Written answers
Thursday, 4 April 2019
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Labour Activation Measures
8. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeline for the procurement process for future employment services; if a payments-by-results model for employment services...
- Jobseeker's Payments
13. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date for the publication of the report into the impact of reduced jobseeker's payments for persons aged 18 to 25 years of...
- Disability Allowance
15. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to revise the method by which capital is assessed for those in receipt of disability allowance; and if she will make...
- Employment Rights
17. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review legislation for the protection of the rights of migrant workers engaged in seasonal work on short-term...
- State Pension (Contributory)
18. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when application forms for the State pension (contributory) review will be made available; and if she will make a statement on...
- JobPath Programme
19. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the contracts with JobPath providers will expire; when a decision on the future of the scheme will be made; if the recent...
- JobPath Data
20. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons referred to JobPath since 2015; the number of those that have commenced employment which has been...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
22. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress being made to address the entitlements of those whose profession is of a sporadic nature and the stress this...
- Pension Provisions
24. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the operation of pension schemes for retired members of semi-State organisations; if her attention has been...
- Working Family Payment Payments
25. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she has taken or is planning to take to accelerate the payment process for the working family payment (details...
- State Pensions
27. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to set up a taskforce which would consider the appropriate level of pensionable age and make recommendations in view...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
28. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the possibility of increasing the financial thresholds for carer’s allowance will be investigated; if the...
- Social Welfare Benefits Payments
29. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will amend the Vote of her Department to include the full Christmas payment from budget 2020; and if she will make a...
- School Meals Programme
30. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the stage of the proposals to provide a free hot meal to every school child; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- State Pensions
31. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review under way of entitlement to an increased rate of contributory pension; the number of cases that...
- Telephone Support Allowance
32. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of full restoration of the telephone allowance including to those that may qualify but do not live alone;...
- Disability Activation Projects
33. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the budget for activation for persons with a disability is slightly lower in the 2019 Estimates than in 2018; and...
- Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
34. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which efforts are being made to reduce the waiting time for the hearing of various social welfare appeals; and...
- State Pension (Contributory)
35. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which women or men who have insufficient contributions to meet the requirements for qualification for the old...
- Departmental Projects
36. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the consolidation project being undertaken by the Law Reform Commission on the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005; the cost...
- Social Welfare Overpayments
37. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of overpayments made in 2018; the number and percentage of same which was a result of fraud; and if she will make a...
- Pension Provisions
38. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the IORP II directive; if she will apply for a derogation for self-directed pension schemes; and if she will...
- Illness Benefit Appeals
40. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will commission a review to ascertain the number of workers per year affected by the six-day waiting period while sick...
- National Minimum Wage
41. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which she can address the potential impact to the hairdressing industry due to the Employment (Miscellaneous...
- JobPath Programme
42. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to incidences in which JobPath providers insist on seeking a commission for persons that...
- Employment Rights
43. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to allegations of abuse of workers on fixed-term contracts in episodic industries; if she has...
- Farm Assist Scheme Administration
44. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the level of red tape involved in the annual forms that applicants for farm assist are required to fill out and return will...
- Department of Defence
- State Bodies Data
46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number and percentage of women on each State board under the remit of his Department on 8 March 2016 and 8 March 2019, respectively; and if...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces study group convened to review the standards of height for entry have presented their report to him; if so, if he will...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- State Bodies Data
48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number and percentage of women on each State board under the remit of his Department on 8 March 2016 and 8 March 2019, respectively; and...
- Brexit Issues
49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the existing freedom of movement and residence rights for EU citizen spouses of Irish citizens moving from Ireland to Northern Ireland...
- Passport Services
50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his office and the Passport Office will no longer deal with inquiries about passports from Deputies. [15732/19]
- Passport Applications
51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason it takes applicants more than ten working days to receive their passports through the passport express service in view of the fact...
- Brexit Issues
52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the Alberto Costa amendment in the UK (details supplied). [15737/19]
- Foreign Conflicts
53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made representations to his Nigerian counterparts concerning the killing of approximately 120 Christians in the Middle Belt region...
