Written answers
Wednesday, 6 March 2019
- Department of Education and Skills
- Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills céard iad na céimeanna a bheartaíonn sé a ghlacadh lena chinntiú go mbeidh soláthar scoileanna lán-Ghaeilge ar...
- Schools Building Projects Status
14. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new school (details supplied) in County Donegal will move to build stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10858/19]
- School Closures
15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has completed its analysis of the proposal by Cavan and Monaghan ETB to close schools (details supplied); if his attention has...
- Abbey Theatre
16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a recent report from the OECD with respect to literacy standards amongst third level students; if his...
- Schools Building Projects Status
17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the plans for a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10929/19]
- Physical Education Facilities
18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a survey of the available physical education facilities for students studying at senior cycle will be commissioned; and if he will make a...
- Schools Building Projects Status
19. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of additional classrooms for a school (details supplied) to cater for the needs of pupils from September 2019. [10862/19]
- Teacher Supply
20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding certain subjects being taught by the one teacher across multiple schools further to recent reports; the subjects that are...
- Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Eligibility
21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person who is under the VTOS scheme takes up a paid internship or work during the summer can still access VTOS for the second year; and if he...
- Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills on relationships and sexuality education; and if he will make a...
- Schools Building Projects Status
23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10728/19]
- School Breaks Standardisation
24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to issue specific guidelines for time to be set aside for eating and hygiene in primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Institutes of Technology
25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress in constructing a new third-level IT Wexford campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10895/19]
- Third Level Funding
26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of detailed economic analysis to be conducted by the European Commission into the funding of third-level education here; and if he will...
- Junior Cycle Reform
27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the junior certificate curriculum is appropriate and is not overloaded with topics, but rather concentrates on core topics...
- School Curriculum
28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on amending the Education Act 1998 to allow for the implementation of a relationships and sexuality education syllabus independent of...
- Schools Building Projects Status
30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new build project for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10686/19]
- School Management
31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of authority teachers in primary and post-primary schools have in determining whether a child with additional needs is allowed to...
- Schools Building Projects Status
32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delays in the delivery of extension work at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10684/19]
- Schools Site Acquisitions
33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the site acquisition to accommodate the three school campus in Buncrana, County Donegal; the timeline of works to ensure that the...
- Commencement of Legislation
34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 has not been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in the acquisition of a site for a new school (details supplied) in County Dublin and the delivery of temporary accommodation at...
- Schools Building Regulations
37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the next steps following on from the 2017 schools energy efficiency pilot in terms of a wider schools energy retrofit programme,...
- State Examinations Commission
38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to put a new bereavement process in place regarding the sitting of junior and leaving certificate exams and payment of tuition...
- Schools Building Projects Status
39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on a major building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10854/19]
- School Enrolments
40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the immediate problem of oversubscription at a school (details supplied) for the 2019 school year; and if he will make a...
- Schools Relocation
41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the relocation of a school (details supplied). [10931/19]
- Schools Building Projects
42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all school buildings planned will be delayed due to the pre-qualification process review of a school (details supplied) following a recent...
- School Accommodation Provision
43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied there are enough primary school places available in Rathcoole, County Dublin, to meet local demand; his plans to meet future...
- Student Grant Scheme Administration
44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding students from County Donegal attending a college (details supplied) in Derry who are not entitled to a SUSI grant due to...
- School Accommodation Provision
45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide a third second-level school for Gorey, County Wexford; when a third facility will be required; and if he will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a new secondary school in Blanchardstown, Dublin 15; the location his Department plans to locate the school; the catchment area to...
- Brexit Issues
47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of commitment which exists that fees from higher level education institutions will not change for students from Northern Ireland post...
- Schools Building Projects Status
48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for sanction of a new school building to be located in Stranorlar, County Donegal; the...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he continues to make provision of sufficient places for children with autism throughout mainstream education at both primary...
- Schools Building Projects Status
50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school redevelopment project at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10938/19]
- Junior Cycle Reform
51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to adjust the status for the junior certificate curriculum for geography or history; his views on the importance of these subjects; and...
