Written answers
Thursday, 21 February 2019
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Arts Funding
12. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to figures that found one third of artists and creative practitioners earn less than the national...
- Departmental Funding
13. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of funding for arts and culture to DEIS schools, in tabular form; if she has met with the Department of Education and...
- Waterways Ireland Funding
14. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital spending in 2018; the funding allocated to Waterways Ireland; the projects undertaken by Waterways Ireland with the...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
15. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to further designate land for national parks and nature reserves; her further plans to expand public access to reasonable...
- Departmental Programmes
16. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Creative Schools programme 2019; and the schools in County Limerick that are participating in same. [8536/19]
- National Heritage Plan
17. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Heritage 2030 public consultations; the opportunities including local meetings for groups and residents of County...
- National Monuments
18. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of progress in relation to the battlefield site of 14-17 Moore Street, Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Film Industry
19. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on her efforts to establish a film stakeholders forum to resolve ongoing disputes and issues across the...
- Wildlife Protection
20. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her current and planned activities to protect Ireland’s biodiversity including initiatives in County Kildare; and if she...
- Departmental Programmes
21. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Creative Schools programme 2019; the schools in County Sligo that are participating in same; and if she will make...
- Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
22. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad airgead a bheartaítear a chur ar fáil d’fheidhmiú Phlean Gníomhaíochta...
- National Parks
23. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the contact she and her officials have had with executors of an estate (details supplied) with regard to the house, its surrounds...
- Arts Funding
24. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the efforts she is making to address employment and training precarity and poverty among workers and performers in the arts sector;...
- Wildlife Protection
25. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration will be given to commissioning a report into the environmental impact of the Heritage Act 2016, particularly the...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
27. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will direct the National Parks and Wildlife Service to study the proposal to create a national park in the wilderness areas...
- National Cultural Institutions
28. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding made available to the national cultural institutions to deliver on their remit in the past three years; and if she will...
- Commemorative Events
29. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans her officials are working on for the 2019 commemorations. [4078/19]
- Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a fhoilseofar an Bille chun uasdátú a dhéanamh ar Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla, 2003; agus an...
- Fostaíocht sa Ghaeltacht
31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén comhráite a bhí aici le páirtithe leasmhara maidir le cinneadh HID Global athlonnú go cathair na...
- Film Industry
32. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if producer companies in receipt of public funds and support will be required to offer training and employment to employees and...
- Arts Funding
33. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which she can address the financial strain on persons working in the performing arts including claims that one third of...
- Special Areas of Conservation Designation
34. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps being taken in conjunction with Bord na Móna and the National Parks and Wildlife Service to ensure that as much of...
- World Heritage Sites
35. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the new call for applications for Irish sites of built and natural heritage to be placed on the UNESCO World...
- Cultural Policy
36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the management and quarterly reports of the auditor pursuant to the performance delivery agreement signed and...
- Culture Ireland
38. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the outcome of the Culture Ireland Global 2025 conference that took place in Dublin Castle in January 2019; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Funding
39. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she is in a position to offer funding under various headings to cultural and heritage projects, community based...
- Commemorative Events
40. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the State commemorative events she plans to fund and direct as part of the Decade of Centenaries commemorations for the period 2019...
- Film Industry Tax Reliefs
41. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the film production underway at a studio (details supplied) is in receipt of section 481 tax relief and Irish Film Board grants;...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na moltaí a chuir an Roinn agus Údarás na Gaeltachta faoi bhráid an Rialtais ó thaobh tuilleadh...
- Creative Ireland Programme
43. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the levels of Creative Ireland funding that is designated for supporting DEIS schools in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular...
- Archaeological Sites
44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to purchase a location (details supplied) in view of the unique archaeological and ecological importance of same. [8681/19]
- Film Industry
45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions she has taken to date to address delays in setting up a film forum. [8697/19]
- Commemorative Events
46. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of national and international events to commemorate the Irish famine in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é stádas na hanailíse breise atá beartaithe ag Údarás na Gaeltachta ina Phlean Straitéiseach...