- Irish Aid
54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if funding will be provided through Irish Aid or other organisations under the aegis of his Department to facilitate or support access to the...
- Brexit Preparations
55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times in the past two months his officials have participated in discussions with the European Commission on no-deal scenarios...
- Passport Applications
56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a holder of a British passport (details supplied) will qualify for an Irish passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15908/19]
- Department of Finance
- Mortgage Debt
57. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to reports that a company (details supplied) is writing to all borrowers in arrears demanding all arrears be cleared within 30...
- State Bodies Data
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and percentage of women on each State board under the remit of his Department on 8 March 2016 and 8 March 2019, respectively; and if he will make a...
- Tax Data
59. To ask the Minister for Finance the occupations (details supplied) covered in section 118(3)(a) Taxes Consolidation Act 1997; and the provision of accommodation that is exempt to tax. [15722/19]
- Housing Policy
64. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the recent report of the UN special rapporteur (details supplied) on the right to adequate housing and the financialisation...
- Insurance Costs
65. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to progress legislative changes on insurance as part of the Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017; the reason the legislative changes are not...
- Mortgage Book Sales
66. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank has been consulted regarding the intention of a bank (details supplied) to securitise mortgage loans; and if he will make a statement on...
- Insurance Data
67. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the CSO report on indexing business insurance prices; his plans to roll out such an index; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15952/19]
- Credit Card Levy
68. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons aged 66 years of age and over are exempt from paying the €30 levy per credit card and DIRT; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Pension Provisions
69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will examine the possibility of widening the applicability of the home care credit in the calculation of pension entitlements for...
- State Bodies Data
70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and percentage of women on each State board under the remit of his Department on 8 March 2016 and 8 March 2019, respectively;...
- Public Sector Staff Retirements
71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding public servants that were forced to retire between 6 December 2017 and the commencement of the Public Service...
- National Broadband Plan
74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of involvement his Department has in undergoing a due diligence on the tender for the national broadband plan as confirmed by...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Literacy Programmes
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for future funding of a society (details supplied); the amount of funding that will help develop and support Irish sign language and...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the special education hours allocation will be increased in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Pupil Data Collection
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who left primary school in summer 2018 that failed to enrol in a second-level school in September 2018; the corresponding...
- Appointments to State Boards Data
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and percentage of women on each State board under the remit of his Department on 8 March 2016 and 8 March 2019, respectively; and if he...
- Multidenominational Schools
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to open an educate together primary school in Killarney, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15716/19]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made for additional places in an ASD unit at a school (details supplied). [15718/19]
- School Equipment
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15779/19]
- DEIS Status
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in conferring DEIS status on a school (details supplied); if this application will be given further consideration in view of the...
- Schools Building Projects Data
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the first of four new schools for Donabate, County Dublin; the site location, patronage and timeline for delivery of the school; if...
- Emergency Works Scheme Data
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he received an application under the emergency works scheme by a school (details supplied) to provide funding to facilitate special needs...
- Autism Support Services
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available for pathological demand avoidance sufferers autism spectrum (details supplied); and the supports in place for persons that...
- Schools Building Projects Status
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in relation to the development of a new permanent school building for a school (details supplied); the timeline for the delivery of...
- DEIS Scheme
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the DEIS identification review is complete; when it is proposed to progress applications from primary and post-primary schools for inclusion...
- DEIS Eligibility
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if DEIS status will be conferred on a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15954/19]
- School Staff
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a third teacher for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a project (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage at an early date in view of the fact that all details have been submitted by the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Student Visas Data
93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress regarding the new non-EEA students scheme in view of the precarious position of a number of applicants that are...
- Care Orders
94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of childcare orders by type and District Court division. [15804/19]
- Garda Deployment
95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a permanent Garda sergeant is stationed in Strokestown Garda station, County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on...
- Appointments to State Boards Data
96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and percentage of women on each State board under the remit of his Department on 8 March 2016 and 8 March 2019,...
- Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities
97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ensure the compliance of public bodies with obligations under the Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with...
