Written answers
Wednesday, 3 April 2019
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Local Authority Staff
57. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has met with local authority broadband officers since his appointment; and the local authorities he has met with on the issue of...
- Scheme to Support National Organisations
59. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the scheme to support national organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15440/19]
- Tidy Towns Committees Funding
62. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to improve the funding available to Tidy Towns groups nationally. [15469/19]
- Rural Development Programme Funding
67. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide resources to communities to assist with the submission of applications for funding; and if he will make a statement...
- CLÁR Programme
71. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the review of the CLÁR programme; the take-up and drawdown in funding to date since it was re-established; and the...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
72. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the independent review of the charitable status of Pobal will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15359/19]
- Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
73. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund could be used to fund the capital works necessary to open Killucan station on the Dublin...
- Community Enhancement Programme
75. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when he expects to make an announcement on the projects and programmes to be supported under the 2019 community enhancement programme;...
- Action Plan for Rural Development
76. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the work of the Action Plan for Rural Development specifically relating to the revitalisation of towns and villages; and...
- CLÁR Programme
77. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the 2019 CLÁR programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15231/19]
- Community Services Programme
78. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a consultation report has been published regarding the community services programme; if so, the main findings of the report; the...
- Voluntary Sector
79. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of plans to develop a national volunteering strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15230/19]
- Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
80. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when he plans to invite applications for the 2019 Rural Regeneration Development Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Town and Village Renewal Scheme
81. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to invite applications under the town and village renewal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15235/19]
- National Indemnity Scheme for Landowners
82. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when it is planned to introduce an insurance indemnity for farmers and landholders who participate in the mountain access scheme; the...
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
83. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the sub-group between his Department and the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment which is examining the...
- Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
85. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the degree to which he foresees an opportunity to introduce new schemes or the augmentation of the existing structures to direct...
- Rural Broadband Scheme
86. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the discussions he has had with the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment with regard to broadband provision in...
- Dog Breeding Industry
88. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will report on the review of legislation to consider further regulations in relation to dog breeding establishments; the...
- Regional Development Initiatives
89. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the Atlantic economic corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15236/19]
- Action Plan for Rural Development
90. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress to date of the town and village pilot residential occupancy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15360/19]
- Mobile Telephony Use
92. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide a map of blackspots identified by broadband officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3366/19]
- Insurance Coverage
95. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to provide insurance cover for farmers on whose land there are greenways and other walkways. [15477/19]
- Departmental Funding
96. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of grant funding allocated to County Westmeath in all schemes and programmes by his Department and bodies under its aegis...
- LEADER Programmes Funding
97. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of funding committed to date under the 2014 to 2020 LEADER programme in County Meath; and if he is satisfied with the level...
- Action Plan for Rural Development
98. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the degree to which he is satisfied regarding the benefit accruing to the community and rural sector arising from the various grant...
- Western Development Commission
99. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the operations of the Western Development Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15233/19]
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
103. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken with President Macron since the last EU Council meeting. [15116/19]
- Departmental Communications
104. To ask the Taoiseach the details of each Government of Ireland branded information initiative in 2018 and to date in 2019 which carried out functions (details supplied), in tabular form; the...
- Government Information Service
105. To ask the Taoiseach if his officials were involved in providing instructions and advice in promoting a video (details supplied); the detail of all such meetings that took place; and the...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the international courses and conferences which members of the Defence Forces have participated in on behalf of the Defence Forces; and the cost...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Consular Services
107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a matter in relation to a fine for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15558/19]
- Government Information Service
108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his officials were involved in providing instructions and advice in promoting a video (details supplied); the detail of all such meetings...
- Department of Finance
- Customs and Excise Staff
109. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent on customs and excise personnel at an event (details supplied). [15612/19]
- Revenue Commissioners Data
110. To ask the Minister for Finance if non-Government sports bodies have been the subject of a Revenue Commissioners audit and-or investigations in the past 25 years; the number of...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Sector Staff Retirements
111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason it was considered appropriate to force a small cohort to retire ahead of others (details supplied); if there are provisions...
- Special Areas of Conservation Designation
112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the required approvals will be applied for a special area of conservation in order to remove the build-up of silt on the mud flats...
- Departmental Policy Functions
113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a bullying and harassment policy in his Department. [15421/19]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Programmes
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to offer a higher rate of remuneration for persons aged 25 years of age and over who are pursuing apprenticeships; and if he will make...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a devolved grant for the provision of four new special needs classrooms at a school (details supplied); and if he...
- Schools Building Projects Data
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stages of building of each of the schools due funding from the 2016-2021 capital plan; if each of the projects are on schedule; the schools...
- Capitation Grants
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the capitation grant to be restored to €200 per pupil for primary schools; his further plans to increase the figure of...
