Written answers
Thursday, 7 March 2019
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Project Ireland 2040 Funding
12. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the next round of the Project Ireland 2040 disruptive technologies fund will open for applications; and if she will make a...
- Regional Development Policy
13. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans for future investment and jobs in County Meath. [11270/19]
- Job Creation Data
14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the regional spread of additional jobs added over the 12 months of 2018. [11230/19]
- EU Legislation
15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her French or German counterparts have spoken or written to her or officials on her behalf regarding their proposals to reform EU...
- Brexit Expenditure
16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the expenditure spent to date on Brexit supports in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10954/19]
- Brexit Supports
17. 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 hard Brexit; the provision that is provided for same in...
- Regional Development Policy
18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to address the need for additional jobs and greater investment in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Local Enterprise Offices
19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the important role the local enterprise offices have to play to support job creation in the regions; and if she will make...
- IDA Ireland
20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the performance of IDA Ireland in attracting investment and creating jobs in the regions; and if she will make a statement...
- Job Creation
21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will consider, in conjunction with the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, establishing a task force to...
- Brexit Supports
22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the uptake of the Brexit loan scheme; the number of applications applied for and granted, respectively; and if she will make a...
- IDA Ireland Jobs Data
23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new first-time investments by new IDA Ireland client companies in County Donegal in each of the past ten years; the...
- Economic Competitiveness
24. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the productivity of the workforce in view of recent reports expressing widely different estimates of productivity...
- IDA Ireland Jobs Data
26. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the most recent occasion on which IDA Ireland visited counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath; the number of new jobs that have been created...
- Proposed Legislation
27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of gift voucher legislation; the way in which this will benefit consumers; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Brexit Supports
28. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to hold more Brexit advisory clinics; her further plans to expand awareness of the clinics, particularly in County Cork; and...
- Employment Rights
29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has engaged in discussions to introduce an employment regulation order to ensure a minimum standard of pay and working...
- Brexit Supports
30. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if further legislation will be required to address issues of aid to businesses that may be affected by Brexit; the state aid...
- Regional Enterprise Development Fund
32. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the next round of the regional enterprise development fund will open for applications; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Work Permits Applications
33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the impact the delay in processing employment permits for non-EU nationals is having on business;...
- Job Creation Data
34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the additional jobs created in 2018 in the south-east region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11234/19]
- Electronic Commerce
35. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports available through her Department and agencies under her remit to help businesses trade online; and if she will make a...
- Regional Aid
36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the beneficiaries of the EU regional aid status of Kells and north County Meath granted in 2014; and if she will make a statement on...
- IDA Ireland Portfolio
37. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to instruct IDA Ireland to examine the possibility of making properties available from their portfolio of properties in rural...
- Regional Enterprise Development Fund
38. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the regional enterprise plans; her views on the way in which they will benefit County Sligo; and if she will make a...
- Brexit Supports
39. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department and the agencies under her remit have ongoing contact with their counterparts in Northern Ireland for the protection...
- Departmental Reviews
42. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if regular reviews are carried out of the amount allocated for the purpose of supporting businesses through IDA Ireland and Enterprise...
- Regional Enterprise Development Fund
43. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the regional enterprise plans; her views on the way in which this will benefit County Louth and the north-east; and if...
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement
44. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the new powers proposed for the corporate enforcement authority; if she is satisfied the new agency will have strong enough powers to...
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Reports
45. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the full ODCE report into the collapse of the trial of a person (details supplied) will be published. [11169/19]
- Brexit Supports
46. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to expand uptake in the Brexit scorecard scheme, particularly in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Electronic Commerce
47. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports available through her Department, and the agencies under the remit of her Department, to help businesses trade online; and...
- Trade Union Membership
50. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to legislate to give workers the right to join a trade union and have the trade union of their choice recognised by their...
- IDA Ireland Site Visits
51. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of regional IDA Ireland site visits and vacant IDA Ireland properties nationwide at 31 December 2018 by county; and if she...
