Written answers

Tuesday, 5 March 2019

  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Equality Proofing of Budgets
      45. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration will be given to disability proofing the next budget and all budgets thereafter; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Service Stability Agreement
      54. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to remove members of a union (details supplied) from the provisions of the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020; and if...
    • Departmental Budgets
      55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he has been alerted to potential budgetary overruns in respect of various Departments; and if he will make a...
    • National Monuments
      56. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of improvement works at the Hill of Tara, County Meath. [10627/19]
    • Public Service Contracts
      57. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans in relation to public contracts and lowballing firms as stated in Dáil Éireann on 12 February 2019. [8037/19]
    • Public Sector Pay
      58. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review public service pay in view of the recently agreed deal with nurses; his further plans to open pay negotiations with...
    • Heritage Sites
      59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the Brú na Bóinne visitor centre, County Meath. [10626/19]
    • Customs and Excise Controls
      60. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the detailed action plan on the requirements of Rosslare Europort in advance of Brexit is due for publication and-or finalisation;...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a review has been carried out into monitoring systems for capital and current expenditure across Government and in which there has...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects capital projects in County Kildare under Project Ireland 2040 to be progressed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Private Partnerships Cost
      63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual cost of public private partnerships through unitary payments; and the reason total unitary payments are greater than the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      64. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received costed proposals from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection in relation to the indexation of...
    • Public Sector Pay
      65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the efforts that have been made to incorporate retired public servants into the wider public pay discussions; if there are legislative...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consideration given to using a remeasurable contract in the decision making process in selecting a fixed price contract under the...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review the cost overrun of the national children’s hospital; his further plans to conduct an evaluation of the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be removed from the flood relief scheme planned for Buncrana, County Donegal, due to the reprofiling of investment under...
    • Pension Provisions
      69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans in respect of outstanding pension restorations that resulted as a consequence of reduction in pensions during the economic...
    • Government Construction Contracts Committee
      70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role of the Government Contracts Committee for Construction in derogations from standard forms of public contracts; the person or...
    • Cross-Border Projects
      72. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the outcome of the most recent discussions his officials have had with their counterparts in Northern Ireland in relation to funding for...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which he plans to apply a new revised cost of carbon in the National Development Plan 2018-2027; and the new analysis of the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Funding
      75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funds made available for minor flood works and coastal protection have been drawn down by Fingal County Council to tackle coastal...
    • Public Service Stability Agreement
      79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consequences for trade unions that are not covered by the Public Service Stability Agreement 2018-2020, specifically the loss of...
    • Departmental Funding
      81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the policy regarding emergency funding for coastal protection for homes at immediate risk due to coastal erosion. [10572/19]
    • Office of Government Procurement
      82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the companies the public service can procure services from in the area of industrial relations and human resource support specifically...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review the public procurement process in view of the cost overruns at the national children’s hospital; and if he...
    • Public Private Partnerships Data
      86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of procurement officials within the NTMA or across Departments charged with managing and overseeing public private partnership...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Seanad Reform
      87. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the work of the Seanad reform implementation group, in particular its considerations on the extension of Seanad election voting rights to additional...
    • Mayoral Election
      88. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the formation of a citizens' assembly for Dublin regarding a directly elected mayor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10785/19]
    • Economic Policy
      89. To ask the Taoiseach the role of his Department in leading Ireland's participation in the annual European semester process. [9517/19]
    • Brexit Negotiations
      90. To ask the Taoiseach if he discussed the possibility of a second referendum on Brexit in the UK with Prime Minister May when they last spoke or met; and his views as to whether this is a...
    • Departmental Transport
      91. To ask the Taoiseach the date on which the helipad on Government Buildings was last used; the annual maintenance costs incurred in respect of the helipad in the past ten years; if it has been...
    • Unemployment Levels
      92. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons registered as unemployed in 2011. [10212/19]
    • International Summits
      93. To ask the Taoiseach if Sudan was raised during the recent EU-League of Arab States summit in Egypt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10667/19]
    • Imports Data
      94. To ask the Taoiseach the value of fossil fuel imports over the past five years in tabular form. [10705/19]
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      95. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if members of the Defence Forces who undertake specialist training in areas of academia or skills based will be provided with the opportunity to...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      97. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cyber capabilities of the Defence Forces in terms of staffing levels and capability; and the way in which they are currently utilised. [10394/19]
    • Military Medals
      99. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps that have been taken to fulfil the commitment given by a former Taoiseach to award the distinguished service medals and military medals...
    • Air Corps Recruitment
      100. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of pilots and air traffic controllers who have been recruited to the Air Corps in 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of same in...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      101. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if all Defence Forces pharmacists, civilian and military, are on the same pay scale; if they are on a HSE equivalent pay scale with increments;...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the deployment of Defence Forces personnel under the EUTM in Mali was authorised under section 3 of the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006; if the...
    • Overseas Missions
      108. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the soldiers deployed to Mali have been there for a period exceeding six consecutive months; the anti-malarial drug that has been typically...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      109. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the capital allocation for defence in 2019; the expenditure allocations for defensive equipment, major capital infrastructural projects, the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Applications Administration (1 comment)
      110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason it states under an item (details supplied) that a citizen who wishes to have a new passport following a name change must have two...
    • Climate Change Policy
      111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the financial instruments used in regard to €58 million of the international development programme on climate interventions in 2017;...
    • Northern Ireland
      112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has written to his British counterpart about an inquiry into the murder of a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that it was...