- Education and Training Boards Funding
52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has given a specific commitment of funding to Cavan and Monaghan ETB to develop a new second-level school and close schools (details...
- Schools Amalgamation
55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed amalgamation of two schools (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to opposition by the relevant...
- Junior Cycle Reform
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to a review of history on the junior cycle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10879/19]
- School Curriculum
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if parents and students over 18 years of age can opt out of the NCCA religious education syllabus; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Site Acquisitions
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an agreement was reached to acquire the proposed site for a school (details supplied); if so, when the site acquisition will be completed; and...
- Schools Building Projects Status
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress on the major building project for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10869/19]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reinstate fully the pre-2012 pupil-teacher ratio in two, three and four teacher primary schools; and if he will make a statement on...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if clarification has been sought from the Minister for Justice and Equality on persons who have come here under the family reunification scheme...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure schoolchildren in the Ballincollig, County Cork, catchment area can have access to an ASD unit in their community; the...
- Schools Building Projects
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to meet the requirements and objectives as set out in the school building programme by county in 2019; if he...
- Ministerial Meetings
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage with the promoters of organisations (details supplied). [10913/19]
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Job Creation Data
65. To ask the Taoiseach the number of jobs created in each of the counties in the Border region in 2018. [11250/19]
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
66. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent on social media advertising and online promoted content (details supplied) in 2018 and to date in 2019, by campaign and social media platform used. [11128/19]
- Department of Defence
- Military Medals
68. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he will take to ensure that veterans who fought in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1961 are awarded medals for bravery; and if he...
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent on social media advertising and online promoted content (details supplied) in 2018 and to date in 2019, by campaign and social...
- Naval Service Operations
72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the case of a vessel entering Irish waters recently carrying nuclear waste material and a Naval Service vessel...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Election Monitoring Missions
74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a disability accommodation appeal will be allowed in the case of a person (details supplied) in view of the circumstances; and if he will...
- Semi-State Bodies
75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that indigenous and Afro-descendent communities in the state of La Guajira, Colombia, have...
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent on social media advertising and online promoted content (details supplied) in 2018 and to date in 2019 by campaign and...
- Brexit Negotiations
79. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there will be tweaks or legal interpretations put on the backstop in the withdrawal treaty as reported in an editorial (details supplied)....
- Brexit Supports
80. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has formally raised the issue at EU level of a financial aid package for Ireland in the event of a no-deal Brexit. [11155/19]
- Overseas Development Aid
82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to recognise the rights of thousands of volunteers who help deliver programmes (details supplied) on the ground; his plans to...
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Agencies Expenditure
83. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent on social media advertising and online promoted content (details supplied) in 2018 and to date in 2019, by campaign and social media platform...
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
84. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has engaged and-or consulted with a public relations online advertising agency regarding social media advertising and online promoted content in 2018 and...
- Customs and Excise Staff
85. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional number of customs officers who have been hired by the Revenue Commissioners and in employment; the locations of these officers; the new posts...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of 27 February 2019, if a copy of the formal notification sent by his Department advising of its...
- Departmental Banking
87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the sanctions he gave in order to open public bank accounts in the name of An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2011 to 2018...
- National Monuments
89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a detailed geophysical technological search, in addition to archaeology excavation, will be carried out on the relevant parts of...
- Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of 27 February 2019, if a formal notification advising of his position in regard to the public...
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on social media advertising and online promoted content (details supplied) in 2018 and to date in 2019 by campaign and...
- Office of Public Works
93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a decision has been made on an application by a person (details supplied) to remove a burden on lands at a location in County Kerry;...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport Administration
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if vehicles that have been significantly modified, for example, a vehicle originally intended for 53 seats that has been fitted with 70 seats are...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to provide critical individual education planning for children with Down's syndrome; when all sections of the Education for...
- State Examinations
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if knowledge of the conditional and future tenses in the German language is required for the junior certificate exam. [11006/19]
- Schools Building Projects Status
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of developments to advance a project (details supplied). [11014/19]
- Schools Building Projects
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an audit of the education needs for Ballyfermot, Dublin 10, has been carried out (details supplied). [11059/19]
- Teachers' Remuneration
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason it took so long for his Department to set up a new payroll contract for a person (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn...
