Written answers
Wednesday, 27 March 2019
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- National Energy and Climate Action Plan
50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress being made in respect of the completion of the national energy and climate plan. [14287/19]
- Citizens Assembly
52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for implementing the recommendations of the final report of the Citizens' Assembly, How the State can make...
- Broadband Service Provision
53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that the commitment agreement progress update by a company (details supplied) is accurate. [14226/19]
- National Broadband Plan
54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband tender process; when all homes and businesses in County Donegal will have access to...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the carbon emissions projections if and when the three peat-fired electricity generating stations here complete their...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for the commencement of works on the ground under the national broadband plan; the measures contained...
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to set a 70% target for renewable electricity by 2030; the interim targets and actions required to ensure a...
- Broadband Service Provision
66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the provision of broadband nationally is progressing in line with expectations; if the provision of...
- Renewable Energy Incentives
67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a time-limited grace period will be applied to REFIT 2; if REFIT 3 will be extended to relevant wind and solar...
- National Broadband Plan Data
68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when details of the decision by the broadband procurement team on the remaining bidder tender will be announced; the...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the roll-out of the national broadband plan with specific reference to County Wexford; and if he...
- Waste Management Data
70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated number of households here without a waste collection service; and the actions he is taking to help address...
- Exploration Licences
71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his officials have held discussions with representatives of a company (details supplied) prior to its plans to...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that recent submissions to the European Commission under the climate and energy governance regulation...
- Energy Infrastructure
74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the policy in regard to grants of permission for the construction of new fossil fuel infrastructure such as the plan...
- Climate Change Policy
75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which he has identified and proposed action on the issue of climate change and the need to accelerate a...
- Climate Change Adaptation Plans
76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he is undertaking with all local authorities in respect of their climate change adaptation strategies;...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made on the roll-out of the national broadband plan. [14224/19]
- Broadband Service Provision
79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress in rolling out fibre broadband by a company at locations (details supplied); if the new timelines for the...
- Renewable Energy Projects
80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to consider initiatives, or if his officials have worked with other Departments, on establishing an indigenous...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a recent report (details supplied) that estimated that the elimination of carbon emissions by 2060 would...
- Climate Change Policy
83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is reviewing plans to combat climate change in view of the international climate strike of children and the...
- Legislative Process
84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017; if a money message will be issued to...
- Broadband Service Provision
85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans in respect of areas that are deemed to have broadband coverage that fall outside the remit of the national...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to increase the provision of fibre broadband in rural Ireland. [14239/19]
- Electric Vehicles
87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the list of the location of e-car chargers and the implementation timeline approved under the climate action fund...
- Renewable Energy Generation
89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when in 2019 he expects the first renewable electricity auction to take place under the renewable electricity support...
- National Broadband Plan
90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has met with representatives of companies (details supplied) to discuss the roll-out of broadband in areas covered...
- North-South Interconnector
91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the North-South interconnector project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14014/19]
- Renewable Energy Projects
92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if renewable energy projects are in place or at the planning stages to match the projected increase in national...
- Nuclear Waste
93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the communications he has made in recent months with officials in Britain regarding their plans to place nuclear waste...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Public Private Partnerships Cost
95. To ask the Taoiseach if the total liability in public-private partnerships is recognised as debt in the national accounts or if it is included in the public sector net debt. [14416/19]
- Public Private Partnerships Data
96. To ask the Taoiseach the total capital liability of on and off balance sheet PPP contracts; and the value as a percentage of GDP. [14417/19]
- European Council Meetings
97. To ask the Taoiseach if trade with China was discussed at the March 2019 European Council meeting or at the meetings he attended in Brussels in March 2019. [14370/19]
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Budgets
98. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the original budget allocation from Vote 36 for pay and allowances for serving members of the Defence Forces in each of the years 2014 to 2018;...
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
99. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the establishment figure for technical officers in the communications and information systems corps of the Defence Forces; the number of...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights
100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 12 March 2019, if the minutes of future meetings of the business and human rights implementation...