    • Passport Applications
      114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if persons (details supplied) qualify for Irish passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10243/19]
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names of election observers registered with his Department through Irish Aid who observed elections in each of the past ten years. [10305/19]
    • Passport Applications
      116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a passport for a person (details supplied) has not been issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10312/19]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to have a bilateral meeting with his Spanish counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10366/19]
    • Human Rights
      120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of recent events in Sudan; the steps being taken at national and EU level to address the turmoil there; and if he will make a...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the ongoing hostilities between Pakistan and India; the response and position of the EU to recent events; and if he will make...
    • Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
      122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Ireland’s plans to reach the target of 0.7% of GNI for overseas development aid; the date by which it is expected to...
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in Yemen; the way in which the additional €5 million announced will be spent; and if he will make a...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the recent elections in Nigeria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10670/19]
    • International Relations
      125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on correspondence (details supplied); his views on whether this amounts to an implied threat and interference in the work of...
    • Foreign Policy
      128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if representations will be made to the UK Government urging it to respect the judgment of the International Court of Justice in respect of...
    • Middle East Issues
      129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Palestinian children detained in Israeli prisons; if he has raised this issue with the authorities in Israel; and if he will...
  • Department of Finance
    • Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to reduce the cost of flood insurance for areas which require flood relief works as prescribed by the Office of Public Works under the...
    • Insurance Costs
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance if the recommendations of the cost of insurance working group will be implemented as a priority; if a national claims information database and anti-fraud unit...
    • Climate Change Adaptation Plans
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the progress of the Fossil Fuel Divestment Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10697/19]
    • Mortgage Lending
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are guidelines in relation to the way in which banks treat mortgage applicants who receive their principal employment income in a non-Euro currency...
    • Investor Compensation Company Limited
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance the position in relation to compensation for investors that lost significant amounts arising from their investment in a fund (details supplied); the position...
    • Brexit Issues
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications made by businesses to register for an economic operators registration and identification number to enable the import or export of...
    • Tax Credits
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10354/19]
    • Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that homesteads that have flood defences in place can secure home insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10357/19]
    • Departmental Reports
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a report (details supplied). [10361/19]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which a contributory old age pension is treated for taxation for a person that is paying class S PRSI; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Brexit Issues
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact Brexit or a crash out will have on Irish persons who## are paying into private pensions in the United Kingdom. [10486/19]
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the legal framework that applies for the establishment of a mutual insurance fund; when this process was last reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans in relation to the reopening of the home renovation incentive scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10740/19]
    • Tax Data
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Irish citizens living here that do not pay income tax; the percentage of wage earners living here that do not pay income tax; the number and the...
    • VAT Rate Increases
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to the VAT rate changes for health food supplements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10832/19]
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the provision of tax relief on childcare services for families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10842/19]
    • Stamp Duty
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of stamp duty liable for a purchase of agricultural land to the value of €150,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10896/19]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Pensions Levy
      149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons paying the pension-related deduction in each year since it was introduced; the revenue received in each year since...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeline and publication date for the report as per section 3(6) of the Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Act 2018...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      151. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the financial impact on the annual capital envelopes outlined in annex 1 of the National Development Plan 2018-2027 as a result of the...
    • Garda Stations
      152. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a vacant Garda station (details supplied) in County Kerry is for sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10332/19]
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      153. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the upgrade of Tubbercurry Garda station in County Sligo; when approval for works will be granted; and if he will...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      154. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to abolish parity-based public service pension schemes and replace them with pension schemes linked to the consumer price...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      155. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Ireland has set up its electronic data exchange system known as e-cohesion; and if not, the reason. [10535/19]
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the work planned to protect residents from flooding in the Corbally area of County Limerick; when work will commence; and if he will...
    • Office of Public Works
      166. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works, OPW, will consider buying a property (details supplied); the process for potential sellers to contact the...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      167. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the Office of Public Works, OPW, has not secured ownership of the 25% section of a site (details supplied) by requiring...
    • Garda Station Closures
      168. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress to date in regard to the reopening of Rush Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10838/19]
    • Departmental Programmes
      169. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains satisfied of being able to continue to meet the targets set by him in the context of spending and reform;...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      170. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role he expects for reform throughout the public sector to impact on economic performance in the future; and if he will make a...
    • House Sales
      171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action he will take in terms of public expenditure and reform with a view to ensuring that the domestic customer has a reasonable...
    • Public Sector Staff Recruitment
      173. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full extent to date of recruitment throughout the public sector in the context of economic recovery; the expectation in respect of...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      174. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he in the context of reform has introduced new criteria in view of the international and global trading challenges;...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      177. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department has received communication from other Departments, bodies and agencies under their aegis seeking...
    • Brexit Preparations
      178. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he can take steps to minimise the impact of Brexit on the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will be considered for the summer works and emergency works schemes; and if he will make a...
    • School Services Staff
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 67 of 8 November 2018, the status of the matter; his views in regard to same; and if he will make a...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the sharing of teachers by schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10230/19]
    • Third Level Fees
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if third-level institutions have the discretion to apply EU fees rather than non-EU fees to persons here with a stamp 2 visa; and if he will make...
    • Schools Establishment
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans in regard to opening an Educate Together primary school in Dungarvan, County Waterford; if the location is part of his commitment in...
    • School Staff
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter relating to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10260/19]
    • Schools Establishment
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter relating to the provision of an Educate Together school in an area (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make...
    • Education and Training Boards Payments
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an oral hearing will be granted in regard to the payment of a pension for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Equipment
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided for a defibrillator to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Establishment
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the development of a secondary school for Hollystown, Dublin 15 will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10412/19]
    • School Transport Provision
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will direct the school bus transport scheme and Bus Éireann to provide services for students in an area (details supplied). [10415/19]
    • School Funding
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will continue to keep the summer works scheme and minor works grant scheme as a permanent source of annual funding for all schools; and if...
    • School Curriculum
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of his plans to have the subject of computer science made available as an option to all schools from September 2020; and if he will...