- Buiséad Údarás na Gaeltachta
48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital funding in the Estimates for 2019; the amount and percentage overall of the capital budget that will be allocated to...
- Special Areas of Conservation Designation
49. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress made on protecting the 11 peat habitats listed for special protection under EU directives since 2011; and if she will...
- Film Industry
50. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if efforts to establish a film stakeholders forum have been abandoned due to the fact that some stakeholders have decided to...
- National Orchestras
51. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the contact she and her officials have had with members and representatives of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra; if members and...
- Departmental Programmes
52. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Creative Schools Programme 2019; and the schools in County Louth that are participating in same. [8520/19]
- Arts Council Funding
54. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of funding for publishing and literature provided by the Arts Council in the past four years; and her views on whether...
- Arts and Culture Capital Scheme
55. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is satisfied with the availability of theatre and cultural facilities in County Cork; the steps she plans to take to...
- Heritage Council Funding
56. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position with regard to the community grants scheme for 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8698/19]
- National Monuments
57. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department has identified historical sites such as burial mounds or other similar sensitive or historical...
- Arts Council
58. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of work to address concerns raised by artists regarding the work practices at a theatre (details supplied); and if she...
- Wildlife Protection
59. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the scientific evidence which forms the basis for the extension of the upland burning season as presented in the draft wildlife...
- Arts Council Funding
60. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding supplied to an organisation (details supplied) or via the Arts Council in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in...
- National Biodiversity Plan
61. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of existing and planned initiatives to protect biodiversity here including initiatives in Dublin; and if she will make...
- National Monuments
63. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 684 and 685 of 5 February 2019, if her Department receives submissions from the public...
- Buiséad Údarás na Gaeltachta
64. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé mhéad airgead a bheartaítear a chur ar fáil in 2019 d’Údarás na Gaeltachta, agus an...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Middle East Issues
65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Israeli Government will be requested to reinstate the mandate of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron following its...
- Registration of Births
67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when applications by persons (details supplied) will be processed. [8867/19]
- EU Meetings
68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues discussed at the recent Foreign Affairs Council; the outcome of such discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Military Aircraft Landings
69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he has taken in relation to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport approving the transit of munitions through Shannon...
- Department of Finance
- Tracker Mortgage Examination
70. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of requests for oral hearings received by each independent appeals panel in relation to the tracker mortgage scandal; the number granted; and if he...
- Social Insurance Payments
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) was charged €500 for PRSI for the year ending 31 December 2017 in view of the fact they have not been charged for...
- Revenue Commissioners Resources
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the problems in the new information technology system of the Revenue Commissioners (details supplied). [8835/19]
- Banking Sector
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he plans to take with a bank (details supplied) that has stated its intention to ignore the Central Bank Code of Conduct in relation to mortgages;...
- Pension Provisions
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a pension payment for a person (details supplied) has been reduced; if the matter will be reviewed; if the original payment will be reinstated; and...
- Central Bank of Ireland Investigations
75. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the terms of reference and details of the scope of the investigation being conducted by the Central Bank further to media reports (details...
- Tax Rebates
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of a tax refund in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8887/19]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Properties
78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is listed as the owner of a property (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the way in which he became the owner; if he has given...
- Flood Relief Schemes Funding
79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will direct the OPW to expedite an application by Tipperary County Council for funding for flood relief works at Drish, Thurles,...
- National Monuments
80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of protected burial mounds which are listed and accessible for tourism and educational purposes; and if he will make a...
- Deer Culls
81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the alternatives to deer culling at the Phoenix Park, Dublin, that have been considered by her Department to control the population of...
- Cycling Facilities Provision
82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 10 July 2018, the date on which works will commence on the changeover; the details of the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Information and Communications Technology
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is school funding for information communication technology (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8777/19]
- Schools Building Projects Status
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with progress in relation to the completion of a school (details supplied); when the new school build will be ready to hand...