- Passport Controls
101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the case of persons (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14468/19]
- Human Rights
102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 12 March 2019, the position regarding the UN expert issued guiding principles on human rights...
- Department of Finance
- Insurance Costs
103. To ask the Minister for Finance if an emergency support package will be provided to children's soft play centres until a functioning insurance market is developed here in view of the...
- Legal Costs
104. To ask the Minister for Finance the cumulative financial cost to his Department and other State bodies in dealing with the appeal against the decision by the European Commission in a tax...
- Tax Data
105. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in a full year of the proposed digital tax in France; if full credit was given to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Appeals Commission
106. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tax appeals outstanding by tax head; the years in which the original appeal was submitted; and the dates on which the oldest 25 appeals were...
- Brexit Preparations
107. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of outdoor customs staff stationed on the Border by county. [14312/19]
- Tax Yield
110. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax yield for each carbon fuel type by year in tabular form; and the total for each year since the carbon tax was first introduced. [14380/19]
- VAT Rate Increases
111. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the increase in VAT rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14415/19]
- NAMA Social Housing Expenditure
112. To ask the Minister for Finance the full cost of the social housing units leased from the National Asset Residential Property Services, NARPS; the cost of the initial loans purchased by...
- Credit Availability
113. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty persons that wish to downsize are experiencing in accessing bridging loans; if this issue will be addressed...
- Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman
114. To ask the Minister for Finance the average time taken by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman to acknowledge a complaint; if he will decide on the validity of the complaint and...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Garda Station Refurbishment
117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to provide additional and improved facilities at a Garda station (details supplied) in view of the clear need in that regard;...
- Public Procurement Contracts
118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter (details supplied) relating to target value design in construction; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Pension Levy
119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the pension-related deductions applied to overtime in the Irish Prison Service will be refunded to those involved in view of the fact...
- Flood Relief Schemes Data
120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projects in the proposed flood risk management plans for County Cavan; the details of the projects by cost breakdown, funding...
- Flood Relief Schemes
122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if details sought regarding a project (details supplied) carried out some time ago have been received. [14463/19]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Action Plan on Bullying
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review correspondence (details supplied); his views regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14413/19]
- Schools Building Projects Status
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in providing a new school building for a school (details supplied); the timeline for this project; and if he will make a...
- School Admissions
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14304/19]
- Schools Building Projects Status
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new 24-classroom school building project (details supplied); the timeline for completion of same; and if he will make a statement...
- Early Childhood Care and Education Data
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to arrange for a comparison of national school enrolment and ECCE returns to ensure that there is no duplication of applications in...
- School Patronage
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the voting rights of parents in terms of voting to change the patronage of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Curriculum
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students in a community or education and training board school in which the NCCA religious education course is mandatory under circular...
- School Admissions
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the constitutional right of a person (details supplied) to an appropriate education placement has been vindicated. [14361/19]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for an additional ASD classroom. [14375/19]
- Schools Building Projects Status
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of planned school building works at a school (details supplied). [14376/19]
- Schools Building Projects Expenditure
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will contribute to the costs of constructing a retaining wall between a secondary school and a community centre at a location (details...
- Teachers' Remuneration
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage urgently with a union (details supplied) regarding the terms and conditions of adult literacy tutors regarding matters; and if...
- Schools Building Projects Applications
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a record in his Department for a school (details supplied) applying to be included in a sports hall building programme; and if he...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reopen the Residential Institutions Redress Board to individual survivors who, due to personal circumstances, were not in a position...
- Schools Facilities
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the minimum yard space in a national school for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14455/19]
- School Curriculum
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the possibility of including Lámh (details supplied) within the school curriculum will be investigated; the steps being taken to raise...
- School Accommodation
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the definition of reasonable accommodation for a teacher who is diagnosed with a disability. [14467/19]
- School Transport Provision
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a 1967 transportation agreement (details supplied) facilitating a specific route serving an open school and a...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Deployment
142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional gardaí that have been allocated to the western division in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to...