    • School Enrolments
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding enrolment policies of secondary schools; his views on whether feeder schools may be considered as a fair method of...
    • School Patronage
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to the divestment of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if so, the stage at the which the divestment...
    • EU Funding
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 4 May 2016, if the structures and systems necessary to certify expenditure under the European Union...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for an extension and associated building works by a school (details supplied) to the school capitals...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the process by which the National Council for Special Education fulfils its statutory function to plan and coordinate the provision of...
    • DEIS Status
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the DEIS status of a school (details supplied). [10607/19]
    • School Curriculum
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the demotion of geography as a core junior certificate subject; and if the decision will be reversed. [10661/19]
    • School Accommodation
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will be able to proceed with its new building. [10738/19]
    • Third Level Courses Availability
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide more courses on pharmacy in Dublin apart from an existing institution (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on the new school building for a school (details supplied); the date a school will move into the existing school; the...
    • Schools Data
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the number of secondary school places in Gorey, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10799/19]
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent to date by his Department and agencies under his remit appealing the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Schools Health and Safety
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage with an organisation (details supplied) in order to facilitate the distribution of an information pack on scoliosis to schools;...
    • School Curriculum
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on making home economics compulsory for students up to junior certificate level with a view to reducing levels of childhood obesity;...
    • Schools Health and Safety
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he plans to take to ensure there are no vending machines serving unhealthy food options in schools; the action he will take to ensure...
    • School Patronage
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 26 February 2019, the timeframe for the provision of an Educate Together primary school in...
    • Home Tuition Scheme
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if home tuition will be made available to a child (details supplied) in their crèche in view of the fact that their rented accommodation is...
    • Education and Training Boards Data
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of external training contractors running courses in County Clare under the Clare education board; the number of in-house training...
    • Schools Facilities
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision for the inclusion of a playschool in the planning of all new primary schools will be ensured; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • International Conventions
      213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects Ireland to ratify the Istanbul Convention on domestic abuse; the legislative measures this will require; and if...
    • Garda Accommodation
      214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the provision of the new Garda regional headquarters in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Resources
      215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the active number of gardaí at the Roscrea Garda station, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Courts Service Data
      217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of bench warrants issued for fines not paid under the Fines Act 2010 by county in each of the years 2014 to 2018, in...
    • Court Judgments
      218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if legislation will be introduced to allow for unpaid court fines to be recouped from the income of the person fined regardless...
    • Visa Applications
      219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for a visa in the case of a person (details supplied); when the appeal...
    • Garda Deployment
      220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the locations in which the 2,400 newly qualified gardaí since September 2014 have been assigned; and if he will make a...
    • Citizenship Applications
      221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Residency Permits
      222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Resources
      223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and percentage of the Garda fleet in the Cork city Garda division that are over ten years of age as of 18 February...
    • Prisoner Releases
      224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if sex offenders are entitled to one third remission if they engage in an incentivised regime and otherwise fulfil the criteria...
    • Citizenship Status
      225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address concerns that Irish passport holders who travelled to engage in combat or support for the so-called Islamic...
    • Public Service Vehicles
      227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of PSV licences revoked in 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      228. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of disqualified drivers who failed to surrender their licence in 2018 and were summoned to court for the offence;...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      231. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding will be made available in 2019 for the refurbishment of a Garda station (details supplied); if so, when this work...
    • Irish Prison Service
      232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding mental health awareness training within the Irish Prison Service; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Prisoner Health
      233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a full-time doctor will be appointed to a location following a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Electronic Tagging
      234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if electronic tagging for repeat offenders is being introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10655/19]
    • Garda Data
      235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of the drug squad allocated to Tallaght and Rathfarnham Garda stations; and if he will make a statement...
    • Passport Applications
      236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 to allow non-birth Irish mothers who are registered as...
    • Visa Data
      237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of non-EU student visas issued in 2017 and 2018; the average length of time it has taken to process these visas; his...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10804/19]
    • Northern Ireland
      239. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the implementation of legislation arising from commitments in the Stormont House Agreement and the Fresh...
    • Crime Levels
      240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the upsurge in the street gang activity by young persons in areas (details supplied); if his...
    • Garda Training
      241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the training members of An Garda Síochána receive in relation to identifying cases of coercive control; and if he...
    • Garda Deployment
      242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in Malahide, Balbriggan, Swords and Skerries Garda stations in each year since 2011, in...
    • Garda Transport Data
      244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles based in Malahide, Balbriggan, Swords and Skerries in each year since 2011, in tabular form; and...
    • Immigration Policy
      245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an immigration levy is payable for non-EEA national students with children attending State schools; if so, the amount; and...
    • Direct Provision Data
      246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers who have died in each of the years 2003 to 2018 and to date in 2019, while being provided with...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Brexit Supports
      247. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of state aid that will be made available in the event of a no-deal Brexit; the provisions provided for same in the Revised...
    • Work Permits Data
      248. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of employment permits issued for chefs in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a...
    • EU Agreements
      249. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the EU has a free trade agreement with South Korea; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10380/19]
    • Health and Safety Authority Expenditure
      250. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated full year cost of hiring an additional 60 full-time health and safety inspectors for the Health and Safety Authority;...
