Written answers

Tuesday, 9 April 2019

  • Department of An Taoiseach
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Legislative Reviews
      69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether a review of legislation is required to ensure greater fixture of tenure and greater limitations on...
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to extend rent pressure zone designation periods beyond three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
      72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to publish the review on the tenant purchase (incremental) scheme 2016; the reason for the delay; and if he will...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the significant increase in the number of institutional investors in the residential property market and the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when new legislation to establish cross boundary committees will be published in view of the commitment given by the Minister...
    • Land Development Agency
      76. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a full report on the involvement of the Land Development Agency in the development of public housing on a...
    • Credit Unions
      77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his officials have been working with other Departments in relation to the special purpose vehicle for credit unions to be...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the ongoing delay in bringing forward the quality standards and inspection regime for emergency homeless...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the strategic housing development legislation is contributing to the provision of affordable housing in...
    • Housing Data
      81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding affordable housing availability and discounts on house prices in developments assisted by LIHAF funding...
    • Local Authority Housing
      83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to reduce the length of time that local authorities have to wait for final departmental approval to...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the contacts his Department has had with Dublin City Council in relation to the delivery of social housing targets in 2018 and...
    • Housing Issues
      85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which affordable homes would be delivered nationally further to his recent circular on affordable housing criteria...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the annual growth of local authority housing lists has been accurately established with a view to ensuring the provision of...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of the criteria for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; when he plans to publish the result of...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has met with either Cavan or Monaghan county councils to discuss social housing strategies; the housing targets for new...
    • Mayoral Election
      89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the difference in the exact powers of the newly proposed directly elected mayors for Cork, Limerick and Waterford and the...
    • Rental Sector
      90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the fact that 12,474 rental properties have been lost to the private rental sector since January 2017; and the...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when new and existing applicants in County Meath will be able to avail of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme. [16060/19]
    • Housing Estates
      93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of the taking-in-charge initiative measure two will be published; the timeframe for the reopening of...
    • Student Accommodation
      94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the findings of a recent report that found 80% of students living in purpose built student bed spaces in Dublin...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to accelerate the building of social housing provided by local authorities. [16294/19]
    • Homelessness Strategy
      96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether housing policy may be contributing to the increased number in homelessness; if he will consider...
    • Planning Issues
      97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties for communities in the Dublin Docklands area due to pressure from...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the number of voids restored to use is no longer counted in the housing delivery statistical comparisons with...
    • Local Authority Housing Eligibility
      99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for raising the income eligibility criteria for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16404/19]
    • Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
      100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will reconsider his opposition to establishing a latent defects redress fund in view of media reports in relation to...
    • Climate Change Policy
      102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will reassess the National Development Plan 2018-2027 and Project Ireland 2040 for climate impact following the report...
    • Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks
      103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the proposed MICA redress scheme; the date in 2019 from which homes will begin to be repaired under same; and...
    • Legislative Reviews
      104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the review of Schedules 3 and 4 of the Valuation Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authority Staff
      105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied with the level of staffing in housing departments in local authorities. [16334/19]
    • Housing Issues
      106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure that rural dwellers continue to have the opportunity to build homes in their own local...
    • Housing Policy
      116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to approve mixed social and cost-rental housing on land (details supplied); the way in which it would be funded; and...
    • Commercial Property
      118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to tackle commercial vacancy rates particularly in the north-west in which counties Sligo and Leitrim have the...
    • Planning Issues
      119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that has been made regarding the provision of serviced sites as outlined in Project Ireland 2040; and if he will...
    • Rental Sector
      120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding entry level rents for cost rental projects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authority Housing
      122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of local authority owned potential building lands available for local authority affordable housing in the greater...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he can address the lengthy maintenance turnaround time for local authority properties before they can be...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Functions
      126. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the EU policy coherence unit in his Department; the number of staff allocated to same; and if this has increased in the past two years. [16358/19]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      128. To ask the Taoiseach 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. [16027/19]
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Transport
      129. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of light tactical armoured vehicles purchased for the Defence Forces in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; the number...