- Money Laundering
145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of suspicious transaction reports that have been made to his Department on an annual basis in each of the years 2014...
- Residency Permits
147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
- Naturalisation Applications
148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied); and when a decision will issue in respect of same....
- Garda Vetting Applications
149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14366/19]
- Missing Persons
150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the use of sniffer dogs when searching for missing persons; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Naturalisation Applications
151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) applied for and was granted citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14384/19]
- Crime Data
152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons arrested for cannabis-related offences in each of the years 2013 to 2018; and if he will make a statement...
- Legal Aid Service Data
156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons tried for cannabis-related offences that sought free legal aid in each of the years 2013 to 2018; and if...
- Crime Data
158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average sentence for those imprisoned for cannabis-related offences in each of the years 2013 to 2018; and if he will make...
- Restorative Justice
161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 13 March 2019, if the pilot programme referred to was written up and evaluated;...
- Fines Data
167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and amount of fines that were outstanding to the Court Service at the beginning of each of the years 2014 to 2018;...
- Direct Provision Data
168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons with a registered disability residing in the direct provision system; and if he will make a statement on...
- Services for People with Disabilities
169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the provisions in place to support persons with a disability living in the direct provision system; and if he will make a...
- Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a review of the appointment requests system at the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service can be carried out; and if...
- Irish Sign Language
171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Irish Sign Language interpreting hours provided to the Irish Prison Service in 2011. [14474/19]
- Central Statistics Office Reports
172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Central Statistics Office will commence the sexual abuse and violence in Ireland survey; when the survey will be...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Work Permits Applications
173. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 128 of 7 March 2019, the specific requirements applicable to qualify for a work permit in the...
- Work Permits Appeals
174. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason a work permit application has been refused in the case of a person (details supplied); if their appeal has been lodged; and...
- Action Plan for Jobs
175. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the midlands regional enterprise plan steering committee commenced its work; the chairperson of this organisation; the...
- Department of Health
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
176. To ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference for the review of the long-term illness scheme; if the review will include particular patient groups; and if he will make a statement on...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
177. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a 20-bed cystic fibrosis inpatient unit at Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14289/19]
- Hospital Appointments Status
178. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with a consultant at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- HSE Planning
179. To ask the Minister for Health if the hospital campus development plan 2018 to 2023 referenced in correspondence (details supplied) will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Staff Data
180. To ask the Minister for Health the details of staff on duty in Wexford General Hospital's emergency department and St. Joseph's ward on 29 and 30 January 2019 by staff category (details...
- Hospital Staff
181. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an advanced nurse practitioner for cardiac nursing in Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14320/19]
- Hospital Procedures
182. 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. [14323/19]
- Vaccination Programme Data
188. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the increased incidence of mumps; the rate of vaccination of children for MMR taking place; and his plans to ensure that this is increased [14337/19]
- Hospital Appointments Status
189. 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. [14347/19]
- Hospital Procedures
192. To ask the Minister for Health the status of cataract surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14356/19]
- Hospitals Building Programme
194. To ask the Minister for Health his Department and the HSE’s plans for the development of new hospitals in Cork; the state of progress and the timelines; the details of the funding...
- Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
195. To ask the Minister for Health the approximate timelines for each stage in respect of the development at a nursing home (details supplied); the month the design stage is expected to be...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
196. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the extensive outpatient orthopaedic waiting list at University Hospital Waterford, where 1,655 people are waiting in excess of 18...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
202. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an audiology appointment in County Wexford; the number of persons waiting more than 12, 18, 24, 30 and 36 months; and if he will...
- Trade Union Recognition
203. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to resolve the industrial relations dispute involving some staff in the National Ambulance Service who are members of an organisation...
- Dental Services Provision
204. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will be called for specific treatment at an early date. [14425/19]
- Medical Card Eligibility
205. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the income limits for a medical card application (details supplied). [14427/19]
- National Cervical Screening Programme
206. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to reduce the waiting times for smear test results; if additional testing facilities have been utilised to ensure results are returned...