    • Job Creation
      251. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the future jobs strategy will be published. [9518/19]
    • Enterprise Support Schemes
      252. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding streams available in a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10727/19]
  • Department of Health
    • Labour Court Recommendations
      253. To ask the Minister for Health if retired nurses are included in the pay deal offered to nurses recently; if they will be impacted by the proposed deal; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      254. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for an angiogram for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10216/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      255. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive cataract surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10217/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      256. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10229/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      257. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10242/19]
    • Hospital Car Parks
      258. To ask the Minister for Health if the Regional Hospital Mullingar will be directed to provide disabled parking spots for the warfarin clinic (details supplied). [10246/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      259. To ask the Minister for Health when Spinraza will be made available for children with spinal muscular atrophy. [10257/19]
    • Health Services
      260. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is proposed to merge services (details supplied) with the offices being relocated in Tallaght. [10258/19]
    • Research Funding
      261. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated for research (details supplied); the status of the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10272/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      262. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [10279/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      263. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 547 of 6 November 2018, the status of the reimbursement of Translarna from a company (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Pension Provisions
      264. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 19 January 2011 if a person (details supplied) is on a pension; the reason there is a difference of €10,000...
    • Ambulance Service
      265. To ask the Minister for Health when the 2018 health sector national staff survey carried out by a company (details supplied) in relation to the National Ambulance Service will be released to...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      266. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment in the case of a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10310/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      267. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide adult intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder speech and language therapist posts to cover an area (details supplied); and if...
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      268. To ask the Minister for Health if a cross-border directive refund will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10315/19]
    • National Dementia Strategy
      269. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a mapping project (details supplied) that was produced in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10316/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      270. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10317/19]
    • HSE Legal Cases
      271. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the expert group established to consider alternative mechanisms to the court process for resolving clinical negligence claims; the position...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      272. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding restrictions on the role of pharmaceutical assistants who have contributed to the smooth running of pharmacies here; and if he will make...
    • Ambulance Service
      273. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the 2018 survey carried out by a company (details supplied) on the National Ambulance Service has not been...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      274. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [10333/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      275. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter in regard to the fair deal scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10335/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      276. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10337/19]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      277. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a new-build emergency department and surgical block with 147 single rooms at Sligo University Hospital. [10338/19]
    • Abortion Services Provision
      278. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who have signed contracts to provide termination-of-pregnancy services; the number who are accepting referrals from a...
    • HSE Staff Data
      279. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE employees on administrative leave; the duration of the leave; and the cost of covering the leave, in tabular form. [10340/19]
    • HSE Planning
      280. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on the winter plan; the amount spent on advertisement and public relations, in tabular form; the achievements of the plan; and if he will make...
    • Autism Support Services
      281. To ask the Minister for Health the counties in which applied behavioural analysis, ABA, programmes are being made available to families of children with autism, in tabular form; the number...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      282. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10346/19]
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      283. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the CEO recruitment process in the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; if he has been briefed on the departure of the previous interim CEO and...
    • Medical Card Applications
      285. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a new application for a medical card by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10369/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      286. To ask the Minister for Health the changes to the rules for phased dispensing of medications by pharmacists to qualifying patients made in recent months; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Card Reviews
      288. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of a medical card for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10379/19]
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      289. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drug and alcohol task forces that have had a HSE review; the amount the reviews have cost to date including a task force (details supplied); and...
    • Pharmaceutical Sector
      290. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the role of pharmaceutical assistants in the operations of pharmacies throughout Ireland; if his attention has been drawn to the threat that their...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      291. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a scan will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10410/19]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      293. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a publicly funded youth mental health organisation (details supplied) plans to amalgamate its services which...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      294. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10418/19]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      295. To ask the Minister for Health if a home care package will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10420/19]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
      296. To ask the Minister for Health the number of counsellors at grade code 391T employed in each CAMHS unit, in tabular form. [10427/19]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      297. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fast track the delivery of primary healthcare centres that are needed in communities but appear to be delayed in various stages of the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      299. To ask the Minister for Health if a fair deal application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10441/19]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      300. To ask the Minister for Health when a psychological report will be carried out on a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10442/19]
    • Departmental Contracts
      302. To ask the Minister for Health if the contractor awarded a HSE contract (details supplied) is paid fully and up to date and millions of euro are not outstanding for the supply of product...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      306. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE could allow a procurement tender in which a carton to be delivered for the HSE under previous versions of a HSE contract (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Contracts
      307. To ask the Minister for Health the rating in terms of service performance in relation to a HSE contract (details supplied); the way in which it compares to other contracts; and if he will...
    • Vaccination Programme
      308. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will roll out the HPV vaccine programme for boys; if there will be a catch-up programme for all school age boys over the age prescribed by the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      309. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new emergency places provided to persons with a disability in CHO area 9 in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      310. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive urgently required surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10469/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      311. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who has been diagnosed with ASD and has no access to transport will be facilitated in their home town rather than in Listowel,...
    • Hospitals Data
      312. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries and procedures cancelled in each hospital nationally for each month in 2017 and 2018, by specialty; the reason for the...
    • Pharmaceutical Sector
      315. To ask the Minister for Health if proposed regulations to reduce the use of pharmaceutical assistants nationally will be clarified; the expected number of job losses nationally among the...
    • Hospitals Data
      316. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries and procedures cancelled at Louth County Hospital; and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda by specialty by month in each of...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      318. 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. [10544/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      319. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a speech therapist in a location (details supplied); if not, the reason therefore; when a speech therapist will be put in place; and if he will...
    • Hospitals Data
      321. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries and procedures cancelled by specialty at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise and the Midlands Regional Hospital,...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      322. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [10582/19]
    • Medicinal Products
      323. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the statement by the HSE regarding Spinraza, which contains figures that are at least six months out of date (details...
    • Hospital Services
      325. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a request to provide an outreach x-ray service for West Kerry Community Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10608/19]
    • Medical Card Administration
      326. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make herbal products available to those on medical cards (details supplied). [10609/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      327. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017; when he envisages the Bill will progress through Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      328. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect a hospital appointment. [10649/19]
    • Proposed Legislation
      329. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the legislation to give effect to the proposed changes in the fair deal scheme will come before the Houses of the Oireachtas; the full extent...
