Local Improvement Scheme Funding
      595. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if further funding will be made available in 2019 to assist counties in carrying out local improvement scheme works in the coming...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      596. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details supplied by Cork County Council on mobile phone black spots; the number of black spots identified; the steps being taken...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      597. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his attention has been drawn to cost overruns on contracts within his Department with a value in excess of €10 million that...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Data
      598. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of State contracts that were not awarded to the lowest tender or bid in each year since 2011 to date in his Department or...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position on pension claims by community employment scheme supervisors; the number of times the community employment...
    • Working Family Payment Applications
      600. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a working family payment application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the convention on social security between Ireland and the United Kingdom. [7668/19]
    • Pension Provisions
      603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of successful matches the host mailing service in her Department has made in the time since the revised protocol...
    • Community Employment Schemes Operation
      605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a community employment scheme will be extended for another year in the case of a person (details supplied). [7721/19]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      606. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 606 of 5 February 2019, the other avenues the person can explore to increase their...
    • Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities
      607. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available to prospective employers that may wish to employ young adult school leavers with a diagnosis such as...
    • JobPath Programme
      608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to exempting persons (details supplied) in receipt of jobseeker's allowance from...
    • Illness Benefit Appeals
      609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7818/19]
    • Back to Work Allowance Payments
      610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a back-to-work enterprise allowance was ceased for a person (details supplied). [7841/19]
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      611. 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...
    • Illness Benefit Waiting Times
      612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address issues with the six-day waiting period for claimants entitlement to sick pay while absent due to...
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale behind the wage subsidy scheme having an entry point of a minimum of 21 hours' work per week; if consideration...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a paper application form inviting pensioners to fill in gaps in their records will issue; when pension increases and...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied). [8001/19]
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      619. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the paper application forms will issue to pensioners to allow them to fill in details of gaps in their PRSI records and...
    • State Pensions Payments
      620. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when all pensioners who are due an increase in pension due to the use of the contributions approach with homecare credits in...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      621. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8021/19]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      622. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a universal basic income for all citizens; if such a proposal has been evaluated and costed; and if she will...
    • State Pensions Payments
      623. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the first payments under the State pension review will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8074/19]
    • State Pensions Reform
      624. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reinstate the State transition pension to prevent persons forced to retire at 65 years of age from having to...
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      625. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      626. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a review of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Working Family Payment Applications
      627. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a social welfare payment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      628. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an illness benefit claim will be reinstated in the case of a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      629. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8221/19]
    • Departmental Staff Retirements
      630. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) based in her Department in County Louth will be replaced after the official retires in two...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of referrals to JobPath, community employment schemes and Tús in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date...
    • Pension Provisions
      633. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a cost-benefit analysis of the impact that the proposed IORP II regulation would have on the operation of pension schemes...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      635. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 707 of 12 February 2019, if a community employment scheme supervisor can remain on the...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      636. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of rent supplement tenancies at the end of 2018; and the cost of the scheme in 2018, in tabular form. [8375/19]
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      637. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      638. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the revision of a case (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8393/19]
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      639. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to cost overruns on contracts within her Department with a value in excess of €10...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Data
      640. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications awaiting a decision in respect of the various social welfare entitlements; the number on appeal;...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      642. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she expects to be in a position to address the pensions issue for persons who have gaps in their...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Data
      644. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of exceptional needs payments made in each of the past five years to date in 2019; and if she will make a...
    • Pensions Data
      645. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of old age pensioners in receipt of a pension in each of the past five years to date in 2019; and if she will make...
    • Widow's Pension Eligibility
      646. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the issue of persons that are divorced in other jurisdictions and subsequently married here that are...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      649. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the manner in which investigations into overpayments are carried out will be reviewed to ensure strict adherence to due...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Commencement of Legislation
      651. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to commence the remaining sections of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 in particular section 8, in...