    • Civil Defence
      130. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated full-year cost if the budget for the Civil Defence increased by 12.5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16249/19]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      131. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will respond to correspondence previously sent (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16496/19]
    • Overseas Missions Data
      132. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Irish military personnel deployed on UN missions abroad; the details of the missions; and the military rank of each. [16637/19]
    • Ministerial Travel
      133. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of his itinerary while he was visiting Irish soldiers on the Golan Heights and in the region. [16638/19]
    • Army Barracks
      135. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if in the context of a further organisational review of Defence Forces facilities and the utilisation thereof, it is planned to reopen Columb...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Human Rights Cases
      136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Uighur population in north-western China is facing persecution; the steps taken by the...
    • Northern Ireland
      138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the possibility of direct rule returning to Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16153/19]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will allocate a first secretary post to the Irish embassies in Pretoria, South Africa, and the Hague, The Netherlands; and if he will...
    • EU Migration Crisis
      140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the migration policy of the EU and conditions in Libyan detention centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of plans to deal with the undocumented Irish since the series of St. Patrick's Day visits. [16360/19]
    • British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference
      142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised with his UK counterpart the need for a summit-level British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference. [16385/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which the EU policy coherence unit aims to protect the Single Market in the event of a hard Brexit. [16359/19]
  • Department of Finance
    • Home Loan Scheme
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons who are eligible for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme for the purchase of a new-build home are not eligible for the help-to-buy scheme; and...
    • Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance when cases (details supplied) will be decided upon by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16045/19]
    • Customs and Excise Staff
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of additional customs officials of the Revenue Commissioners who have been hired; the number that will be in place by 12 April 2019; the locations...
    • Bank Charges
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether banks should be compelled to charge all transaction fees at the point of purchase in the interest of transparency; and if he will make a...
    • Financial Transactions Tax
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance the position of Ireland with regard to the financial transaction tax proposed by France and Germany as a measure to bridge the EU budget gap due to Brexit and...
    • Tax Code
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the probe carried out by the Revenue Commissioners into reports that cost of living increases due to those holding private pensions were not...
    • VAT Rebates
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance if the option of granting the VAT refund to persons buying disability aids in advance of purchase will be examined (details supplied); if the barrier the...
    • Tax Code
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is a legal requirement for the Revenue Commissioners to issue P60s by 15 February; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16217/19]
    • Revenue Commissioners
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance if the files of persons (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16240/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount he expects to spend in each of the next ten years on making Ireland Brexit ready; the estimated financial implications of Brexit for the next ten...
    • Retail Sector
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulation under which retailers are able to charge a fee if a credit card transaction is under approximately €5 in some instances; and if he will...
    • VAT Rate Application
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance the economic sectors that continue to avail of a reduced VAT rate of 9%; the estimated revenue that would be generated from the restoration of the VAT rate to...
    • Tax Reliefs Abolition
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that could be raised by abolishing the special assignee relief programme introduced in 2014 to provide a tax reduction to high earners...
    • Tax Credits
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that could be raised from eliminating the refundable nature of the unused element of the research and development tax credit for...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the office of the Revenue Commissioners in Sligo will not accept customer appointments; if he will investigate same; and if he will make a...
    • Property Tax Data
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties exempt from the local property tax, by each exemption type; if the exemptions are time limited in legislation; when the exemptions...
    • Statutory Instruments
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance the location in which the original version of S.I. No. 125 of 2009 is kept. [16502/19]
    • Financial Services Sector
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a House of Lords inquiry that concluded the accounting profession has given illegal advice on the application of the...
    • Brexit Issues
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance if the change made in the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2019, which increased to €175 the...
    • Trade Data
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of goods import transactions and goods export transactions, respectively, in 2018 in Irish-UK trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      168. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he plans to implement the Labour Court recommendation in respect of the pension entitlements of community employment supervisors;...
    • Shared Services
      169. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the financial shared services project being delivered under the National Shared Services Office; if the project is being...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Data
      170. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of economic operators that have been disqualified from public tenders on the basis of the abnormally low tender provisions as...
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the provisions contained in the Public Service Retirement Age – Report to Oireachtas 2019 in respect of public servants forced to...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of progress being made for flood prevention in Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16155/19]
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      173. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of Glashaboy flood relief scheme; when the formal confirmation as required under the Arterial Drainage Act 1945 to enable...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      174. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the additional funding required for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme will be decided; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      175. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount the OPW spent on refurbishment to both Coolock and Raheny Garda stations in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019,...