- Teachers' Remuneration
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason staff employed for substitution duties have been awarded zero tax credits resulting in an overpayment of taxation for a number of...
- Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions he has had with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in relation to opening the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund to...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking regarding the lack of school places in the north west area of Dublin city and county for children on the autism spectrum;...
- Teaching Council of Ireland
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay for teachers returning from abroad to register with the Teaching Council; if the issue is being rectified; the expected...
- Teachers' Remuneration
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures or plans in place for the reimbursement of pay owed to teachers who have recently registered with the Teaching Council and that had...
- Site Acquisitions
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the acquisition of land for a school (details supplied) be completed. [8878/19]
- Schools Building Projects Expenditure
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the overrun in cost for the national children’s hospital will impact on the new building for a school (details supplied). [8879/19]
- Schools Building Projects Status
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the tendering and construction of the new building for a school (details supplied). [8880/19]
- School Closures
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a proposed school closure (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8882/19]
- School Curriculum
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 5 February 2019, the details of the findings that allow him to assert that the RSE provided in...
- School Funding
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for funding relating to the proposed general purpose hall; if his attention has been...
- Schools Building Projects Status
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the new planned premises for a school (details supplied) have not started construction; when it is anticipated that work will commence;...
- School Transport Provision
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure a community funded bus service (details supplied) will not cease operation in September 2019; and if he will make a statement...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when confirmation will issue in respect of a higher education grant in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Child Detention Centres
100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of boys that have been charged with criminal damage at Oberstown Children Detention Campus since May 2016; and the...
- Naturalisation Applications
101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the policy of not granting citizenship or naturalisation to spouses of Irish citizens living abroad. [8809/19]
- Garda Data
102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 14 February 2019, the reason the Irish Prison Service does not have records in...
- Direct Provision Data
103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons being accommodated at each reception centre in counties Limerick and Clare; the official capacity of each...
- Legal Aid Service Data
104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of providing legal aid to all borrowers facing repossession hearings; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Spent Convictions Legislation
105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an assessment of the effect of spent convictions legislation on those with drug convictions has been undertaken in order to...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a list of all reported anti-social behaviour will be provided for the past five years in the James’s Street, Dublin 8...
- Fines Data
108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fines and the amount in fines paid by drivers in locations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Naturalisation Eligibility
109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected position in regard to a determination of eligibility for citizenship in the case of a person (details...
- Naturalisation Applications
110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position in regard to the determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
- Residency Permits
111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if permission to remain, extended residency or stamp 4 will be considered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he...
- Naturalisation Applications
112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) can visit a family member in their home country on compassionate grounds without prejudicing...
- Naturalisation Eligibility
113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Data
115. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, ODCE, in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in...
- Brexit Preparations
116. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports and advice contact points available to businesses from her Department and agencies under her remit with regard to...
- Department of Health
- Organ Donation
118. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) in relation to organ donation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8784/19]
- National Maternity Strategy Implementation
119. To ask the Minister for Health if implementation of the new national maternity strategy will be delayed or modified due to the rescheduling of funding for certain projects to offset the cost...
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
120. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an art therapist post in child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, in counties Laois and Offaly has been discontinued; and if he will make...
- Services for People with Disabilities
121. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters in relation to early intervention team services for a person (details supplied). [8790/19]
- Primary Care Centres Provision
122. To ask the Minister for Health when a new primary care centre will be delivered for an area (details supplied) in Dublin 11 for which land has already been identified; when funding will be...
- Departmental Funding
123. To ask the Minister for Health if requested and necessary funding has been allocated for the work and projects of a society (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medicinal Products Availability
124. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will publish the results of its consultation (details supplied) and policy on improving the use of biosimilar medicines in the health system here;...