- Brexit Negotiations
52. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the discussions she has had with the UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the economic uncertainty and...
- Brexit Supports
53. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount that will be made available through agencies under the aegis of her Department to support businesses that will be affected...
- Job Creation Data
54. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the additional jobs created in 2018 in the west and midlands region in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Work Permits Applications Data
55. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is considering adding professional roles to the critical skills work permit lists in order to meet the extreme skills shortages...
- State Bodies Code of Conduct
56. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a policy exists for the way in which one of the jobs agencies of the State interacts with the client companies of another State jobs...
- Brexit Supports
57. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has sought the waiving of state aid rules from the European Commission to assist the domestic economy from Brexit fallout; and...
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement
58. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress in strengthening the powers and effectiveness of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement; and if she will make...
- Regional Development Policy
59. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the performance of IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland in terms of attracting investment and creating jobs in the regions;...
- Regional Enterprise Development Fund
60. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the regional enterprise plans; her views on the way in which this will impact County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Personal Injuries Commission
62. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeline for implementation of each of the 14 recommendations made by the Personal Injuries Commission regarding personal injury...
- Employment Rights
63. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is liaising with the Ministers for Justice and Equality and Agriculture, Food and the Marine on recent reports by four UN...
- Department of Defence
- Air Corps Recruitment
64. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the scheme to recommission former officers of the Air Corps. [11312/19]
- Defence Forces Strength
66. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Permanent Defence Force with regard to all three services and ranks by gender; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defence Forces Reserve Strength
67. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Reserve Defence Force with regard to all three services and ranks by gender; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defence Forces Strength
70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated full year cost of increasing the Permanent Defence Force to 10,500 members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11385/19]
- Defence Forces Remuneration
71. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the expenditure incurred in military service allowances in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11386/19]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Applications Administration
73. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a structure will be created by which constituents of a Deputy can give written authority to the Passport Office for a Deputy or their...
- Department of Finance
- Banking Operations
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of securitisation operations made by banks in each of the past five years which involved the use of mortgage debt as an asset; and if he will make a...
- VAT Rate Application
75. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 22 of 28 February 2019, if a service charge presented on the bill but voluntary in nature and intended for the staff only...
- Tax Code
76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the disparity between the tax wedge between a PAYE worker and a self-employed person following the near completion of equalisation of tax...
- Mortgage Book Sales
77. To ask the Minister for Finance if mortgage holders of a bank (details supplied) whose mortgages were sold to a company will be offered the option of the mortgage to rent scheme; and if he...
- Amusement Machine Licences
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of amusement machine and amusement premises licences issued by the Revenue Commissioners in 2016, 2017 and 2018; the amount of fees collected from...
- Company Liquidations
79. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent on the attempted recovery of assets in eastern Europe, Russia and Ukraine formerly belonging to a group (details supplied); the value of the...
- Commencement of Legislation
80. To ask the Minister for Finance if all parts of the Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Act 2018 have been commenced; if not, the sections that have not been commenced; when...
- Financial Services Regulation
81. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of debt management firms regulated; the number of complaints made against debt management firms to the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman;...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Procurement Contracts
83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public works contracts since 2014 in which the final cost has been the subject of a confidentiality clause; and if he will...
- Brexit Supports
84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of state aid that will be made available in the event of a no-deal hard Brexit; the provision provided for same in the Revised...
- Project Ireland 2040 Administration
85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when there will be public online access to the database, the Project Ireland 2040 investment projects and programmes tracker, maintained...