    • Hospitals Funding
      330. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 428 of 26 February 2019, if the tender documents for the diabetic centre at Sligo University Hospital have issued to the...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      331. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the revision of the task force handbook; and when the new handbook will be ready. [10730/19]
    • Health Services
      335. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be provided with a pair of new shoes as per the request of the person's general practitioner. [10735/19]
    • Ambulance Service
      336. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the contents of the 2018 survey carried out by a company (details supplied) in relation to the national...
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who have availed of the cross-border initiative; the procedures they underwent; if they have been reimbursed; the overall cost of each...
    • Ministerial Hospital Visits
      338. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm a date to visit Kerry University Hospital as agreed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10756/19]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      339. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reopening of a ward at a hospital (details supplied); the recruitment that has taken place to date in regard to same; and if he will make a...
    • Home Care Packages
      340. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who was granted four additional hours of homecare assistance per week in October 2018 is still waiting for the...
    • Traveller Community
      341. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 437 of 29 January 2019, the status of the work undertaken in recommendation 73 of the National Traveller and Roma...
    • Animal Welfare
      347. To ask the Minister for Health the number of animals and the species that will be used in a large animal test facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tender Process
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the expected cost of a project (details supplied); the expected cost of the feasibility report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10779/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      356. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a date for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10788/19]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      357. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 706 of 7 September 2018, the number of adult services without seven over seven mental health supports; the locations...
    • Health Services Funding
      358. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the reduced funding to Cork Kerry Community Healthcare from €2.2 million in 2018 to €1.6 million in 2019 for the management of...
    • Personal Injury Claims
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a person (details supplied) can pursue compensation and justice from his Department in relation to complications regarding an operation...
    • Medical Records
      360. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a hospital is refusing to supply medical records to a person (details supplied) that requested them over 14 months ago; and if he will make a...
    • General Practitioner Services
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the base fees and payments from public funds made to persons (details supplied). [10811/19]
    • Hospital Services
      362. To ask the Minister for Health when services will be rolled out at a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10817/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      363. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to the parents of a child (details supplied) with dyspraxia that has been referred for physiotherapy on two occasions only but none since...
    • Hospitals Data
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion surgeries that have been carried out in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10826/19]
    • Health Screening Programmes
      367. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate a national scoliosis screening programme similar to that which existed prior to 2011 in order to allow for the effective detection,...
    • Legislative Measures
      368. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work to draft new legislation which would replace the Dentists Act 1985; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10829/19]
    • Hospital Services
      369. To ask the Minister for Health if hospitals are to be reimbursed for the payment of transitional care or convalescent respite within the nursing home setting in view of the perceived delay...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      370. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a cross-border scheme refund by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [10833/19]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      371. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects PrEP to be made available here; the actions that must be completed to allow it to be made available here; the action he plans to take to tackle...
    • Health Reports
      373. To ask the Minister for Health if a review (details supplied) has taken place; the plans of the HSE to publish the review; if so, when same will be published; and if he will make a statement...
    • Healthcare Policy
      374. To ask the Minister for Health the role of his Department in the implementation of Sláintecare. [9460/19]
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      375. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for inclusion on the cross-border scheme by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [10884/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      376. 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. [10900/19]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a homecare package application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10905/19]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Food Wise 2025 Strategy
      378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he plans to place climate mitigation at the centre of the successor strategy to Food Wise 2025; his views on the...
    • Forestry Sector
      379. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if felling licences have been issued to carry out recent tree felling nationally in both urban and rural areas. [10275/19]
    • Brexit Issues
      380. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had discussions with the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation regarding submitting a formal request to the EU...
    • State Aid
      381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the recent changes at EU level regarding the increase in de minimis aid to primary producers; and if the new threshold of...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Data
      382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of eligible and ineligible farmers, respectively, enrolled in the basic payments scheme; the number of eligible farmers...
    • Brexit Preparations
      384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of SPS and fisheries control officials that will be operational on 30 March 2019 out of the planned recruitment of 116...
    • Bord Bia Funding
      387. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding allocated in 2018 and 2019 to the marketing intensification programme of An Bord Bia. [10283/19]
    • Bord Bia Data
      388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the location and number of full-time and part-time staff employed in each international An Bord Bia office; and the cost of offices...
    • Brexit Preparations
      389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of companies that have completed the Brexit barometer to date since it was launched by company turnover in tabular form....
    • Commonage Management Plans
      390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commonages in County Donegal that have not received agricultural payments to date; the details of these commonages; and...
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consultations have been held with the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment on the introduction of grant...
    • Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan
      392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for entry into the hen harrier scheme by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a...
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the beef data and genomics programme; the reason for the delay in issuing...
    • Brexit Supports
      394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the low-cost loan scheme will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10391/19]
    • Customs and Excise Controls
      395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding his submission to the European Commission seeking the designation of Rosslare Europort as a border inspection...
    • State Aid
      396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the lobbying that was undertaken by him and-or other Ministers regarding recent changes by the European Commission to de minimis and...
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications Data
      397. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that have completed the AEOS in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10557/19]
    • GLAS Applications
      398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the GLAS will reopen for new applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10558/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for designating Rathmullan pier as a designated port for third country landings; his plans for the proposed designation in...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      400. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a matter relating to the maximum eligible area of a farm (detail supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      401. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding oyster licences (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10672/19]
    • TAMS Eligibility
      402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a device (details supplied) is not on the approved list for TAMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10754/19]
    • Work Permits Data
      403. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on recent reports by four UN rapporteurs that atypical worker permits for migrant fishery workers were leaving those...