- School Accommodation Provision
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school for an area (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15545/19]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a series of matters in relation to special classes in schools for children with special needs (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he...
- School Placement
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a post-primary school place will be allocated to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15567/19]
- Schools Data
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary school places available in Waterford city and county by school, in tabular form; the number of secondary school pupils...
- Schools Establishment
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a school development plan for Waterford city and county to adapt to the growing needs for school places in line with population...
- Schools Amalgamation
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a matter regarding the proposed amalgamation of schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15587/19]
- Institutes of Technology
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a pathway for an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15591/19]
- Schools Building Projects
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new school building will be provided for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15592/19]
- School Patronage
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the patronage process will be opened for the new secondary school for Greystones and Kilcoole which was announced in April 2018 and is to be...
- Schools Building Projects
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a planning application for a new school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Data
130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of atypical scheme permits for non-EU migrant fishers renewed in 2018; and the number issued in total. [15569/19]
- Garda Expenditure
131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on gardaí at an event (details supplied). [15613/19]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Prompt Payments
132. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the implementation of the prompt payment code across the HSE; if it is being delayed; if so, the reason for the delay;...
- Innovation Vouchers Initiative
133. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications to the innovation voucher scheme of Enterprise Ireland by county in each of the years 2010 to 2018; the...
- Consumer Protection
134. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the recourse persons have under consumer protection regulations with respect to car rental companies charging different customers for...
- Departmental Expenditure
135. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of making a video (details supplied) on regional enterprise plans; the Department that funded the video; the number of...
- Trade Agreements
136. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the ratification process for CETA; the number of member states that have ratified it; the status of the outcome of the...
- Department of Health
- General Practitioner Services
142. To ask the Minister for Health if he will restore pay to general practitioners following cuts under FEMPI legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15570/19]
- Mental Health Services Provision
143. To ask the Minister for Health the facilities provided and supported by the HSE for persons with dementia in Dublin 6, 8, 10 and 12. [15511/19]
- Primary Care Centres Data
144. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care centres in Dublin 6, 8, 10 and 12; the services provided within each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15512/19]
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
146. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list to access CAMHS services by region, CHO; the length of time each person has been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15523/19]
- Hospital Services
149. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a service (details supplied) in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the stage plans are at; the timeframe for introduction; and if he will make a...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
150. To ask the Minister for Health when the legislative changes to the fair deal scheme to cap time charge on farm and small business assets will come into effect; and if he will make a...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
152. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the system for setting nursing home prices under the nursing home scheme will be published. [15538/19]
- Health Services Staff
153. To ask the Minister for Health if the healthcare assistant role will be removed from the ineligible categories of employment for employment permits list on a controlled basis; and if he will...
- General Practitioner Contracts
154. To ask the Minister for Health if the new and revised general practitioner contract will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15543/19]
- Health Services
155. To ask the Minister for Health the services provided to persons in County Kerry who suffer from Parkinson's disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15553/19]
- Hospital Services
156. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received their medical reports from the Mater Hospital; when they will receive same; and if he will make a...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
157. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be provided for a replacement wheelchair for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15556/19]
- Hospital Appointments Status
158. To ask the Minister for Health if an emergency appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [15557/19]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
159. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to publish the report on the pricing review of the nursing home fair deal scheme that was to conclude on 1 June 2017. [15559/19]
- Hospitals Data
160. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries and procedures cancelled by specialty at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore, in each month in 2017, 2018 and to date in...
- Services for People with Disabilities
161. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting a long time for an appointment with an organisation; when they will receive same; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
162. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15562/19]
- Home Help Service Provision
163. To ask the Minister for Health if home help will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15564/19]
- Health Services Provision
164. To ask the Minister for Health the resources being made available in CHO8 for persons suffering from Parkinson's disease; the available resources and the plans to expand services in this...
- Services for People with Disabilities
165. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce proof of disability as a form of identification (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15566/19]
- Cancer Screening Programmes
166. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove the BreastCheck unit from County Sligo in the near future; the reason this is the case; the reason patients based in the county are...
- Hospital Appointments Status
167. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [15576/19]
- Hospital Services
168. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a bed at University Hospital Limerick in order to undergo further testing and appropriate treatment; and if he...
- Medical Conditions
169. To ask the Minister for Health if fibromyalgia will be categorised as a chronic, incurable and debilitating condition for the drug payment scheme or other schemes administered by his...
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
170. To ask the Minister for Health the planned date for completion of the cost and implementation plan for providing 7/7 child and adolescent mental health services; and if he will make a...
- Mental Health Services Provision
171. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the mental health team for those experiencing homelessness operating at Parkgate Street, Dublin 8; if the service is open to new referrals; the...