- Health Services Provision
207. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a dispensary (details supplied) in County Roscommon in view of the retirement of the general practitioner; his further plans for the provision of...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
208. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for neurology treatments by CHO area in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14443/19]
- HSE Staff Data
209. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1794 of 24 July 2018, the number of staff attached to a centre (details supplied) that have accepted redeployment; the...
- Medical Card Eligibility
210. To ask the Minister for Health the entitlement of a person to access a product (details supplied) under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14454/19]
- Hospital Procedures
211. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [14457/19]
- Services for People with Disabilities
213. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take regarding the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14469/19]
- Pharmacy Regulations
214. To ask the Minister for Health if permission to introduce new regulations proposed to change the conditions of work for pharmaceutical assistants by an organisation (details supplied) will...
- Health Services Expenditure
216. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure plan linked to the Sláintecare action plan; the costs by year dedicated to each action point in the plan; and if he will make a statement...
- Disease Management
217. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to persons with Lyme disease; the advances made over the past 12 months in terms of recognition of Lyme disease here; the supports...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria used to define a parcel of land as scrub for the purposes of the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement...
- Beef Industry
219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking through engagement with the beef industry and An Bord Bia to ensure that the historic 2% reduction between...
- Meat Processing Plants
220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether it is not possible for factories to comply with the legal regulations set down for beef carcase trim; the steps...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in basic farm payments being issued to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
- Aquaculture Licence Applications
222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a shellfish licence application by a company (details supplied) for a mussel farm off Kinsale Harbour, County Cork; and...
- GLAS Applications
223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a company (details supplied) has not received a GLAS payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14453/19]
- Bovine Disease Controls
224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) can be given authority to sell stock following tuberculosis testing; and if he will make a statement...
- Beef Exports
225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position on export access to markets (details supplied) for the sale of Irish beef. [14464/19]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Data Protection
226. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if concerns regarding data protection will be reviewed in terms of proposals to transfer data from waste collection...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
227. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason hedgerows are not included in the calculation of CO2 emissions; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Broadband Service Provision
228. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to prioritise primary and secondary schools for connection to the fibre optic network as soon as the...
- Angling Sector
229. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the delivery and status of the national angling forum in view of the fact that there has not been a...
- Broadband Service Provision
230. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a person (details supplied) will receive a broadband connection; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- River Basin Management Plans
231. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 13 March 2019, his plans to save the remainder of the Fermoy weir and fish...
- Salmon Hardship Scheme
232. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration has been given to a buy-out scheme for holders of salmon fishery licences ; if so, the position...
- Broadcasting Authority of Ireland
234. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to publish his response to the BAI five-year review of public broadcasters received in 2018; and if he...
- Climate Change Policy
235. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which he has identified the primary issues and actions required to address the issue of climate change...
- Mobile Telephony Services
237. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that continue to be taken to ensure an improvement in mobile phone telephone coverage nationally, with...
- Broadband Service Provision
238. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which progress continues in respect of the provision of high-quality and high-speed broadband nationally;...
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
239. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the switch to indigenous alternative non-fossil fuels for electricity generation is progressing,...
- Electric Vehicles
240. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to provide an adequate number of charging stations to facilitate the growing electric car sector here; and if...
- Electricity Generation
241. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of electricity generated from oil, coal, gas, biomass, solar, wind or wave generation; the extent to which...
- Waste Management
245. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a means can be found to incentivise a reduction in the use of non-biodegradable plastic wrappings and containers;...
- Waste Disposal
246. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which reliance on landfill waste disposal facilities continues to be monitored, with particular reference...
- Energy Resources
247. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which natural energy resources continue to be developed and made available; and if he will make a...
- Electricity Transmission Network
249. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the degree to which interconnector facilities North-South or east-west are in place and capable of facilitating the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Projects Status
250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the main construction work to commence at the Dunkettle interchange in Cork; the expected duration of the works; and if...