    • Meat Processing Plant Inspections
      405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regularity with which officials carry out spot checks on carcase grades on a given day to ensure that the mechanical grading...
    • Tuberculosis Incidence
      406. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 442 of 26 February 2019, the number of the 1,808 herds currently restricted due to tuberculosis...
    • Tuberculosis Eradication Programme Administration
      407. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the different rules, regulations or procedures that normal herdowners must adhere to when they are restricted due to tuberculosis...
    • Afforestation Programme
      408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a proposal supported by local communities (details supplied). [10917/19]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      409. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if grant funding is provided for anaerobic digesters; if not, his plans to introduce same; and if he will make a...
    • Climate Change Policy
      410. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he has had with Met Éireann in regard to the language used by weather forecasters on climate...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      411. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a school (details supplied) will receive fibre optic broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10245/19]
    • Energy Schemes
      412. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if, further to the current pilot, it is planned to roll out the SEAI warmth and wellbeing scheme nationally; and if he...
    • National Broadband Plan
      413. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the State-led intervention under the national broadband plan; when a decision on the procurement process...
    • Inland Fisheries
      414. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a further bye-law will be introduced to give protection to wild brown trout in seven State-owned salmonid lakes in...
    • Prospecting Licences
      416. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of all town lands in which a prospecting licence for minerals exploration has been granted or renewed...
    • Energy Policy
      417. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a policy on importing fracked shale gas in view of the recent ban on fracking; and if he will make a...
    • Mining Licences
      419. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the public consultation processes in place for mining objections; if further mining will be permitted in areas where a...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      420. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether rural areas continue to be sidelined in view of the fact that only 58% of households in County...
    • Waste Management Regulations
      421. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 26 February 2019, if a more comprehensive response will issue which deals...
    • EU Directives
      422. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 499 of 26 February 2019, if his attention has been drawn to a perceived anomaly...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      424. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 505, 507 and 508 of 19 February 2019 and 501 and 502 of 21 February 2019...
    • Energy Data
      425. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the most up to date figures on Ireland's energy mix, including percentages for the national provenance of energy in...
    • Energy Policy
      426. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the possibility of Ireland committing to a fossil fuel phase out date; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Waste Management
      427. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the modulation of fees within the extended producer responsibility systems such as a company (details supplied) in...
    • Climate Change Policy
      428. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the €22 billion of the €116 billion investment package within Project Ireland 2040 will...
    • National Clean Air Strategy
      429. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions he plans to include in the national clean air strategy; and the expected breakdown of funding. [10704/19]
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      430. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a connection to the fibre optic network in an area will be arranged for a school (details supplied); and if he will...
    • State Bodies
      432. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the oversight responsibilities his Department has towards ESB International and its investment projects abroad; and if...
    • Radio Broadcasting
      433. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter regarding radio legislation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Food Poverty
      434. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if measures will be introduced to prevent food waste by supermarkets in order that usable food can be diverted to those...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      435. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to implement the recommendations of the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications, Climate...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Dublin Bus Fleet
      436. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the use of diesel buses will be phased out from the Dublin Bus fleet. [10696/19]
    • Ports Development
      437. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date of his last meeting with the board of the Dublin Port Company; and if the minutes of same will be provided. [10231/19]
    • Vehicle Registration
      446. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce legislation and safety regulations for the testing of driverless cars here; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Travel Trade Sector
      448. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Directive (EU) 2015/2302 on package travel and linked travel arrangements will commence here; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Taxi Regulations
      449. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulations as published for approval of community transport services as defined by Part 7 of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013; and if he...
    • Rail Passengers Data
      451. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers commuting daily from each of the stations from Heuston to Newbridge inclusive in each of the years 2004 to 2018...
    • Legislative Programme
      452. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to update the Road Safety Authority Act 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10367/19]
    • Driver Test Waiting Lists
      453. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a maximum waiting time will be introduced for driver tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10370/19]
    • Road Projects Status
      454. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of works being carried out on the N71 in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10376/19]
    • National Driver Licensing Service
      455. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether it is appropriate that the National Driver Licence Service charges a fee of €35 to replace stolen licences in...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      456. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has made representations in order to ensure that Irish licence holders will continue to be able to drive legally in Northern...
    • Coast Guard Services
      457. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will reverse his decision to disallow the Irish Coast Guard from using blue lights and sirens when responding to an emergency call...
    • National Driver Licensing Service
      458. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional resources will be made available to the National Driver Licence Service in order to address increased demand for licence...
    • Brexit Issues
      459. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has discussed with an organisation (details supplied) or another body the possibility of amending legislation or introducing new...
    • Brexit Preparations
      460. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce legislation to ensure that holders of UK driver licences will be able to drive here legally and will retain the...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      461. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he in conjunction with the NTA can investigate the possibility of allowing the 101 Bus Éireann service to pick up passengers...
    • Park and Ride Facilities
      462. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to identify a bus park and ride facility on the N7 near Rathcoole, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Coast Guard Services
      463. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a ban on the use of emergency blue lights and sirens by Irish Coast Guard teams is being implemented; and if this decision...
    • Rail Services
      466. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated amount it would cost Iarnród Éireann if the number of security contracted staff increased by a further 20% based...
    • Sports Organisations
      467. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of competing karate governing bodies to date; and if he will ensure that no athlete affiliated to either body is forced to...
    • Light Rail Projects
      468. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there has been a detailed cost-benefit analysis of the impact of the closure of the Luas green line for the purposes of upgrading it...
    • Public Transport Subsidies
      469. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the subsidy for Dublin Bus is calculated; if it is based on the number of buses advertised that is intended to be run...
    • Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
      470. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Canadian driver licences are recognised and exchanged here from four Canadian provinces and not from the remaining Canadian...