- Minor Works Scheme Applications
86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an application (details supplied) from Mayo County Council under the OPW minor works scheme has been received. [11353/19]
- Public Sector Staff Remuneration
87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider introducing a set number of days per year for paid domestic violence leave for public sector workers. [11365/19]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Educational Supports
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place for a child (details supplied) struggling with a subject; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11303/19]
- Schools Building Projects Status
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 197 of 26 February 2019, the exact price deviation to which he refers for the particular school building...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied)on special needs assisting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11319/19]
- Teachers' Remuneration
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if years of service in a community college can contribute towards the increments of a teacher (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a new site and premises for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11335/19]
- School Funding
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider multi-annual investment funding to be introduced for special schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11347/19]
- School Accommodation Provision
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed temporary location of a new primary school (details supplied); the length of time the school will be in temporary...
- Schools Building Projects Status
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a project brief narrative has been received from a school (details supplied) further to correspondence of 7 June 2018 on an application by a...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if resources will be increased for children with dyslexia for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11352/19]
- Special Educational Needs
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the way in which special schools can transition students to adult day services during their final year as per the guidelines of his...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an exceptional teaching post at a school (details supplied) will be committed to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11413/19]
- Schools Administration
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a policy on the practice of reduced timetables; if so, if such a policy includes direction to schools utilising reduced timetables if...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the number of students placed on reduced timetables have been included in the special needs inspection model; and if he will make a statement...
- Student Grant Scheme Payments
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when payment of a higher education grant will issue from SUSI in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Proposed Legislation
103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for legislation allowing prisoners to be repatriated to serve their sentences; and if he will make a statement on...
- Criminal Prosecutions Data
104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions of purchasers of sexual services under the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 since its...
- Criminal Law Review
106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 will be reviewed with a view to amending it in order to cease end of...
- Proposed Legislation
107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the implementation of a process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11403/19]
- Garda Deployment
108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is planned to allocate extra members of An Garda Siochána with competent Irish to the western division to ensure...
- Immigration Status
109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11443/19]
- Peace Commissioners Appointments
110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the peace commissioners appointed since 1 January 2019 to date; the location of each; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Asylum Applications Data
111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons waiting more than six months for a decision on an application for international protection from an...
- Insurance Fraud
113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of formal complaints made to An Garda Síochána regarding allegations of insurance fraud in each year since...
- Immigration Status
114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a stamp 4 update will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Brexit Supports
115. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the areas the €180 million extra funding announced by her for the Brexit emergency fund will be sourced from; if it will come...
- Regional Development Policy
116. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the full extent to which job creation through enterprise and innovation continues notwithstanding competition by county; and if she...
- Brexit Issues
117. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which her Department continues to compete with issues arising from Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Job Creation
118. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she remains satisfied regarding the availability of power communications technology to facilitate job creation throughout the...
- Brexit Preparations
119. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the involvement her Department has had with companies in Britain which may be reviewing their operations there in view of Brexit. [8459/19]
- Job Creation Data
120. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the additional jobs created over 2018 in the mid-west region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11296/19]
- Personal Injuries Assessment Board
122. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount sitting with the Personal Injuries Assessment Board; the purpose of the board holding those funds; if an assessment has...
- Departmental Meetings
123. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the dates of meetings held between her Department and officials from a company (details supplied); the main purpose of each meeting in...
- Work Permits Applications
128. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if an application for a work permit will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Department of Health
- Services for People with Disabilities
131. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to ensure that all graduates at a school (details supplied) will start adult day service in September 2019; and if he will make a...
- Addiction Treatment Services
132. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated through his Department and or the HSE for the provision of services to persons suffering from gambling addiction in each of the years 2015...
- Home Help Service Eligibility
133. To ask the Minister for Health the status of additional home help for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11304/19]
- Medical Card Applications
134. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11318/19]
- Home Help Service Provision
135. To ask the Minister for Health the status of home help for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11320/19]
- HSE Properties
136. To ask the Minister for Health the future of a building and site (details supplied); if the State asset, historical workhouse and famine graveyard will be put to public use or sold; and if...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
137. To ask the Minister for Health when an ophthalmologist will be appointed to University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11322/19]
- Community Intervention Teams
138. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide for a community intervention team to support patients who have been discharged from Wexford General Hospital; the estimated cost to...