- Proposed Legislation
172. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the redrafting of the Mental Health Act 2001; the date the heads of Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15583/19]
- Mental Health Policy
173. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the redrafting of the A Vision for Change mental health policy; the timeline for the development and implementation of the new policy; when a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
174. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a planned operation for a person (details supplied) has been continually cancelled; when a new date will be provided; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
175. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15588/19]
- Hospital Services
176. To ask the Minister for Health if a lumbar MRI scan will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15590/19]
- Pharmaceutical Sector
177. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue in relation to the proposed regulations governing the work practices of qualified pharmaceutical assistants; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Funding
178. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided by his Department and the HSE since 2016 for the treatment of Parkinson's disease; the payments made to an association (details supplied);...
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
179. To ask the Minister for Health when the compassionate access programme will be in place. [15616/19]
- Services for People with Disabilities
181. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include a branch (details supplied) in the personalised budgets pilot project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15642/19]
- Hospital Appointments Status
182. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who has been graded as an urgent case will have hip surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15645/19]
- Vaccination Programme
183. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the education available for users of the HPV vaccine; his further views on whether full information should be made available to all persons before...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Expenditure
186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on inspectors from his Department at an event (details supplied). [15614/19]
- Agri-Environment Options Scheme Data
187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers enrolled in the AEOS scheme whose contracts ended in 2018, by county, in tabular form; if he will consider...
- GLAS Payments
188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS 3 payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15593/19]
- GLAS Data
189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers participating in the GLAS scheme that have planted land with wild bird cover that previously had designated ANC...
- Beef Exports
191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quota regime in operation since 2009 pertaining to US and Canadian hormone free beef exports annually to the EU in terms of...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Inland Fisheries
192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding compensation packages for holders of eel fishing licences; and if he will make a statement on...
- Broadband Service Provision
193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ensure that schools and other educational institutions in the amber area will be given priority when the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Sport Ireland Funding
194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of occasions he has consented to the advancing of additional funds in order for Sport Ireland to perform its duties in the...
- Road Projects
195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the oral hearings for the N6 Galway city ring road will take place; the timeframe for commencement and completion of same; and if he...
- Taxi Regulations
196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the issue of taxi drivers being victims of violence in the course of their work has been given consideration; the measures he has...
- Regional Airports
197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason tourism policy is not actively promoting Ireland West Airport Knock to transatlantic carriers, particularly in view of the...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Adoption Data
199. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the operational cost of the information, administrative and tracing service delivered by Tusla and the Adoption Authority of Ireland in...
- Commissions of Investigation Expenditure
201. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the annual cost to date of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation, in tabular form; the anticipated cost upon completion;...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Library Services Provision
202. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if Meath County Council will be assisted in its efforts to acquire a location (details supplied) for community use as a public...
- Scheme to Support National Organisations
203. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the organisations and groups supported by the scheme to support national organisations in the community and voluntary sector; the...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
204. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding funding for volunteer centres with particular reference to underfunded centres (details supplied); the options...
- National Indemnity Scheme for Landowners
205. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will address a matter regarding an indemnity scheme for landowners (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Voluntary Sector
206. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the feedback he is receiving from the community and voluntary sector during the recent roadshow; and if he will make a statement on...
- Public Participation Networks
207. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the work being conducted by the Public Participation Network, PPN, Advisory Group; and if he will make a statement on...
- Rural Development Programme
208. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which the various programmes run by his Department have benefited individual rural communities on a county basis...
- Departmental Schemes
210. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which he expects to be in a position to support applications from County Kildare for assistance under the various...
- Action Plan for Rural Development
212. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans for the development of the various community support schemes operated by his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Schemes
214. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next tranche of grant aid to be awarded by his Department will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Question Heading for question(s) 216
216. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department continues to address issues such as rural and urban isolation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15633/19]
- Rural Broadband Scheme
217. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which his Department addresses such issues as local connectivity in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Pension Provisions
218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when pensioners in receipt of semi-State company pensions will receive a cost of living pension increase; and if she will...
- Disability Allowance Applications
219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision will be made on a disability application for assistance in view of the medical condition of a person (details...
- State Pensions
220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of pensioners to date that have been contacted in relation to pension changes applied in 2012; the number that...
- Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a companion pass by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
- Employment Rights
222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if proposals brought to Cabinet to protect persons trapped in bogus self-employment will include new legislation and stronger...
- JobPath Programme
223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons can be refunded the cost of a taxi to and from a JobPath appointment in cases in which public transport is not...
- Activation and Family Support Programme
224. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who is participating in Turas Nua is being denied a technical employment support...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Approved Housing Bodies
225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to tenancy contracts by approved housing bodies such as a body (details supplied) which...
- Home Loan Scheme
226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter regarding the Rebuilding Ireland home loan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Planning Issues
228. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a response will issue to Sligo County Council in relation to planning approval for imperative reasons for overriding public...