- Schools Building Projects Status
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of an Educate Together national school for Killarney, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent on social media advertising and online promoted content (details supplied) in 2018 and to date in 2019, by campaign and social...
- Schools Recognition
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plan to give State recognition to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11187/19]
- State Examinations Exemptions
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications made to the State Examination Commission for reasonable accommodations; the number of applications that have been...
- National Educational Psychological Service Data
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times the critical incident policy has been implemented in schools in counties Tipperary, Cork, Laois and Offaly since 2011, in...
- School Accommodation
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of the use of prefabricated units in primary and post-primary schools in counties Tipperary, Cork, Laois and Offaly since 2011; and if...
- Gaelcholáistí Issues
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Gaelcholáistí here. [11219/19]
- School Services Staff
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the ongoing issue regarding the pay and entitlements of school secretaries is being examined; and his plans to intervene in relation to the...
- Education and Training Boards Data
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details, including the course name of all education and training courses advertised for a training centre (details supplied), in County...
- Schools Building Projects Status
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of an Educate Together national school for Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the special needs teacher requirement continues to be met nationally and in particular in north County Kildare; if sufficient...
- Schools Building Projects Data
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the school building programme continues in line with expectation and projections nationally and in County Kildare in...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which class sizes, the pupil-teacher ratio and overcrowding at primary and second-level throughout County Kildare and nationally is...
- Schools Building Projects Data
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school projects which were halted during construction arising from the collapse of a group (details supplied); the extent to which...
- Gaelcholáistí Issues
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in the advancement of a Gaelcholáiste in north County Kildare with particular reference to the need to meet the second-level...
- Schools Building Projects Status
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in the extension of the primary level facilities at Johnstownbridge, County Kildare; when new and upgraded facilities will become...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Gambling Legislation
131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which and when he plans to update the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956. [11005/19]
- Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda officers by rank who are subject to official disciplinary action over the misuse of the PULSE computer...
- Departmental Staff Data
133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff by grade and section in his Department who are subject to official disciplinary action over the misuse of...
- Cyber Security Policy
134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department, or organisations under his remit, have conducted a national security assessment of technology provided by a...
- Garda Equipment
135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána uses technology provided by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Naturalisation Eligibility
136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the policy of not granting citizenship or naturalisation to spouses of Irish citizens living abroad and who...
- International Conventions
137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken to ratify the Lanzarote Convention; the timeline for the ratification of the convention; and if he will...
- Family Mediation Service
138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons waiting on mediation through the free legal aid system to date by county in tabular form; the length of...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a review of the decision to deport will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Mutual Legal Assistance
140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the required reports will be furnished to the Turkish authorities from the mutual legal assistance department in the case...
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on social media advertising and online promoted content (details supplied) in 2018 and to date in 2019, by...
- Insurance Fraud
143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reports received by An Garda Síochána of insurance-related fraud since October 2018 under the...
- Prisoner Data
144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide data on prison sentences and the length of sentences over the past 20 years; the data or analysis done on...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Enterprise Ireland Investments
146. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies in which Enterprise Ireland has an equity stake by amounts (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- IDA Ireland Portfolio
150. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if IDA Ireland has the power to take equity stakes in client companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10990/19]
- Retail Sector
151. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to protect high street retail in view of the increasing impact of online shopping; and if she will make a statement on the...
- National Children's Research Programme
152. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the planned children’s research and innovation centre at the new national children’s hospital will be partly funded...
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
153. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent on social media advertising and online promoted content (details supplied) in 2018 and to date in 2019 by campaign...
- Brexit Preparations
155. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to protect supply chains of manufacturers and distributors connecting with the UK and the rest of the EU 27...
- Enterprise Ireland
156. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on the plans of Enterprise Ireland to promote and support companies diversifying into new foreign markets in 2019...
- Job Creation Data
157. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of additional jobs created over 2018 in the Border region. [11276/19]
- Department of Health
- Hospital Appointments Status
158. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will be called for an outpatient appointment at the earliest date possible. [10971/19]
- Medicinal Products Licensing
159. To ask the Minister for Health if Pembrolizumab has received marketing authorisation here and in the EU, respectively, for the treatment of cervical cancer. [10972/19]
- Health Services Reports
160. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 388 of 18 December 2018, the status of a model of care; when same will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on...