- EU Regulations
98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the island of Ireland having two different time zones following the position of the European Union not to have...
- Garda Training
99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in Dublin who have completed the competency based driving levels 4 and 5 in 2017, 2018 and to date in...
- Irish Prison Service
100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the education budget for the Irish Prison Service in 2017, 2018 and 2019; the amount of the budget that was spent in 2017 and...
- Public Sector Staff Data
101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the public service is meeting its obligation to employ a certain percentage of persons in receipt of a disability payment;...
- International Conventions
102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when Ireland will ratify the optional protocol to the Convention against Torture. [15996/19]
- Residency Permits
103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status of a person (details supplied); if the person can be considered for naturalisation; and if he will make a...
- Naturalisation Applications
104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to facilitate naturalisation and stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he...
- Residency Permits
105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Visa Applications
109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a visa will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16008/19]
- Residency Permits
110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Asylum Applications
111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for refugee status and asylum in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Immigration Status
112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Appointments to State Boards Data
113. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number and percentage of women on each State board under the remit of her Department on 8 March 2016 and 8 March 2019,...
- Department of Health
- Abortion Services Provision
114. To ask the Minister for Health if he has liaised with other Departments and bodies regarding the introduction of exclusion zones at facilities providing for the termination of pregnancy; if...
- Home Care Packages Administration
115. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE reserves the right to terminate contracts it has with private agencies with respect to home support services in County Donegal in order to...
- Health Services Provision
116. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions since the commencement of the new 2018 contract awarded by the HSE for the home delivery of incontinence wear to a private courier...
- Appointments to State Boards Data
117. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of women on each State board under the remit of his Department on 8 March 2016 and 8 March 2019, respectively; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Delays
118. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [15726/19]
- Disease Incidence
119. To ask the Minister for Health the number of confirmed cases of Lyme disease here in each of the years 2013 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15727/19]
- Departmental Reviews
120. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 700 of 26 March 2019, the terms of reference for the review of the HSE reimbursement and pricing decision making process;...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
121. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an organisation (details supplied) has been denied funding; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the lack of funding threatens the...
- Home Care Packages
122. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether HSE care company carers should be trained in first aid; and his plans to make it compulsory in particular in circumstances in which the...
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
123. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug Sativex is authorised here for sale; if so, if it is available by prescription; the number of persons prescribed same here; and if he will make a...
- National Children's Hospital Expenditure
125. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is responsible for the salaries of the members of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board; if so, the amount that has issued in...
- Hospital Appointments Status
126. 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. [15776/19]
- Physiotherapy Provision
127. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the physiotherapy waiting list; the number waiting less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months, respectively; and the number...
- Counselling Services Provision
128. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a counselling appointment in primary care at the end of March 2019 or the latest date available; and the...
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
129. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each local health office area waiting for a child and adolescent mental health services appointment at the end of March 2019 or the...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
130. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider adding fibromyalgia to the long-term illness list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15821/19]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
131. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a three year cap on farm businesses' assets in circumstances in which a family successor commits to continue to farm the asset for a...
- Disability Definitions
132. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the issue of having fibromyalgia classified as a disability under the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
133. To ask the Minister for Health the reason children who travelled under the scoliosis action plan outsourcing initiative to a hospital (details supplied) now find themselves without access to...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
137. To ask the Minister for Health the wait time for an MRI at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin. [15834/19]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
143. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting more than four months for scoliosis surgery across Children’s Health Ireland; and the steps being taken to ensure that...
- Hospital Services
145. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic outpatient department clinics cancelled during 2019 in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; the way in which cancellations are...
- Hospital Equipment
146. To ask the Minister for Health if the newly installed EOS scanner in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin will be available to all children across Children's Health Ireland (details...
- Hospital Admissions
150. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the admission of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15850/19]
- Medicinal Products Availability
151. To ask the Minister for Health when Spinraza will be made available for children with spinal muscular atrophy. [15851/19]
- Ambulance Service Data
152. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in March 2019; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than of 20 minutes...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
153. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 31 March 2019 or the nearest available date for an MRI scan in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group for waiting periods...