    • Legislative Measures
      176. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to update the Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16247/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      177. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount he expects to spend on making Ireland Brexit ready for each of the next ten years; the estimated financial implications of...
    • Public Procurement Contracts Data
      178. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contract award price for all public contracts awarded to companies (details supplied) over €10 million including road,...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      179. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans in place for the refurbishment and-or extension of Coolock Garda station; if a request has been made for upgrading, extension...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of schools (details supplied) that choose to withdraw their services during some of the summer...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the lengthy delays that students in Cork are experiencing in accessing mental health services within their...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a school (details supplied); the timeframe for the delivery of the project; when he plans to sanction approval for same; and if he...
    • Skills Shortages
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocation to the regional skills fora in 2019. [16037/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a purchase and planning application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16044/19]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport for a child (details supplied) with medical issues will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16059/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new primary school for the Donabate area of County Dublin as announced in April 2018; if he has identified...
    • School Staff
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new agreement on employment conditions for school secretaries and caretakers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • School Transport
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available for transport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16079/19]
    • Teacher Supply
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teacher levels in a school (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16090/19]
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if land has been secured for a new school building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16093/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) can take a career break to study and work part-time. [16096/19]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to an application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Equipment
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 26 March 2019, if the scheme applies to primary schools that teach music; if they can avail of funds...
    • School Patronage
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process being led by a school (details supplied) regarding divestment. [16127/19]
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the recourse parents have when denied a NEPS assessment by a school principal; if there is no direct access given to a parent to a publicly...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for school transport for children with special needs by a person (details supplied). [16166/19]
    • State Examinations
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a scribe will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16174/19]
    • Teacher Supply
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider reviewing the teaching allocation given to physics (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16220/19]
    • Schools Health and Safety
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage with Fingal County Council and a landowner regarding a school safety issue (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will...
    • School Staff
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking with an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16242/19]
    • Schools Establishment
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the data used to decide for a new second level school for the Curragh, Newbridge and Kildare areas in County Kildare will be provided; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) in County Cork is not being accommodated by the National Council for Special Education. [16277/19]
    • School Services Staff
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of negotiations with a union (details supplied) in regard to a new pay agreement for school secretaries paid through an ancillary...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to progress the development of a school (details supplied) in view of the fact that it has been on the school building capital plan...
    • Schools Facilities
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a private room will be provided in relation to breastfeeding breaks for registered teachers in recognised primary and post-primary schools...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting since December 2018 for a Teaching Council number; the reason for the delay; and if he will...
    • Capitation Grants
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first and full-year costs of increasing the capitation grant at primary and secondary level by 5%; and if he will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 300 and 301 of 26 March 2019 and in the context of the review processes referred to, his plans to hold a...
    • Education and Training Boards Establishment
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 2 April 2019, the number of times this project has required retendering; the cost to date of the...
    • School Accommodation
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for inclusion in the prefab replacement programme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been found for a school (details supplied); if not, the arrangements which will be in place for pupils; and if he will make a...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide teachers with resources and training to administer individual education planning for children with Down's syndrome; and if...
    • Departmental Reviews
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review into the design and build programme commenced; and when it will conclude. [16568/19]
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in County Kildare that have no permanent site for which his Department is responsible for providing a permanent site. [16569/19]
    • Education and Training Boards Staff
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason adult education tutors working for Education and Training Boards, ETBs, are not recognised as teachers despite having teaching...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if emergency works funding will be allocated to a school (details supplied) to allow for essential repairs to a roof; and if he will make a...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the interim accommodation solution arrived at for a new school (details supplied); when the new school will be enrolling pupils; and if he will...
    • Schools Establishment
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the patrons selected for schools (details supplied); if accommodation has been sourced for the schools; when the schools are expected to open;...
    • School Staff
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) can transfer his or her permanent status from Dublin to County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Qualifications Recognition
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether no professional accountancy body has been recognised under the national framework since November 2012. [16636/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if matters in relation to the July provision will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16644/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of new school buildings for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16663/19]
    • Childcare Services
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he has taken on foot of the action plan on school aged childcare. [16719/19]
    • Education and Training Boards Places
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary school places available in Waterford city and county for ETB schools; the number of secondary school pupils attending ETB...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress over the past 12 months on the implementation of United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with...
