Written answers
Thursday, 28 March 2019
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Childcare Services Regulation
11. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to tackle unregistered childcare facilities advertising as fully registered facilities; and the protocols in place to sanction...
- Youth Services Funding
13. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding for youth activities and affairs in County Meath will be increased. [14449/19]
- Irish Language
14. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her policy on ensuring that all children in crèches receiving money from the State are given an opportunity in circumstances in which...
- Child and Family Agency Staff
16. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which the welfare of children of all ages remains central in the context of her supervision and responsibility in this area,...
- Childcare Services Funding
17. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of engagement between her Department and the community managed not-for-profit childcare service providers, with specific reference...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
18. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the fifth interim report of the Commission of Investigation into the Mother and Baby Homes will be published; and if she will make a...
- Early Years Sector
19. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress she has made in addressing the concerns articulated by early years professionals regarding low wages and staffing issues; her...
- Child and Family Agency Staff
20. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she or her officials have met the management or board members of Tusla in respect of the recruitment of a CEO; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Funding
22. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the criteria for allocating the €1.2 million from December 2017 for a new intervention programme to help young persons escape the...
- Child and Family Agency Data
23. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children deemed to be at risk nationally; the extent to which support and attention is being made available to them; the level...
- Child Abuse Reports
25. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 13 February 2019, when the report of the review panel that commenced on 16 May 2016 in respect...
- Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation
26. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the delay to the affordable childcare scheme announced in October 2016; her plans to ensure the availability of childcare in...
- Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
27. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some parents that are availing of the ECCE scheme are being charged for a fourth hour even...
- Child Detention Centres
28. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that the non-publication of a report is in the best interests of the children in view of the fact that the authors of...
- Childcare Services Provision
29. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to develop targeted supports for parents and guardians paying for childcare in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Communications
30. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which and when she received correspondence that Tusla sent to an organisation (details supplied) on 18 February 2019 in respect...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
33. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered the burial report from the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; when she plans to publish it; her...
- Adoption Data
34. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will act on the recommendation of the UN special rapporteur calling on Ireland to carry out a comprehensive national examination of...
- Affordable Childcare Scheme Implementation
35. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the public information programme for the affordable childcare scheme will commence; if she is satisfied there will be sufficient places...
- Child and Family Agency Investigations
36. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the serious difficulties facing Tusla; the number of child protection notifications yet to be investigated; and if she will...
- Child and Family Agency
41. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of times she has met with senior management of Tusla since January 2019; and the subjects of discussion at those meetings. [14490/19]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Human Rights
42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to address concerns that China has developed a significant network of detention camps in its northern province of Xinjiang in which...
- Child Abuse Reports
43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will publish the United Nations special rapporteur report on the sale and sexual exploitation of children in Ireland. [14546/19]
- Human Rights
44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to support a UN binding treaty on business and human rights in 2019 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Passport Applications Data
45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications for each of the past 20 years from persons resident in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement...
- Visa Applications
46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the process for two Cambodian citizens to apply for a holiday visa to visit their daughter and grandchildren, who are Irish citizens; and if...
- Departmental Meetings
47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been contacted by representatives of the Chinese Administration with regard to the use of technology by a company (details...
- Trade Strategy
49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been contacted by representatives of the Chinese Administration with regard to the belt and road initiative; if he has discussed...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
50. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to update the tax status of unmarried couples that are together for long periods of time and are taxed as single persons and not entitled to benefits...
- Tax Rebates
51. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will consider a refund of VRT in which the value of the vehicle in real terms is lower than the rate applied by them; the...
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
52. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason persons appealing a decision made on their primary medical certificates for tax relief for drivers with disabilities have to travel to Dún...