- Medical Card Applications
161. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10994/19]
- Hospital Services
162. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the restoration of radiotherapy services in Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11012/19]
- Services for People with Disabilities
163. To ask the Minister for Health the status of efforts being made by the HSE to meet the long-term operational funding of a service provider (details supplied) in County Donegal; when a...
- Health Research Board Expenditure
164. To ask the Minister for Health the reason research in motor neuron disease is not funded by the HSE (details supplied). [11029/19]
- Services for People with Disabilities
165. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to improve out-of-hours disability services in counties Cork and Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11034/19]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
166. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a MRI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11035/19]
- Hospital Appointments Status
167. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11038/19]
- Medicinal Products Supply
168. To ask the Minister for Health when Spinraza treatment will be rolled out to persons with spinal muscular atrophy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11045/19]
- Nursing Staff Data
172. To ask the Minister for Health the number of agency nurses employed at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [11051/19]
- Ambulance Service
174. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the National Ambulance Service has embarked on a process of converting ambulances with excessive mileage that have been withdrawn from front-line...
- Air Ambulance Service
179. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns that four of the five helicopters in use for interhelicopter transfers are not capable of landing on the rooftop of...
- Ambulance Service
182. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are still only two ambulance controls in Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11066/19]
- Ambulance Service Staff
186. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid out by the HSE to members of the ambulance service in the past 15 years in relation to alleged bullying cases. [11070/19]
- Services for People with Disabilities
191. To ask the Minister for Health when an additional morning hour will be approved in the case of a person (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11080/19]
- Hospital Procedures
192. To ask the Minister for Health if required surgery will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11081/19]
- Occupational Therapy Data
193. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for six, nine, 12, 18 and more than 18 months, respectively, for occupational therapy by county in tabular form; and...
- Primary Medical Certificates
195. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a primary medical certificate for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11095/19]
- Hospital Appointments Status
196. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an angiogram at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11096/19]
- Speech and Language Therapy Staff
197. To ask the Minister for Health when the position of speech therapist as part of the north Kildare disability team will be filled following a recent vacancy in view of the need for speech...
- Departmental Expenditure
198. To ask the Minister for Health the costs associated with the work and report of the independent review group examining the role of voluntary organisations, such as remuneration for members,...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
199. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE conducts overseas video job interviews with medical professionals who are based in states that ban online telecommunication software,...
- Calorie Posting on Menus
200. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include carbohydrate levels on menus in addition to calories in view of the fact that those with type 1 diabetes must input correct carbohydrate...
- Mental Health Services
201. To ask the Minister for Health the reason family members with residents in a facility (details supplied) are being invited by the HSE to meet with an independent psychiatrist; the intentions...
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
202. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on social media advertising and online promoted content (details supplied) in 2018 and to date in 2019, by campaign and social media platform...
- Hospital Procedures
204. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11147/19]
- Medicinal Products Expenditure
205. To ask the Minister for Health if a report on the new drugs budget for the HSE 2019 will be provided; the amount that has been spent; the items on which the money has been spent; the amount...
- Medicinal Products Availability
206. To ask the Minister for Health if a detailed analysis of the decision not to make Spinraza available to persons here will be provided including but not limited to the final agreed costs to...
- Pharmaceutical Sector
207. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to address the issue of long-standing pharmaceutical assistants in the event of a change in rules (details supplied); if he has met...
- National Children's Hospital
208. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the Health Service Executive to provide a status report of plans for refurbishment, renovation and new building works at a hospital (details...
- Primary Care Centres
209. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the Health Service Executive to provide a status report on the progress of the proposed local health centre planned at a location (details...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
210. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to assistance with hearing aids. [11216/19]
- Hospital Procedures
211. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list time for persons awaiting a procedure (details supplied) by county; and the age, gender and length of time they have been waiting for surgery...