    • Banking Sector
      247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of ATM thefts involving the removal of the ATM machine from a bank for each year since 2010; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Measures
      248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of the inspection of places of detention Bill. [16097/19]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 285 of 18 December 2018 and 244 of 26 January 2019, if the application will be finalised...
    • Immigration Status
      250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for a new student scheme by a person (details supplied); when the...
    • Visa Applications
      251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if appeals in respect of refusal of visa applications have been received in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
      252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken to set up a public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) as per the vote of Dáil...
    • Garda Resources
      254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation for the maintenance and upgrade of the Garda CCTV system in each of the years 2017 to 2019, in tabular...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda CCTV cameras attached to each Garda CCTV camera location; if all of these CCTV cameras are fully...
    • Immigration Status
      256. 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...
    • Citizenship Applications
      257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16266/19]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles seized from unaccompanied drivers in each month by county since the commencement of the Clancy amendment...
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles detained under section 41 of the Road Traffic Act 1994 in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; the reason for...
    • Garda Resources
      263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times per year that the Garda PULSE system is shut down for updates; the improvements planned in this regard; his...
    • Parental Leave
      264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the two extra weeks parental leave for parents in the first year of a child's life announced in budget 2019; when...
    • Garda Civilian Staff
      265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which crime scene investigator posts within An Garda Síochána are being filled by civilians; his views...
    • Visa Applications
      266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16392/19]
    • Legislative Programme
      267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to introduce the Gender Pay Gap Information Bill. [16399/19]
    • International Time Zones
      269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to move Ireland to permanent summer time in 2021; the consultations which may take place nationally on this matter...
    • Crime Prevention
      270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the grants available for neighbourhood watch groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16448/19]
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
      271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the online booking system for appointments at the INIS Burgh Quay immigration office, Dublin 2; if his attention...
    • Waste Disposal
      272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fines for breaches of the Waste Management Act 1996 issued to persons for the use of non-registered waste...
    • Witness Intimidation
      273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 217 and 219 of 2 April 2019, the reason the information sought is not readily available...
    • Prison Service Data
      274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 21 February 2019, when a reply will be issued. [16625/19]
    • Garda Data
      275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí and community police stationed at Blanchardstown Garda station, Dublin 15; the comparable figures for...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16720/19]
    • Interdepartmental Working Groups
      278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 2 April 2019, the number of cases (details supplied) to which the State is a...
    • Garda Deployment
      279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí of each rank including community gardaí attached to stations (details supplied). [16725/19]
    • Garda Youth Diversion Projects
      282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding and staff attached to each Garda youth diversion project in County Cork; the location of each; and his plans to...
    • Garda Data
      283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the ratio of gardaí to the population in each Garda district. [16731/19]
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision
      284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received an application from Carrigaline, County Cork for support under community CCTV schemes; if so, the...
    • Garda Station Opening Hours
      285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the hours Carrigaline Garda station is meant to be open; if the station has regularly opened for these hours; the number of...
    • Visa Applications
      287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to tackle the issue of high costs for visa processing for family members of Irish citizens who wish to visit Irish...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Brexit Supports
      288. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applicants and participants in Brexit schemes and supports provided by her Department or agencies under her remit in...
    • Retail Sector
      289. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications to the retail online scheme to date by county; the number of eligible and ineligible applications,...
    • Local Enterprise Offices
      290. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocation to the digital trading vouchers provided by local enterprise offices, LEOs, in each of the years 2016 to 2018;...
    • Skills Shortages
      291. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the skills shortages in the construction area; her further views in relation to the labour market needs test taking...
    • Economic Competitiveness
      295. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views in relation to the competitiveness of Ireland; the actions she is taking to address same; and if she will make a statement...
    • Regional Development
      296. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will address a matter regarding relocating to digital hubs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Skills Development
      297. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the work she has undertaken to prepare for the impact of artificial intelligence on employment and the workforce in the services...
    • Industrial Development
      299. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to explore the potential of the wool industry; her plans to commission and publish a report into creative ways of exploiting...
    • Brexit Preparations
      300. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount she expects to spend on making Ireland Brexit ready for each of the next ten years; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Consumer Protection
      301. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if assistance will be provided to chambers of commerce (details supplied) that operate a local gift voucher scheme which will be...