- Insurance Costs
53. To ask the Minister for Finance if a matter relating to insurance cover (details supplied) can be investigated and addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14561/19]
- Fiscal Policy
54. To ask the Minister for Finance the position relating to EU fiscal rules when approval is provided regarding its multi-annual expenditure ceilings and amendments are regularly made; and if he...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
55. To ask the Minister for Finance if the possible introduction of a tax on agricultural greenhouse gas emissions as recommended by the Citizens' Assembly is being examined; the stages at which...
- Credit Availability
56. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to promotional practices of car dealers that have radio adverts for car finance available to persons with poor and bad credit...
- Legal Costs
59. To ask the Minister for Finance the body that will be liable for the losses in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14624/19]
- Central Bank of Ireland Data
60. To ask the Minister for Finance if table A.6 of the Central Bank money and banking statistics refers specifically to residential assets here that are securitised; and if he will make a...
- Help-To-Buy Scheme Data
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of the first-time buyer help-to-buy scheme recipients since its inception by county; the value of the scheme by county in tabular form; and if he...
- Mortgage Repayments
63. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has been informed of the miscalculation of mortgage repayments by a bank (details supplied); if so, when it was informed; if the number of...
- Pension Provisions
64. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has a role in consumer protection for pension providers; if this is reserved for the Pensions Authority; if the Central Bank and the...
- Central Bank of Ireland Enforcement Actions
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps the Central Bank takes on a regular basis to ensure mortgage repayments and mortgage arrears are calculated correctly; if enforcement actions have...
- Brexit Preparations
66. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of additional customs officials that have been hired and are operational to deal with Brexit; the number that are undergoing training at the moment;...
- Brexit Issues
67. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of insurance companies that are prudentially regulated in the UK or Gibraltar but operating here under freedom of service; the number of customers...
- Personal Injury Claims
68. To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion of personal injury claims settled through the Personal Injury Assessment Board outside the court and settled and-or decided on by the courts,...
- Stability Programme Update
69. To ask the Minister for Finance when he plans to publish the stability programme update; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14692/19]
- Insurance Coverage
70. To ask the Minister for Finance if an analysis has been undertaken on the potential cost of establishing a public insurance body to provide insurance for flooding to persons who are unable to...
- Tax Code
71. To ask the Minister for Finance if expenditure on health and safety equipment by a company qualifies for capital allowances; the rules regarding capital allowances; and if he will make a...
- Insurance Costs
72. To ask the Minister for Finance if insurance companies permit business customers to pay on a monthly basis rather than a single payment; the average cost to the customer for such a facility;...
- Insurance Coverage
73. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are models in other jurisdictions by which companies that are unable to obtain an insurance quote can avail of insurance similar to the declined...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Garda Station Refurbishment
74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the refurbishment and building works that will take place at Drogheda Garda station in 2019; the cost of the programme of works; and if...
- Office of Public Works Properties
75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a property (details supplied); the specific uses that will be accommodated on the site; the current position that...
- Public Spending Code
77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for the review of the public spending code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14671/19]
- Office of Public Works Projects
78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the historic gates to the Phoenix Park removed in summer 2018; when the original gates will be restored; and if he will...
- Sports Organisations
79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Comptroller and Auditor General has statutory authority to oversee and investigate the operations of independent sports...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Child Abuse
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Teaching Council can investigate and make a decision against a registered teacher under existing complaints procedures if it receives...
- Teaching Qualifications
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made regarding funding for the shared learning bursary 2018 to 2019 for schools participating in the Droichead programme;...
- School Staff
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department will meet with representatives of a union (details supplied) to discuss the need to review pay arrangements, policy and the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Dual Citizenship
83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are no barriers for a person (details supplied) to apply for dual citizenship between Ireland and Sri Lanka; and if he...
- Immigration Controls
84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an impediment exists to a person (details supplied) being allowed entry here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Immigration Status
85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to previous parliamentary questions and submissions in respect of a person (details supplied) and the renewal of that...
- Residency Permits
87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to facilitate the restoration of stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Naturalisation Eligibility
90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all relevant documentation required to facilitate an application for naturalisation has been received in the relevant section...