- Ambulance Service Data
212. To ask the Minister for Health the number of calls that required ambulance personnel to work beyond their rostered finishing time from 1 January to 31 December 2018. [11218/19]
- Psychological Services
213. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 28 February 2019 (details supplied), if funding is provided for organisations offering child and adolescent...
- Medicinal Products
214. To ask the Minister for Health the number of unlicensed medicines dispensed on the medical card scheme and on the discretionary hardship arrangements scheme in 2017; and if he will make a...
- Medical Card Applications
215. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be awarded to a person (details supplied). [11228/19]
- Cross-Border Health Services Provision
216. To ask the Minister for Health if a cross-Border scheme refund will be awarded to a person (details supplied). [11237/19]
- Respite Care Services Provision
217. To ask the Minister for Health if a facility (details supplied) in County Donegal has been fully taken over by a newly appointed service provider; if so, the date on which services were...
- Counselling Services Provision
218. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO awaiting a counselling appointment in primary care; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52...
- Hospital Beds Data
219. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 1 March 2019 or the latest date on which data for validated bed...
- Ambulance Service Response Times
221. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO incidents responded to by first responder in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less for each ambulance station in each...
- Emergency Departments Data
222. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 75 years of age or over who experienced an emergency department wait time more than 24 hours to date in 2019; and the hospitals in...
- Home Care Packages Data
223. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided in each LHO area. [11281/19]
- Ambulance Service Data
225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationally in January 2018; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
226. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients waiting less than four months in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin and Temple Street Children’s...
- Health Services Data
228. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Stocking Densities
233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to change the regulations concerning the eligibility of donkeys as stock for minimum stocking densities under the ANC...
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers (details supplied) have not been issued agricultural grants for 2018; when these will issue; and if he will make a...
- Young Farmers Scheme
235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an appeal to exclude a farmer (details supplied) from the young farmers scheme; the reason for the...
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on social media advertising and online promoted content (details supplied) in 2018 and to date in 2019, by campaign...
- Brexit Supports
238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific supports that will be made available to beef farmers in the immediate aftermath of a no-deal Brexit, if such a scenario...
- EU Regulations
239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the protocols and procedures a farmer must follow to get a carcass grade rechecked if they are unhappy with the grade awarded by the...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Cyber Security Policy
240. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Defence Forces or his Department have conducted a national security assessment of technology provided by a...
- Postal Services
243. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter regarding an allowance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Salmon Hardship Scheme
246. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration has been given to a buy-out scheme for salmon fishery licence holders; if so, the position regarding...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
247. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11093/19]
- National Broadband Plan Expenditure
249. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the cost-benefit analysis of the national broadband plan; if the cost-benefit analysis has been updated...
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
250. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent on social media advertising and online promoted content (details supplied) in 2018 and to date in...
- Waste Management
252. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to review the policy on commercial incineration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11208/19]
- Nuclear Waste
254. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if vessels carrying nuclear waste material travelling close to Irish waters are monitored; and if he will make a...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
255. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11274/19]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Irish Coast Guard Issues
256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review the decision by which Irish Coast Guard vehicles will not be authorised to use blue warning lights and sirens when on...
- National Car Test
258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedures in place regarding complaints made or raised by staff members that are responsible for the inspection of vehicles at NCT...
- Sports Organisations
259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had exploratory talks with associations (details supplied) regarding an all-Ireland soccer team in line with the practice of...
- Light Rail Projects Status
260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he envisages changes to the plans for metro north; the timeline and dates which would include the period of the consultation process...
- Bus Services
261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 575 of 19 February 2019, when the extra services will be approved by the NTA in view of the...
- Brexit Issues
263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position with regard to green card insurance for travel between here and the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11003/19]
- Driver Test Waiting Lists
264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average waiting time for a practical driver test in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Aviation Industry
265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken in 2018 in particular to address the dangers posed by drones at airports. [11023/19]
- Immigration Controls
266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all persons arriving in airports here on a domestic flight must go through immigration control despite the fact that they are...
- Road Safety
267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he has taken or plans to take to review the safety and regulation of the use of electric scooters, electric hoverboards and...
- Driver Test Centres
268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a driver test demand scenario planning submission which was sent to his Department by the RSA; if the 67 proposed...