- Rail Network
251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that have been taken in line with the national development plan in support of a high-speed rail link between Cork and Dublin;...
- Driver Licences
252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the arrangements in cases in which a person with a valid Irish driver licence loses it while abroad; the arrangements to have it renewed...
- Road Projects Status
253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the planned M20 motorway between Cork and Limerick; the stage of the project; the next steps and associated times; when he...
- Bus Services
254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to re-examine the ban on bus drivers over 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14433/19]
- Road Safety Authority Data
255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of full-time equivalent driver test instructors that have retired in each quarter of the past two years in tabular form. [14440/19]
- Road Projects Status
258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 259 of 24 January 2019, the status of the road project; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child and Family Agency Data
259. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of referrals made to Tusla across all abuse categories in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the procedures...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
260. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has received the interim report of the Commission of Investigation into the Mother and Baby Homes on burials; and when the report...
- Child Protection Guidelines
261. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla is reviewing its policies in regard to circumstances in which children, the parents of whom pose a risk to them, are taken into...
- Child Protection
262. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children being cared for under a private care arrangement between grandparents and the parents of the children that are known...
- Family Resource Centres
263. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a decision will be made regarding the additional funding for a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Community Services Programme Funding
264. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an application submitted by a local development group (details supplied) requesting additional centre staff as part of the...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Fuel Allowance Eligibility
265. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the process of awarding fuel allowance in certain circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make...
- Carer's Benefit Appeals
266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's benefit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Gender Recognition
267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the introduction of a legal pathway for children under 16 years of age to obtain a gender recognition...
- Ministerial Meetings
268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of meetings she has had with representatives of an organisation (details supplied) following the collapse of its...
- Disability Allowance Payments
269. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a case in which the estate of a deceased person cannot claim uncollected disability allowance payments in view...
- Pensions Data
270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of small self-administered pension schemes in existence here; the net asset value of these schemes; the reason the...
- Social Welfare Payments
271. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when illness benefit and disability allowance arrears will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Carer's Benefit Applications
272. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision on carer's benefit for a person (details supplied) will be expedited in view of the fact that further medical...
- Telephone Call Charges
273. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the revenue generated to her Department through the operation of the 1890 lo-call phone line; the amount of such revenue to...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
274. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
275. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for an invalidity pension in the case of a person (details...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a domiciliary care allowance will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied). [14381/19]
- State Pensions Payments
277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a claim for updated or increased State pension for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Community Employment Schemes Funding
278. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an organisation (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive assistance; and if she will make a statement on the...
- State Pensions
279. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the level of weekly income a person of pension age can receive from part-time employment without affecting his or her rate of...
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
280. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a SWA by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14459/19]
- Disability Allowance Applications
281. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); if same will be expedited; and if she...
- EU Directives
282. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 630 of 12 March 2019, if an EU directive has been issued regarding the European Court...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Nitrates Action Programme Review
283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend the regulations regarding slurry spreading to introduce greater flexibility as to when this practice is...
- Register of Electors Administration
284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the review process he is undertaking relative to the way in which the Register of Electors is compiled and updated. [14316/19]
- Social and Affordable Housing Funding
285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a request for funding to develop affordable housing has been received from Cork County Council. [14326/19]
- Public Private Partnerships Cost
286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the full cost of the first tranche of PPP social housing units the contract for which was signed with Comhairle in March 2019;...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the 2019 housing adaptation grant funding for older persons and persons with a disability for Sligo County Council...
- Local Elections Expenditure
288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the guidelines and spending limits that will apply for the local elections in May 2019; his plans to issue further guidelines...
- Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on the housing and transfer waiting lists by each local authority by the most recent figures available...
- Housing Estates
290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1198 of 6 November 2018, the further progress he has made to date regarding the taking...
- Energy Efficiency
291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of council properties in each category of BER rating; and the estimated cost to bring each of the categories of...
- Planning Data
292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications for fast-track housing development made under the legislation introduced in the Planning and...