- Immigration Controls
91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which provision is being made to transfer a person (details supplied) to Sweden; if the person's case will be...
- Immigration Status
92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 31 January 2019, if all pertinent documentation has been received by the relevant...
- Naturalisation Applications
93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected status in respect of leave to remain and-or naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied);...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- IDA Ireland Site Visits
94. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits by IDA clients to Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford in each year since 2012, in tabular form; and...
- Department of Health
- Dental Services Provision
95. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14534/19]
- Disability Definitions
96. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to recognise a condition (details supplied) as a disability; if his attention has been drawn to the distress and suffering caused as a...
- Health Services Provision
97. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare has had that person's transport to hospital cut. [14537/19]
- Hospital Appointments Status
98. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14539/19]
- Dental Services Provision
99. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14541/19]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
101. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new technologies that have yet to be approved by the NTPF for tackling waiting lists; the bodies that have made the applications for the use of...
- Dental Services Provision
102. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14548/19]
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
105. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent intervention and appropriate follow-up with the HSE regarding the failure of child services, including CAMHS, to intervene properly and speedily...
- Health Services Staff
106. To ask the Minister for Health if it is a medical radiologist or a dentist holding a level 9 higher degree in dental and maxillofacial radiation such as the qualification held by the current...
- National Advisory Committee on Bioethics
107. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Advisory Committee on Bioethics will be instructed to perform an analysis of the challenges relating to conscientious objection within the...
- Home Care Packages Provision
108. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to providing an extra evening carer in the case of a person (details supplied), with particular reference to the need to have...
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
109. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for overseas registration to the Nursing and Midwifery Board by a person (details supplied). [14567/19]
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
110. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the availability of the Spinraza treatment for SMA patients here who are sufferers of the degenerative disease spinal muscular atrophy;...
- Vaccination Programme
111. To ask the Minister for Health when a group (details supplied) will be provided dates for immunisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14571/19]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
112. To ask the Minister for Health when the results of the review to determine the next steps for reimbursement of the FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system will be available; and if he will...
- Autism Support Services
113. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the services and activities that a centre (details supplied) provides; if the HSE has plans to set up such a centre in...
- Medical Card Applications
115. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has had a medical card reissued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14584/19]
- Services for People with Disabilities
116. To ask the Minister for Health the alternative local supports being put in place regarding a centre (details supplied); the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
117. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the medical treatment available here or abroad for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14592/19]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
118. To ask the Minister for Health when new arrangements will be introduced and if legislation is required regarding changes to the rules for the fair deal scheme in order to introduce a...
- Autism Support Services
119. To ask the Minister for Health the services available for children diagnosed with autism in County Kerry; if these services are continuous for each child in view of the fact that children in...
- Hospital Appointments Status
120. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [14598/19]
- Hospital Appointments Delays
121. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in receiving a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14599/19]
- HSE Investigations
122. To ask the Minister for Health the named officers within the HSE national office of nursing and midwifery who set in train the suspension of a person (details supplied) in 2014; and the...
- National Maternity Strategy Implementation
126. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times, in light of the recommendations of the national maternity strategy, that the steering group for the implementation of the model of care...
- Hospitals Data
130. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of persons classified as urgent referrals for colonoscopies being seen within the four-week target; the breakdown of performance against this...
- Medical Card Applications
131. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has had a medical card reissued; the status of the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14627/19]
- General Practitioner Services Provision
132. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a general practitioner service (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14630/19]
- Hospital Facilities
133. To ask the Minister for Health when the proposed new additional X-ray room at the newly developed extension to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda will be provided following the decision...
- Vaccination Programme Data
134. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ascertain the number of persons diagnosed with narcolepsy as a result of receiving Pandemrix in 2011; and when it was reissued for use...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
135. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14697/19]
- Services for People with Disabilities
136. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a petition by a person (details supplied); if the HSE will be instructed to clarify the advice it has issued to a person...