- Disabilities Assessments
195. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children at the end of March 2019 or the latest date available awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005 by LHO...
- Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
196. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list at the end of March 2019 or the latest date available; and the number waiting...
- Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
199. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy first time assessment waiting list at the end of March 2019 or the latest date available; the number waiting...
- Hospital Beds Data
209. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 29 March 2019 or the latest date on which data for validated bed...
- Ambulance Service Data
211. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO incidents responded to by first responder in 7 minutes and 59 seconds or less; and the percentage of clinical status 1...
- Emergency Departments Data
212. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 75 years of age or over that experienced an emergency department wait time more than 24 hours to 31 March 2019; and the hospitals...
- Home Help Service Data
213. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided in each LHO area to 31 March 2019; the number of persons on the waiting list for home support hours in each LHO...
- Ambulance Service Data
214. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in March 2018; and the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20, 40,...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
215. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients currently waiting less than four, four to eight, and more than eight months for Our Lady’s Children’s...
- HSE Data
216. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care at 31 March 2019 or the latest date available; and the numbers...
- Dental Services Provision
225. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in the first year and a full year to provide free dental care for all children under six years of age; the estimated cost for free dental...
- Home Help Service Data
227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided in each local health area at the end of March 2019; and the number of hours being directly provided by the HSE...
- Disability Services Data
229. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities in receipt of personal assistance hours in each local health office, LHO, area at 31 March 2019 or the latest date...
- Disabilities Assessments
230. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for assessment by early intervention teams in each local health office, LHO, area in CHO1 at 31 March 2019 or the latest date...
- Disability Services Data
239. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential places for persons with a disability being provided at 31 March 2019 or the latest date available, by community healthcare...
- Respite Care Services Data
242. To ask the Minister for Health the number of in-home respite supports for emergency cases to date in 2019, by CHO area, in tabular form. [15969/19]
- Congregated Settings Report
243. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons moved on from a congregated setting to date in 2019, by CHO area, in tabular form. [15970/19]
- Services for People with Disabilities
244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with a disability in receipt of work-like activity services ID autism and physical and sensory disability to date in 2019, by CHO area,...
- Respite Care Services Data
247. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day only respite sessions accessed by persons with a disability to date in 2019, by CHO area. [15974/19]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
250. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is in receipt of an application from an organisation (details supplied) for assistance towards the purchase of a wheelchair for a person; the...
- Medical Card Applications
251. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has not issued in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15999/19]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- GLAS Payments
253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing same to date; and if he will make...
- State Bodies Data
254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and percentage of women on each State board under the remit of his Department on 8 March 2016 and 8 March 2019,...
- Veterinary Inspection Service
255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by farmers in County Donegal when trying to procure the...
- Beef Data and Genomics Programme
256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assistance that can be given to farmers who are in the suckler farming business who wish to opt-out; and if he will make a...
- Animal Culls
257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for testing and culling of deer in view of another outbreak of tuberculosis in County Tipperary; and if he will make a...
- Hare Coursing Regulation
258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the minutes of the coursing monitoring committee for 2018 will be made available. [15765/19]
- Transfer of Entitlements
259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); if same will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement...
- Brexit Preparations
260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has applied to the EU for the available financial assistance for training officials in performing sanitary and phytosanitary...
- Beef Exports
261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the barriers for beef exports to Iran in view of the fact that a veterinary health certificate for the export of beef was agreed in...
- Transport of Animals
262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on proposals by an organisation (details supplied) to expand lairage capacity at a location. [15785/19]
- Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a reduction to the minimum loan amount from €50,000 for primary agriculture under the future growth loan scheme will be...
- Agriculture Scheme Administration
264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to make provision for working capital to farmers available in a new loan scheme in view of the fact that both the SME...
- Inshore Fisheries
265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual budget allocation to the inshore fisheries conservation scheme in each year since it was established by county in tabular...
- Fishing Industry Data
266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the Marine Institute to carry out a study into the stock levels for each specific fishing stock species in territorial...
- Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the issues discussed at the recent Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting regarding the CAP proposals published in June 2018; his...