    • Coast Guard Services
      472. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are grave concerns among the 950 Irish Coast Guard volunteers resulting from a...
    • Ports Development
      473. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the sale of the Port of Cork property at Custom House Quay, Cork, (details supplied) by the Port of Cork company of which...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      474. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if provisions will be made for a wheelchair accessible bus on the 480 bus route from Ballyshannon to Sligo; his views on whether having...
    • Bus Éireann Staff
      475. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that taxi drivers may not continue contract work with Bus Éireann once they reach 70...
    • Driver Test Data
      477. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who sat their driver test in County Wicklow in 2018; the percentage pass rate for male and female drivers,...
    • Driver Licence Renewals
      478. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the issue of driver licences being renewed and issued before their expiry dates have passed causing applicants to miss out...
    • Public Service Vehicles
      479. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are grants available in a scenario (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10663/19]
    • Parking Regulations
      480. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a proposal to extend the validity period of disabled parking permits from two years to five years will be supported; if a renewal...
    • Bus Services
      481. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing public transport issues in County Limerick particularly with regard to the bus service and...
    • Public Transport
      482. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has examined the possibility of introducing free public transport; if there are costings on same; and if he will make a statement...
    • Parking Regulations
      483. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if concessions will be offered in cases in which more than one family member requires a disabled parking disc owing to their poor...
    • National Transport Authority Data
      484. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital cost of each category of vehicle purchased by the NTA or bodies funded by the NTA including trains and buses of all types of...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme
      485. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ensure that community childcare and early years facilities are not left in a disadvantaged position due to the new affordable...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      486. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10299/19]
    • Children in Care
      487. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who have been removed from their parent or parents following the family falling into homelessness and in which the...
    • Foster Care Data
      489. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in private foster care in each month of 2018. [10350/19]
    • Oireachtas Joint Committee Recommendations
      491. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the value for money review of the use of private foster care companies recommended by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children and...
    • Childcare Services
      493. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the crises facing community childcare services due to issues arising from recent Pobal compliance visits and audit issues; if...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      494. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the preschool options available to a family with a child that will be two years and seven months in September 2019, missing the ECCE first...
    • Youth Services Funding
      495. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of funding provided to the youth advocate programme Ireland from 2011 to 2018, by county in tabular from; the locations in which...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      496. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will direct Tusla to provide urgent psychology hours as deemed necessary to a child (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme Eligibility
      498. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason children in community childcare settings will be restricted to 15 hours per week if their parents are not in full-time...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      499. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason Pobal is trying to recategorise childcare and early years settings as half day facilities due to the fact that children may be...
    • Rape Crisis Network Funding
      500. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding provided to a centre (details supplied) in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      502. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average waiting times for counselling services at each of the 16 State funded rape crisis centres in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and...
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      503. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons waiting to access rape crisis counselling services in County Louth; the length of time these persons have been...
    • Rape Crisis Network Funding
      504. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 6 December 2018, the status of the engagement of Tusla in a needs analysis project in the...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      505. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on recent media reports that waiting times for rape crisis counselling have increased in view of the fact that funding has...
    • Childcare Services
      506. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the matter being categorised as a national crisis by many not-for-profit, community managed and operated childcare...
    • Childcare Services Data
      507. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children under the childcare support scheme that are serviced by not-for-profit, community managed and operated childcare...
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      508. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 584 of 26 February 2019, if her Department or Tusla perform an oversight function of private care...
    • Family Resource Centres
      509. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to introduce a family resource centre at a location (details supplied); the way in which an application can be made in relation...
    • Childcare Costs
      510. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will engage with the Minister for Finance with a view to introducing measures which would reduce commercial rates for childcare...
    • Childhood Obesity
      511. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the action she has taken to advance the recommendations of the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs on...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
      512. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a child (details supplied) will be permitted to avail of the access and inclusion model under the early childhood care and education...
    • Child and Family Agency Reports
      513. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the person within the management of Tusla to whom a person (details supplied) released their report in May 2016. [10918/19]
    • Child and Family Agency Policy
      518. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is an agreed protocol, process and governing criteria among Tusla, its board and her Department in respect of the nature of...
    • Child and Family Agency Reports
      519. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a report (details supplied) was not forwarded to or requested by the board of Tusla or her Department prior to May 2018 in view...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Animal Welfare Bodies
      520. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the option of establishing a national inspectorate of independent vets to carry out inspections in respect of animal cruelty will...
    • Community Enhancement Programme
      521. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the 2019 community enhancement programme will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10430/19]
    • Tidy Towns Committees Funding
      522. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has considered allocating ring-fenced funding to tidy towns committees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10431/19]
    • CLÁR Programme
      523. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next round of CLÁR funding will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10497/19]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • School Meals Programme
      524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter in relation to the school meals scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Reviews
      525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to update the Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2001; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10816/19]
    • Carer's Allowance Waiting Times
      527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason it is taking a minimum of 16 weeks for a carer’s allowance application to be processed; and if she will...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will receive a decision in relation to an application for an invalidity...
    • Community Welfare Services Provision
      529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the community welfare service at the Intreo centre at Bishop’s Square is moving from being a walk-in service to...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of rent supplement in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by county, in tabular...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal has been received against a decision to refuse an application for disability allowance in the case of a person...
    • Scéimeanna Fostaíochta
      532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection an gceapfar cinnire ógra úr ar scéim fostaíochta pobail (sonraí tugtha) i nDún na nGall; an...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review will be undertaken of the case of a person (details supplied) with a view to backdating payment of a jobseeker's...