- Dental Services Staff
137. To ask the Minister for Health the limitations that apply to the business of a dental technician; if dental technicians provide a service to dentist practitioners only and not directly to...
- Services for People with Disabilities
138. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to changes in transport arrangements for persons attending a training facility (details supplied); if the costs now imposed on...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Animal Welfare
139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider new legislation to provide for increased custodial sentences for those convicted of animal cruelty; and if he...
- Beef Industry
141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle slaughtered here that qualify for the quality premium scheme; the percentage this represents of the overall...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is liaising with the Department of Finance on the role of agriculture in greenhouse gas emissions and policies on carbon...
- Nitrates Usage
143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the exceptional circumstances in the case of a person (details supplied) will be considered; if the ongoing mental health issues...
- Hare Coursing Regulation
144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason officials of the hare coursing monitoring committee departed from their remit and interceded for the hare coursers when...
- European Council Meetings
145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the issues discussed at the recent Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting; the outcome of such discussions; and if he will make a...
- Brexit Supports
147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had recent meetings with the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development regarding the need to implement...
- Marine Safety
150. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the €1.5 million development at a college (details supplied) in County Donegal will be approved for construction in view...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Climate Change Policy
151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the new all-of-government climate action plan; the timeframe for the report to be produced; and...
- Energy Schemes
152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress he has made in considering the optimal next steps to achieve the level of ambition as set out in the NDP...
- Sustainable Energy Communities Scheme
153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the 200 organisations and communities involved in the Sustainable Energy Community Network. [14580/19]
- Postal Codes
154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding post codes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Renewable Energy Generation
155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of renewable energy locations by county; the type of energy provided, for example, wind, solar and hydro;...
- Waste Management
156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the body that has overall responsibility for the roll-out of brown compost bins to residential waste customers; the...
- Mobile Telephony Services
157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has issued directives to the Commission for Communications Regulation with regard to the roll-out of 5G...
- Departmental Meetings
159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has been contacted by the Administration of the United States of America with regard to the use of technology by...
- Electric Vehicles
160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of electric vehicle charging stations operating in County Clare; his plans to increase the number of such...
- RTÉ Services
161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has discussed with RTÉ the need to address the concerns of viewers in Northern Ireland regarding...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Transport Policy
162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the planned Cork metropolitan area transport strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14532/19]
- Road Traffic Legislation
163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason persons under 25 years of age with a full licence cannot hire a car at an airport here (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Vehicle Registration
164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 447 of 5 March 2019 and 201 and 267 of 6 March 2019, the details of the research he has requested...
- Rail Network Expansion
165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans by Irish Rail to reopen and upgrade the Limerick to Foynes railway line; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Railway Stations
166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for Kilmallock railway station; if he will consider reopening the station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14595/19]
- Road Projects Status
167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the western corridor has been reinstated in the TEN-T funding programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14602/19]
- Anti-Social Behaviour
168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of anti-social behaviour incidents reported on public transport services in 2018, in tabular form. [14609/19]
- Sports Funding
170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid to each sport organisation in each year since 2011; the level of oversight his Department has of same; if his officials...
- Public Transport Initiatives
171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of converting the public rail network fully to electricity in terms of the cost of the trains and the infrastructure...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child and Family Agency Data
172. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which the various files in respect of children at risk or otherwise are up to date in terms of follow-up and investigation;...
- Children in Care
173. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which accommodation remains available in respect of children at risk, whether through fosterage or institutional care; the...
- Youth Services
174. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she remains in contact with the various youth organisations with a view to the provision of necessary dialogue and an...
- Child and Family Agency Services
175. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which a satisfactory conclusion is achieved and remains achievable in respect of children referred to the relevant section of...
- Child and Family Agency Data
177. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of child abuse cases brought to the attention of her Department or bodies under the remit of her Department in each of the past...