- Railway Stations
269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the parking infrastructure planned for Newbridge train station, County Kildare, to match the increase in service; and if he will make a...
- Public Transport Fares
270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 641 of 12 February 2019, if the free InterRail travel will include students who are 19, 20, 21 and...
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on social media advertising and online promoted content (details supplied) in 2018 and to date in 2019, by campaign and...
- Brexit Preparations
273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans in the event of a no-deal Brexit, particularly in the context of the implications for the landbridge; and if he will make a...
- Road Improvement Schemes
275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details and timing of proposed works on the N11 southbound at Kilmacanogue, including but not limited to the creation of a third...
- Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person who holds an EU driver licence and then swaps this licence for an Irish driver licence is treated as a new licence; and if...
- Motor Insurance Costs
277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to insurance premium increases being levied on licence holders who have swapped their driver licence for...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Adoption Legislation
278. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11015/19]
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
279. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent on social media advertising and online promoted content (details supplied) in 2018 and to date in 2019, by campaign and...
- Departmental Funding
283. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding sources available for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11190/19]
- Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
284. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if projects approved under category one and category two of the second round of funding under the rural regeneration and development...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Civil Registration Service
285. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the recruitment, training and qualification process for celebrants of weddings and similar services; her views on whether the...
- Employment Rights
286. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the situation of contracted employees of a company (details supplied); and the assistance...
- Working Family Payment Payments
287. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment will issue pertaining to a working family payment application by a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Disability Allowance Applications Waiting Times
288. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the length of time it is taking to process disability allowance applications; and the number of applications waiting to be...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
289. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); when a decision is likely; and if she will make a statement on...
- Disability Allowance Applications
290. 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 when they can expect a decision...
- Labour Activation Programmes Data
291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of referrals for sanctions that have been made in each of the years since 2015 by those made by JobPath providers...
- JobPath Data
292. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of cases in which penalty rates applied within the referrals for sanctions implemented; the number of cases in...
- Invalidity Pension Data
295. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of invalidity pension applications to date; the processing times of applications; the volume of applications being...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
296. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the relevant forms for exceptional needs payment for the purpose of a funeral bill will be sent to a person (details...
- Carer's Allowance Data
297. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of carer's allowance applications to date; the processing times for such applications; the volume of applications...
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
298. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on social media advertising and online promoted content (details supplied) in 2018 and to date in 2019, by...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
300. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
- Social Welfare Code
301. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the entitlement of a widow and widower to a non-married couple who are in a long-term stable...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
302. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of further medical evidence submitted in support of a carer's allowance application...
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
303. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the HSE blind welfare allowance is means deductible for a person seeking a disability benefit if section 12 of the Social...
- Working Family Payment Applications
304. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on a working family payment review for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a full rate carer's allowance; and if she will make a...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
306. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an invalidity pension will be awarded for a person (details supplied). [11225/19]
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
307. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the pension entitlements of persons who had periods outside of the tax system; and if all pensioners who are...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Local Authority Housing
308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a three bedroom house vacant or void at a location (details...
- Home Loan Scheme
309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider freedom of market choice in terms of the mortgage protection insurance in the Rebuilding Ireland home loan...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the initial sites selected for the scheme following the €25 million serviced sites fund announced in budget 2018 as...
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on social media advertising and online promoted content (details supplied) in 2018 and to date in 2019, by...
- Homeless Persons Data
316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of deaths that have occurred in homeless accommodation units in each of the years since 2015, in tabular form; and...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
318. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Údarás na Gaeltachta has the power to take equity stakes in client companies; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Commemorative Events
319. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to have the remains of persons (details supplied) that were buried within the walls of Kilmainham Gaol exhumed and...
- Architectural Heritage
320. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a school building (details supplied) will be placed on the list of protected structures due to its historical significance in...
- Departmental Advertising Expenditure
321. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent on social media advertising and online promoted content (details supplied) in 2018 and to date in 2019, by...
- Urban Development
323. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 13 February 2019, the details of the review of the various actions concluded under...
- Architectural Heritage
324. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Ireland is a signatory and is bound by the charter for the conservation of historic towns and urban areas, Washington Charter...