- Air Quality
140. To ask the Minister for Health if an analysis has been performed on the health risks associated with air quality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11327/19]
- Medicinal Products Availability
142. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 468 of 22 January 2019, if the shortage of the drug has now been addressed; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Grant Payments
143. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for an injury grant by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11337/19]
- Respite Care Services Provision
144. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure a person (details supplied) receives respite care while their fair deal application is being processed; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Appointments Status
145. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will have cataract surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11340/19]
- Treatment Abroad Scheme
146. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can have a tonsillectomy carried out under the treatment abroad fund or another scheme if they are referred by a general...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
147. To ask the Minister for Health the potential to deliver a primary care centre for Swords, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11344/19]
- Cancer Screening Programmes
148. To ask the Minister for Health if he received written or verbal advice, directly or indirectly, on free smear tests before he announced same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Pharmacy Regulations
149. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to delay the signing of statutory instruments regarding the rules of an organisation (details supplied) until the Oireachtas Joint Committee on...
- Services for People with Disabilities
150. To ask the Minister for Health if approval will be given for the hours and contract of the nursing support for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Respite Care Services Funding
151. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide extra funding in 2019 for respite care for those with an intellectual disability; when funding will be allocated to service providers; and...
- Medicinal Products Prices
152. To ask the Minister for Health the price the BeNeLuxa countries are paying for Spinraza; the reason Ireland cannot access the same deal in view of the fact that this price was finalised...
- Medicinal Products Licensing
153. To ask the Minister for Health the work his officials are undertaking to improve the drug approval process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11367/19]
- HSE Staff Data
154. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in the HSE corporate pharmaceutical unit in tabular form; the role of each in the organisation in each year since 2009 to date in 2019; and...
- Medicinal Products Data
155. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drug treatments and medicines assessed by the National Centre For Pharmacoeconomics and the HSE corporate pharmaceutical unit in each year since...
- Disability Diagnoses
156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children born with SMA, spinal muscular atrophy, or diagnosed in childhood each year since 2009 to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement...
- Mental Health Services Staff
157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health whole-time equivalents who need to be recruited for the full implementation of A Vision for Change taking account of demographic...
- Psychological Services Waiting Lists
158. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each local health office area waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care; and the number waiting zero to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to...
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
159. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each local health office area waiting for a child and adolescent mental health services appointment; and the number waiting 0 to 12,...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
160. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to update the long-term illness scheme to include other illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11377/19]
- Health Services Staff Remuneration
161. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on restoring pay for section 39 health workers; the role he is playing in the process; when the process will be completed; and if he will make a...
- Nursing Staff Remuneration
162. To ask the Minister for Health the developments involving his Department since the Labour Court recommendation on the dispute with the nurses; the changes to be made with contracts; and if...
- Health Services Provision
165. To ask the Minister for Health if an orthosis will be provided for a person (details supplied). [11379/19]
- Respite Care Services Provision
166. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing concern of parents regarding perceived inadequate services (details supplied); when the necessary resources,...
- Health Services Reform
169. To ask the Minister for Health the work undertaken by the HSE in collaboration with a group (details supplied) to examine reform of the healthcare system; if pilot programmes were set up as...
- Disabilities Assessments
170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005 by LHO area in tabular form. [11404/19]
- Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
171. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list by LHO; and the number waiting less than 4, 4 to 12 and more than 12 months,...
- Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
174. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy first time assessment waiting list by LHO; the number waiting less than four, four to 12 and more than 12...
- Housing Adaptation Grant
175. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE administer grant funding to families that need significant upgrades to their homes to accommodate children with profound physical...
- HSE Data
176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical device companies located here and supported by IDA Ireland that are doing business with the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Children's Hospital Location
177. To ask the Minister for Health if a cost comparison analysis was carried out on all the proposed sites for the national children's hospital; the reason for the selection of the St. James's...
- National Children's Hospital Expenditure
178. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body who signed off on the cost estimates at each stage of the national children's hospital; and the budgeted projected cost of the project at...