- Youth Services Provision
178. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she continues to interact with an organisation (details supplied) and associated bodies with a view to the provision of...
- Departmental Budgets
179. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the budget of her Department to meet the likely challenges now and in...
- Child and Family Agency Services
180. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which her Department and bodies under the remit of her Department have the ability to respond rapidly to issues brought to...
- Children in Care
181. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in care; if in institutional or foster care, the number due for transition to alternative status on age grounds; the...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Comhairle na Tuaithe
182. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason Comhairle na Tuaithe has not met since the middle of 2018; his plans to reconvene same; and his views on the role of the...
- Departmental Schemes
183. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the towns selected and the number of units in each town for the pilot scheme to encourage persons to return to living in town centres...
- Leader Programmes Data
184. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated to each LAG under the 2014 to 2020 Leader programme; the amount expended under the 2014 to 2020 Leader programme...
- CLÁR Programme
186. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated to each local authority under the CLÁR programme in 2017 and 2018; the amount paid to each local authority...
- Local Improvement Scheme Funding
188. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated to each local authority under the local improvement scheme in 2018; the amount paid to each local authority to...
- Local Improvement Scheme Data
189. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of rural roads that have received funding under the LIS in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by local...
- Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
190. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications between category 1 and 2 projects made under the rural regeneration and development fund by county to date...
- Town and Village Renewal Scheme
191. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated to each local authority under the town and village renewal scheme in 2017 and 2018; the amount paid to each local...
- Walks Scheme
195. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current and capital funding allocated to the walks scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the allocation for 2019, in tabular...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
196. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a jobseeker's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
197. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for a carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied);...
- Disability Allowance Applications
198. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for a disability allowance in the case of a person (details...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
199. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied). [14538/19]
- EU Directives
200. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the institutions for occupational retirement provision, IORP, II directive regulations will be transposed into law; when...
- Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
201. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a farm assist payment for a person (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14578/19]
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
202. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeal hearing will be held in respect of a person (details supplied); if same will be expedited; and if she will...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if matters relating to the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed. [14636/19]
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
204. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct level of rent support payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Disability Allowance Payments
205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if appropriate child dependant allowance is being paid in the case of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied);...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be considered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Overpayments
207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which it transpired that a person (details supplied) is having an alleged overpayment recovered at the rate of...
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total entitlement in respect of disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- State Pensions
209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the promised pension home care credit will be introduced and full pension entitlements restored. [14722/19]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a decision will be made on a funding application for a group water scheme (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he...
- Housing Assistance Payment Data
211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households that had HAP payments ceased due to arrears; the average length of time the households were in...
- Local Authority Housing Rents
212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is standard practice for local councils to postpone rent reviews for a decade or more, leading to large increases in...
- Fire Safety
213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a fund will be set up to assist owners of apartments to deal with serious fire safety issues and building defects; if his...
- Social and Affordable Housing Funding
214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application will be considered for funding from South Dublin County Council to purchase land (details supplied) in order...
- Local Area Plans
215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Meath and Louth county councils have adopted a local area plan for the area of interest that was the subject of the...
- Departmental Staff Data
216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff engaged in the housing delivery office per annum since its establishment; the average length of service in...
- Social and Affordable Housing
217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the cost rental pilot project has gone out to tender; when construction is due to commence; the number of units due to be...
- Departmental Projects
218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average length of time taken to process a cost-benefit analysis in 2017 and 2018; the number of such analyses received;...
- Rural Resettlement Scheme
219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to fund a rural resettlement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14673/19]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
220. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 623 of 24 April 2018 and 1448 of 7 September 2018, the status of discussions on a location...
- Hare Coursing Regulation
221. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason her Department is providing a club (details supplied) with copies of the conservation rangers' reports prior to their...
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
222. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if payment will issue to a person (details supplied) who made an application for compensation under the cessation of turf cutting...