- Common Agricultural Policy Subsidies
268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average support by hectare under pillar 1 direct payments by county based on the latest available data; the euro per farm holding...
- Basic Payment Scheme Data
270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recipients of the 2018 basic payment scheme with payment entitlements with an initial unit value less than 90% of the...
- Common Agricultural Policy
271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an analysis has been carried out to date in terms of a higher payment per hectare for small and medium-sized farmers per the...
- Bovine Disease Controls
276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 27 March 2019, if there are circumstances by which the commence after date can be...
- Aquaculture Licence Appeals
277. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the appeals process for aquaculture licences is taking so long; the expected timeframe for decisions on applications; and...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals
278. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a briefing request for a person (details supplied) will be accommodated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16026/19]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Home Insulation Grants
279. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for grant funding to be provided to home dwellers to insulate their houses using Irish wool (details...
- Broadband Service Provision
280. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is planned to extend high-speed fibre broadband to a household (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he...
- Postal Codes
281. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a person (details supplied) will be issued with an eircode; the reason for the delay in issuing same; and if he...
- State Bodies Data
282. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number and percentage of women on each State board under the remit of his Department on 8 March 2016 and 8 March...
- Better Energy Homes Scheme Administration
283. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason SEAI will no longer deal with inquiries from Deputies on behalf of constituents regarding insulation grant...
- Climate Change Adaptation Plans
284. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his communication with the European Commission regarding the inclusion of the midlands region on the EU coal regions in...
- Bituminous Fuel Ban
285. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of plans to introduce a nationwide ban on smoky coal. [15811/19]
- Air Pollution
286. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration has been given to introducing a certification system for wood, which could ensure that only suitable...
- National Broadband Plan
287. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to revalidate the business case for the national broadband plan to ensure that it will deliver good value for...
- Broadband Service Provision
288. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has clarified with a company (details supplied) the number of properties now connected to fibre rather than...
- National Broadband Plan
291. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rationale regarding the approval of the move from a company (details supplied) to an organisation; if the...
- Departmental Expenditure
292. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding provided to projects by his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department in each of the years...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Safety
293. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider funding all proposed safety improvement locations in County Limerick as proposed by Limerick City and County Council;...
- State Bodies Data
294. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and percentage of women on each State board under the remit of his Department on 8 March 2016 and 8 March 2019, respectively;...
- Departmental Reports
295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the report on the maritime transport forum 2008 can be accessed on the website of his Department; if not, if it will be made...
- Cycling Facilities Data
296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of bicycle lockers available at public transport stations here; the cost of providing such lockers, in tabular form; and if he...
- Public Transport
297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if cost estimates have been provided for replacing trees that will be removed as part of the BusConnects plan. [15763/19]
- Railway Stations
298. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to support the expansion of the public piano initiative in public transport stations nationally; and if he will make a...
- Road Signage
299. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the rules governing warning signage for speed check vans will be clarified; and if under European law there is a necessity to have...
- Bus Éireann Fleet
300. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the Bus Éireann fleet nationally by depot; and the average age profile of the Bus Éireann fleet by coach, city...
- Bus Éireann Staff
302. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the work of both Bus Éireann management and staff in County Cork in attempting to provide a reliable bus service despite the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the most recent time the National Transport Authority and Bus Éireann undertook a review of the accessible routes on the Bus...
- Bus Services
306. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of a bus shelter for south-bound passengers in a location (details supplied) in County Cork. [15991/19]
- Airport Security
307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an executive summary of the key findings made by a recent external oversight audit conducted on the role of the Irish Aviation...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- State Bodies Data
309. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and percentage of women on each State board under the remit of her Department on 8 March 2016 and 8 March 2019, respectively;...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
310. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an overage exemption will be reconsidered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Illegal Adoptions
311. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the final report on illegal birth registrations will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15803/19]
- Foster Care
312. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which supervision of the arrangement is managed in relation to the 13 children in foster care outside the country and by whom...
- Education and Training Boards Staff
314. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the purpose and function of the City of Dublin Youth Services Board; the number of staff employed by job title and grade; the number of...