- Medicinal Products
125. To ask the Minister for Health when Kuvan will be approved by his Department and the HSE for persons with PKU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8822/19]
- Mental Health Services Provision
126. To ask the Minister for Health if funds will be allocated to refurbish an acute mental health unit in University Hospital Kerry as committed to in the 2019 national service plan of the HSE;...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
127. To ask the Minister for Health if Lomotil will be reimbursed under the medical card scheme at its cost price to pharmacies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Pharmaceutical Sector
128. To ask the Minister for Health if the concerns of a person (details supplied) in relation to rules covering the temporary absence of pharmacists will be addressed; and if he will make a...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
129. To ask the Minister for Health when a group of families with spinal muscular atrophy will be informed of the HSE decision regarding Spinraza; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Appointments Status
130. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for surgery will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [8859/19]
- Physiotherapy Provision
131. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age on the physiotherapy waiting list by local health area in tabular form; and the numbers waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26,...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
132. To ask the Minister for Health the reason ulcerative colitis is not a recognised disability here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8875/19]
- Departmental Funding
133. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8885/19]
- Pharmaceutical Sector
134. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received draft rules on temporary absence from an organisation (details supplied); if consideration will be given to the way in which these rules as...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
135. To ask the Minister for Health if Spinraza will be made available for children with spinal muscular atrophy [8889/19]
- Health Services Provision
137. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding services for a person (details supplied). [8920/19]
- Hospitals Capital Programme
138. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the refurbishment of Kanturk Community Hospital; if the increased expenditure on the new children’s hospital will have an effect on the...
- Medical Card Applications
141. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8952/19]
- Home Care Packages Provision
142. To ask the Minister for Health when a home care package will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8954/19]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Harbours and Piers Development
143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to invest in Greencastle Harbour, County Donegal in line with the commitments referenced in Project Ireland 2040. [8780/19]
- Dairy Sector
145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the heat recovery technology element of grant aid under the TAMS scheme will be removed to enable it to be included in the SEAI...
- Meat Processing Plants
146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the legislation allowing feedlots to be owned or contracted by meat processing companies here will be investigated; and if he will...
- Bovine Disease Controls
147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of cattle from bovine feedlots that are exported; the percentage being slaughtered in food processing factories here,...
- Meat Processing Plant Inspections
148. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 535 to 537 of 12 February 2019, the number of inspections; if the calibration of the grading...
- Young Farmers Scheme
151. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 504 of 5 February 2019, when the administrative and on-farm checks in relation to a small...
- Afforestation Programme
152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8868/19]
- Bord Bia
153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person or body Bord Bia has commissioned to carry out quality assurance audits; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- TAMS Funding
154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grants available to agricultural contractors that are SMEs and not farmers do not have a herd number that wish to purchase slurry...
- EU Meetings
155. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the issues discussed at his recent meeting with the European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Mr....
- Rural Development Programme Funding
156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial allocations on an annual basis under the 2014 to 2020 RDP for schemes (details supplied); the annual amount expended on...
- GLAS Data
157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in receipt of GLAS 1, 2 and 3 that have received the 85% advance payment of the 2018 payment by county, in...
- Departmental Schemes
158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants in a former scheme (details supplied); and the moneys expended on the scheme. [8931/19]
- Food Exports
159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the volume and value of butter exports to each applicable country in 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Broadband Service Provision
160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of high speed broadband in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8849/19]
- Services for People with Disabilities
166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 254 of 14 November 2018, when a meeting (details supplied) will take place; and...
- Hazardous Substances Disposal
167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a hazardous waste dump at Clonshaugh, Dublin 17 on the boundary of the...
- Departmental Funding
169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the grants available to agricultural contractors who are SMEs and not farmers and do not have a herd number who wish to...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Safety
170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce legislation in the interest of health and road safety to regulate the use of electric and powered skateboards on...