    • Water Services
      652. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding local authority water services workers and Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Water Services Infrastructure
      653. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address matters in relation to the case of a person (details supplied). [7708/19]
    • Housing Provision
      654. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for increasing housing supply in the South Dublin County Council area; the timeframe for same (details supplied);...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 272 and 273 of 7 February 2019, the funding provided to approved housing bodies under...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of standard and priority allocations refused by social housing applicants for each local authority in 2017 and...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      658. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the length of time applications for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme are taking to be processed in each county council...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Funding
      659. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 595 of 29 January 2019, if projects for Galway city have been approved under the...
    • Rental Sector
      660. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of proposed regulations on a company (details supplied); if there will be exceptions made for rural tourist areas...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses built by local authorities in counties Cavan and Monaghan from 2013 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      663. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications for funding received by local authorities under the single step approval scheme (details supplied);...
    • Repair and Leasing Scheme
      664. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties offered and secured under the repair and lease scheme by each local authority in tabular form; and if...
    • Vacant Sites Levy
      665. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the effectiveness of the vacant site levy; the sites under development as a direct result of this initiative; and...
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      666. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to each local authority in each of the years 2015 to 2018 with respect to refurbishing voids, purchasing...
    • Urban Development
      667. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications by category A and B projects made under the Project Ireland 2040 urban regeneration and development...
    • Planning Issues
      668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation which would give local authorities power to address a situation in which a resident's right...
    • Local Authority Members
      669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has undertaken or overseen an assessment of the tailored training programme for elected members of local...
    • Local Authority Services
      670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to assist Fingal County Council in completing the taking in charge process of the remaining areas of...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      673. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to publish the annual local authority homelessness financial reports for 2018. [8340/19]
    • Traveller Accommodation
      674. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Traveller accommodation allocations for each local authority for 2018; and the drawdown to date for each local authority...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      675. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 2,610 social housing acquisitions in 2018 that were purchased vacant; and the number purchased with social...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      677. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the value and number of housing assistance payment, HAP, payments made in each of the years 2016 to 2018, by county in...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Data
      678. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount each local authority returned unspent in housing adaption grants, housing aid for the elderly and mobility grants...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      679. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses bought previously occupied, bought under a turn key development or constructed in each of the years 2016...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Eligibility
      680. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is leeway on the income thresholds for housing adaptation grants under exceptional circumstances. [8372/19]
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      681. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for approval in cases in which a local authority submits approval for turnkey development; and the funding...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      682. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing assistance payment, HAP, rental accommodation scheme, RAS, and social housing current expenditure...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      683. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if housing service plans (details supplied) have been agreed; and if not, the timeframe for the compiling of the plans by each...
    • Rental Accommodation Standards
      688. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether there is a conflict of interest in cases in which the local authority is both the enforcement agency and...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      690. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to cost overruns on contracts in his Department with a value in excess of €10 million...
    • Housing Issues
      691. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to implement the recommendations of the Kenny report on the price of building land, particularly those...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Data
      692. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of State contracts that were not awarded to the lowest tender or bid in each year since 2011 to date in his...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Wildlife Control
      693. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans in relation to the culling of seals (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7675/19]
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Eligibility
      694. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the family of a person (details supplied) who applied for compensation under the turf cutting compensation scheme will qualify...
    • Built Heritage Investment Scheme
      695. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available in relation to the maintenance of Celtic crosses (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Education Grants
      696. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the grants available for both mainstream and non-mainstream music education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7989/19]
    • Architectural Heritage
      698. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the restoration of a building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8334/19]
    • Oidhreacht
      699. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an raibh aon chomhráití aici leis an Aire Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála maidir le hiarratas a...
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      700. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to cost overruns on contracts within her Department with a value in excess of €10 million...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      701. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the salary budget allocated by her Department and all agencies under her aegis in each of the years January 2015 to December 2018;...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Data
      702. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of State contracts that were not awarded to the lowest tender or bid in each year since 2011 to date in her Department...

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