    • Local Employment Service
      534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of referrals made to the local employment service in 2018, by office. [10322/19]
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the three year rule for those aged over 55 years of age engaged in community employment in...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      536. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10355/19]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10377/19]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 553 of 13 November 2018, if the payment will be disregarded in the means test for...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      541. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      542. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10390/19]
    • Carer's Benefit Eligibility
      543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will be reviewed; if this condition can be waived in the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Administration
      544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason her Department is delaying a person (details supplied) from taking up a community employment scheme position in a...
    • Disability Allowance Applications Waiting Times
      545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason there is a 14 week wait for answers in relation to disability allowance applications. [10423/19]
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      546. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears of a carer's allowance will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • JobPath Programme
      547. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 613 of 5 February 2019, timeframe for the publication of the econometric review of...
    • JobPath Data
      548. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons referred to JobPath to date; the number of persons referred for a second time to date; and if a person...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      551. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a facility (details supplied) is being used for housing allocation or emergency accommodation; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      552. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) has submitted an application for disability...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      553. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on promoting the services of welfare.ie on all social media platforms in the past two years to date by...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Staff
      555. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the appointment of the new data protection officer for her Department satisfies the General Data Protection Regulation,...
    • Public Services Card
      556. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the precise physical location of the public services card home unit of client information services office in her Department;...
    • Carer's Benefit Eligibility
      557. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's benefit review for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10653/19]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement...
    • Employment Rights
      559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person can take a case to the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, under the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance claim by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting to have their claim put into payment; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 625 of 19 February 2019, the status of a further application for a carer's benefit by a...
    • Community Employment Schemes Review
      563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has finalised the terms of reference for the interdepartmental group on the future of community employment social...
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who provides financial assistance to a family member who experienced delays in accessing illness benefit can be...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility
      565. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who is a PAYE worker and also self-employed is made redundant is eligible to apply for jobseeker's benefit; and...
    • Pensions Data
      566. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated value of unclaimed private pension funds in existence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10795/19]
    • Pension Fund Data
      567. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated value of unclaimed life assurance funds in existence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10796/19]
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Administration
      568. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting time for partial capacity benefit claims to be decided; if steps can be taken to improve the decision...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      570. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; the status of the matter; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Aid for Older People Scheme
      571. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the regulations for the housing aid for older people grant can be reviewed to allow for an application to be approved for...
    • Tree Remediation
      572. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a policy has been developed in respect of the removal of mature trees in towns and villages nationally by local...
    • Water Quality
      573. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the response of his Department to the letter of formal notice sent in July 2018 from the EU Commission for...
    • Harbours and Piers
      574. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a matter will be addressed regarding the condition of a hand rail at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      575. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on each local authority housing waiting list by single adults and those with children, respectively, by...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      576. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in receipt of the housing assistance payment in each year since it was introduced by local authority;...
    • Foreshore Issues
      577. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of foreshore licences which have been granted since 2004 under the Foreshore Act 1933; the number of these licences...
    • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
      578. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to problems being experienced with the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme in which, due to a...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      579. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of build housing projects that have proceeded to construction in 2016, 2017 and 2018; the number provided by local...
    • Rental Accommodation Standards
      580. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of rental property inspections carried out in each local authority in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Data
      582. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of habitable dwellings demolished in each local authority in each of the years 2015 to 2018; and if he will make a...
    • Vacant Properties Data
      583. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant properties that have been refurbished and have returned to the housing stock in each Dublin local...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility
      586. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the basis, under Statutory Instrument No. 84 of 2011, of the decision not to grant HAP in a case (details supplied); the...
    • Regional Development Initiatives
      587. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the south-east regional spatial strategy will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10446/19]
    • Planning Guidelines
      588. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the working group comprising officials from planning authorities and his Department, which was...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Eligibility
      589. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the period of residence in a house is a criterion for having a stair lift installed by the council as in the case...
    • Housing Provision
      590. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units funded under the social housing current expenditure programme, SHCEP, at the end of 2018, in tabular form;...
    • Planning Issues
      591. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider making regulations requiring a person signing a consent form for a planning application on their land to...
    • Housing Provision
      592. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a facility (details supplied) is being used for housing allocation or emergency accommodation; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Policy
      593. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the original targets for housing schemes; and the number of units delivered under each scheme to date in tabular form (details...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      596. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loans drawn down in each local authority area at the end of 2018, in tabular form. [10610/19]
    • Public Spending Code
      597. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to raise the threshold for the single stage approval process for social housing from €2 million to €7...
    • Planning Guidelines
      598. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the changes to planning guidelines he will introduce to speed up and encourage the provision of accommodation in town centres...
    • Irish Water Remit
      599. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if responsibility for further development and expansion of the Edenderry wastewater treatment plant rests with Irish Water or...
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      601. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of plans to make changes to the HAP system (details supplied). [10820/19]
    • Local Authority Contracts
      602. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the allegations that Meath County Council paid moneys to a company (details supplied) for...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Hedge Cutting Season
      603. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the introduction of regulations to provide for managed hedge cutting on roadsides and burning of vegetation; and if...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      604. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Údarás na Gaeltachta will be strengthened via legislative changes in the same capacity as Enterprise Ireland will be...
    • National Monuments
      606. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will request the OPW to carry out an assessment on a protected historical structure (details supplied) to ascertain its...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      609. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht eolas maidir leis na na nithe seo a leanas a thabhairt cothrom le dáta i dtáblaí (sonraí tugtha) [10452/19]
    • Heritage Council
      610. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the relationship between the Heritage Council and the National Biodiversity Data Centre, DBDC, in view of...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      611. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a farmer (details supplied) will be compensated for the designation of their lands as special areas of conservation; and if she...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      612. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén chaoi a roinneadh an €500,000 breise a cuireadh ar fáil d’Údarás na Gaeltachta le haghaidh...

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