- Bus Éireann Staff
171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the ban on bus drivers over 70 years of age will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8877/19]
- Public Transport Fares
172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a refund will not be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8881/19]
- Railway Stations
173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a commitment given in September 2016 in Dáil Éireann to visit a railway station (details supplied) in County Westmeath to...
- Bus Services
174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure a community funded bus service (details supplied) will not cease operation in September 2019; and if he will make a...
- Road Projects Status
175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will direct TII to provide an update on progress to carry out work at Turtulla Cross, Thurles, County Tipperary; the timeline for...
- State Airports
176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the type and amounts of munitions he approved for transit through Shannon Airport on a plane (details supplied) on 4 February 2019; and...
- Public Transport Provision
177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which bus and rail accommodation can be augmented throughout the north County Kildare routes serving Sallins, Celbridge,...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child and Family Agency Funding
178. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of child and adolescent counselling and psychotherapy sessions offered by organisations that received counselling and...
- Child Abuse
179. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) is operating its own helpline regarding retrospective...
- Office of Public Works Expenditure
186. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of money paid to a company (details supplied) for construction at Oberstown Children Detention Campus; and the amount spent on...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
187. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason she has refused to address the recommendation by the commission on mother and baby homes that a facility (details supplied)...
- Child and Family Agency Services
189. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) for additional child and adolescent psychotherapy under the gender and...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
190. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a matter (details supplied) regarding women's pensions will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Pension Provisions
191. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the potential for small self-administered pensions to partner with the State to assist...
- State Pension (Contributory)
192. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payments will issue in respect of State pension (contributory) rate reviews; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Carer's Allowance Payments
193. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 618 of 18 December 2018, when a decision will issue in relation to a review of a...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
194. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Personal Public Service Numbers
195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a matter regarding obtaining a PPS number will be addressed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- JobPath Programme
196. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if unemployed persons are required to engage with Turas Nua or Seetec in order to avoid a cut in welfare payments in view of...
- Personal Public Service Numbers
197. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a PPS number will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Bus Services
198. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure a community funded bus service (details supplied) will not cease operation in September 2019; and if she...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
199. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be processed; and if she will make a...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility
200. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position in regard to payment of jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
201. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review of entitlement to a State pension will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Back to Work Allowance Applications
202. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a back to work enterprise allowance will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Overpayments
204. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which it is expected to recover an alleged overpayment in the case of a person (details supplied) without causing...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Pyrite Issues
205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a MICA redress scheme will be introduced for affected homeowners in County Donegal. [8776/19]
- Commercial Rates Calculations
206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding commercial rates calculations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8818/19]
- Home Loan Scheme
207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the capital allocations for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan will be distributed to county councils in 2019; the reason...
- Water Services Infrastructure
208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the proposed upgrade of the water infrastructure network in Donabate and Portrane, County Dublin; the timeline...
- Water Services
209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are sewage pipe works planned in an area (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Data
210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of tenant purchase scheme agreements entered into by Tipperary County Council in each of the years 2011 to 2018, in...
- Home Loan Scheme
212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review into the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8908/19]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Arts Funding
215. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding increasing funding for her Department; the position in relation to achieving 2024 targets; and if she will...
- Departmental Staff Data
217. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of conservation rangers employed in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; if there are vacant positions; if so, the length of...
- Architectural Heritage
218. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she plans to protect endangered historical sites or structures nationally; and if she will make a statement on...
- National Monuments
219. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of historical sites or structures under archaeological investigation nationally; the progress in respect of such sites;...
- Creative Ireland Programme
222. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to engage with various local community groups involved in musical and artistic productions...
- Film Industry
224. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to engage with the film industry with a view to encouraging production filming and location...
- Arts Funding
225. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she continues to attract philanthropic involvement and support for the arts here; and if she will make a...
- Film Industry Development
226. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which home production can be encouraged in the making of films for cinema or television; and if she will make a...
- Arts Council
227. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which employment in the arts continues with particular reference to ensuring continuity; and if she will make a...