- National Children's Hospital
179. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body who authorised the changes to the design brief of the national children's hospital in each of the years 2016 to 2018. [11427/19]
- Orthodontic Services Provision
184. To ask the Minister for Health if orthodontic treatment is available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11441/19]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Harbours and Piers Maintenance
185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the OPW funding allocated towards the upkeep of the Pollnadiva pier, Dromore West, County Sligo, since 2001; and if he will make a...
- Fishery Harbour Centres
186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of revenue-generating activities at Killybegs Harbour, County Donegal, in 2018 and to date in 2019; the income accrued...
- Food Quality Assurance Scheme
187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if companies that carry out quality assurance audits are Irish companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11310/19]
- Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Data
188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for the beef environmental efficiency pilot scheme by county; the number of cows applied for; and if he...
- Afforestation Programme
190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a matter will be addressed regarding forestry replanting (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11445/19]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- National Broadband Plan
191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if residences (details supplied) will be connected to the fibre optic roll-out plan in County Galway; the expected date...
- Bituminous Fuel Ban
192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the smoky coal ban will be enacted; the reason for its delay in view of the fact that the enactment of the ban had...
- Broadband Service Provision
195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to improve broadband telecommunications in an area (details supplied) in view of the concerns of householders...
- Litter Pollution Fines
196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide the updated data for 2017 and 2018 regarding a table (details supplied). [11422/19]
- National Broadband Plan Expenditure
197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he was informed regarding the escalating costs of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Projects Expenditure
200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the final cost of the Tralee bypass constructed by Kerry County Council and the National Roads Authority. [11380/19]
- Road Traffic Legislation
201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position of existing legislation in which a person using a motorised scooter uses it on a footpath; if this is not permissible under...
- Roads Maintenance
202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if specific works will be carried out in an area (details supplied). [11306/19]
- Sports Capital Programme Administration
203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the sports capital funds will be announced. [11343/19]
- Road Signage
204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to publish the updated traffic signs manual that was promised before the end of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Rail Network Expansion
205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which electrification of the Maynooth train will commence; his plans to extend the scheme to Kilcock; the ancillary works...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child and Family Agency Staff
206. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the human resources section of Tusla has received a grievance submitted in November 2015 by an employee of Tusla which includes a...
- Grant Payments
208. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department administers grant funding to families who need significant upgrades to their homes to accommodate children with profound...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Control of Dogs
209. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of dogs destroyed in each of the past three years for which figures are available by local authority and pound. [11332/19]
- Local Improvement Scheme Funding
210. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when local authorities will be formally notified of the allocations, relevant rules and regulations of the local improvement schemes...
- CLÁR Programme
211. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated to each local authority under the CLÁR programme in each year since 2016; the amount expended by each local...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Carer's Allowance Applications
212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer's allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied). [11299/19]
- Disability Allowance Payments
213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date on which a disability allowance will be backdated from for a person (details supplied). [11305/19]
- Working Family Payment Payments
214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11307/19]
- Illness Benefit Payments
215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a payment for an application for an illness benefit by a person (details supplied) was not made; when a payment...
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of pensions with regard to community employment supervisors following the strike on 18 February 2019; and if she...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and location of affordable housing schemes by county; the number of houses that have planning permission; the...
- Ministerial Correspondence
218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a reply will issue to correspondence sent to him via email dated 24 January 2019 regarding emergency accommodation; and if...
- Housing Adaptation Grant
219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department or local authorities administer grant funding to families who need significant upgrades to their homes to...
- Social and Affordable Housing Funding
220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 272 and 273 of 7 February 2019, if the reference to the capital advanced loan facility...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Feabhsú Céibheanna
221. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta le trí bliana anuas maidir le forbairt na céibhe in Inis Meáin;...
- Departmental Schemes
222. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current and capital funding allocation in 2019 to schemes and programmes (details supplied); and the level of funding that...