- Youth Services Data
315. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of groups (details supplied) registered with the City of Dublin Youth Services Board; and the number of new groups registered in...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Voluntary Sector
316. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a series of matters in relation to the impositions being placed on voluntary community organisations (details supplied) will be...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
317. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the options he is considering for 12 volunteer centres that are funded below €121,016 which is the recommended amount...
- State Bodies Data
318. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number and percentage of women on each State board under the remit of his Department on 8 March 2016 and 8 March 2019,...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Jobseeker's Benefit Appeals
319. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a jobseeker's benefit appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
- Back to Education Allowance Appeals
320. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a response will issue in the case of a back to education allowance for a person (details supplied). [15691/19]
- State Bodies Data
321. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number and percentage of women on each State board under the remit of her Department on 8 March 2016 and 8 March 2019,...
- Invalidity Pension Payments
322. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all arrears have issued in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15752/19]
- Illness Benefit Payments
323. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving one full payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Ministerial Dialogue
324. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her engagements with stakeholders as committed to in the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Act...
- State Pension (Contributory)
325. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a review of their pension payment; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Gender Recognition
326. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the 92 written submissions that emerged from the public consultation of the Gender Recognition Review group...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
327. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision in respect of an appeal will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- State Pensions
328. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if proposals (details supplied) will be considered for 2020 for contributory pension requirements; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
329. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding budget increases. [15863/19]
- Carer's Benefit Applications
330. 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...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
331. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if eligibility for disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a...
- Disability Allowance Applications
332. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be offered disability allowance until their health has improved; and if she will make a...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
333. 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...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility
334. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
335. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the level of jobseeker's allowance being paid in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- International Agreements
336. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she has direct contact with other jurisdictions with which a bilateral arrangement for social welfare...
- Social Welfare Appeals
337. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she can take to ensure the minimum waiting time for dealing with appeals having particular regard to the hardship...
- Unemployment Levels
338. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent of long-term unemployment here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16016/19]
- Social Welfare Appeals
339. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which due process and natural justice remains paramount in the context of dealing with social welfare...
- Community Employment Schemes Cessation
340. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an extension of employment will be facilitated for participants in community employment schemes in which sponsors are...
- Social Welfare Overpayments
341. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she continues to take to ensure against the occurrence of overpayments that result in recovery and consequent...
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
342. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which progress continues to be made in addressing the issue by which women have been deprived of contributory...
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility
343. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she continues to ensure that undue hardship is not caused to recipients of social welfare payments in...
- Social Welfare Benefits Data
344. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for jobseeker's allowance received in each of the past five years to date; the number approved and...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Quarrying Sector
346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the maximum depth allowable for excavation of a quarry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15983/19]
- Legislative Reviews
347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the legislative review process regarding the holding of plebiscites by certain local authorities; when the...
- State Bodies Data
348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and percentage of women on each State board under the remit of his Department on 8 March 2016 and 8 March 2019,...
- Water Meters
349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a meter swap out; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Issues
350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Ireland has not signed up to Article 31 of the European Social Charter; the work being undertaken to ensure that...
- Traveller Accommodation
352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided for the Traveller accommodation programme to Tipperary County Council in each of the years 2011 to 2018...
- Rent Pressure Zones
353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to extend the rent pressure zone designation periods beyond three years in Dublin and Cork from December 2019; and...
- Homeless Accommodation Funding
354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to publish the annual breakdown of expenditure on homeless services for 2018; and the reason for the delay in the...
- Homeless Persons Data
355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homeless children here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14604/19]
- Local Authority Housing Funding
356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding is available to local authorities in respect of extensions to local authority houses based on medical circumstances...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- State Bodies Data
357. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number and percentage of women on each State board under the remit of her Department on 8 March 2016 and 8 March 2019,...
- Wildlife Conservation
358. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the report by Ireland on the conservation status of listed species as required by EU Directive 92/43/EEC due in...
- Hedge Cutting Season
359. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the burning season will be extended (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15819/19]