    • IDA Ireland Jobs Data
      303. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA jobs created by county since 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16533/19]
  • Department of Health
    • Industrial Disputes
      304. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the nurses dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16152/19]
    • Female Genital Mutilation
      305. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to establish an interagency committee to develop a national action plan on female genital mutilation. [16554/19]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      306. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the upgrade of the HSE day care centre building on Drogheda Street, Monasterevin, County Kildare. [16028/19]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      308. To ask the Minister for Health the reason access to Versatis patches was removed from a person (details supplied). [16035/19]
    • Disability Services Funding
      309. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available for electric prosthetics from the HSE in counties Louth and Meath; if a person (details supplied) is entitled to apply for this medical...
    • Ambulance Service
      310. To ask the Minister for Health if the full-time position of director of the National Ambulance Service was legitimately ratified by a person (details supplied); the procedures followed to...
    • Primary Care Centres Data
      311. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care centres that have become operational since 2010; the year in which they opened; the other primary care centres due to be built; the status of...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      312. To ask the Minister for Health if a wheelchair will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16056/19]
    • Health Services Funding
      313. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance will be provided to a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16058/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      314. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided with residential care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16065/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      315. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called to St. Luke's hospital, Kilkenny, for a procedure. [16070/19]
    • HSE Staff Responsibilities
      318. To ask the Minister for Health if it is a medical radiologist or a dentist holding a level-nine higher degree in dental and maxillofacial radiation, such as the qualification held by the...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      319. To ask the Minister for Health his plans and timeframe for the delivery of the new accident and emergency department at Beaumont Hospital; the funding provided for the project in the 2019...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      320. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 28 February 2019, the status of the tender (details supplied); if the project will be delivered on time and on...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      321. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will be assessed by the network disability team in south County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16089/19]
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      322. To ask the Minister for Health when a second permanent consultant breast surgeon will be appointed at Letterkenny University Hospital. [16100/19]
    • Hospitals Data
      323. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hip and knee replacement operations, primary and revision combined, carried out in the hospitals across the Saolta hospital group in each of the...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      326. To ask the Minister for Health if it is policy for patients with disabilities in community houses that have medical cards to be charged a general practitioner fee for a medical exam every 24...
    • Hospitals Data
      327. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries and procedures cancelled by specialty at hospitals (details supplied) by month in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
      328. To ask the Minister for Health if 24-7 access to child adolescent and mental health services, CAMHS, will be ensured in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • HSE Governance
      329. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to conclude the governance review of the drugs approval and procurement process by the end of the second quarter of 2019, as per the Sláintecare...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      332. To ask the Minister for Health if reconsideration will be given to allocating a person (details supplied) an urgent hospital appointment; if it is standard procedure that patients on...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      333. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for improved ambulance services in Maynooth, County Kildare and the surrounding area with particular reference to population increases in the local...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      334. To ask the Minister for Health if there are out-of-hours child psychiatry services at University Hospital Limerick; if so, the hours the services at the hospital operate; the length of time...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      335. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 26 February 2019, his views on the length of time it is taking to fill the CEO post in the Nursing and Midwifery...
    • Home Help Service Data
      338. To ask the Minister for Health the amount by which the home help budget has been reduced for counties Kerry and Cork in 2019; the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services Provision
      339. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a new residential premises (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16136/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      340. To ask the Minister for Health the amount by which the HSE has reduced funding for the fair deal scheme for counties Kerry and Cork; the reason for the reduction in each county; and if he...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      341. 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. [16146/19]
    • HSE Staff Data
      342. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE psychiatrists working with persons in west County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16147/19]
    • Motorised Transport Grant Closure
      343. To ask the Minister for Health when a replacement scheme for the motorised transport grant and mobility allowance will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16148/19]
    • Industrial Disputes
      344. To ask the Minister for Health if he has requested or met a union (details supplied) to intervene in the inter-union dispute between unions in relation to recognition of a union in the...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      345. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a request from a group (details supplied) to meet a person to share the experiences of women before the panel sets out the...
    • Care of the Elderly
      346. To ask the Minister for Health if there is support for older persons to assist them in the costs of purchasing a mobility scooter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16172/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      347. To ask the Minister for Health when wheelchairs will be made available for persons (details supplied); the timeframe to receive such equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • HSE Properties
      348. To ask the Minister for Health the specific planned use of a building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16183/19]
    • Birth Data
      349. To ask the Minister for Health the number of births in each hospital in each of the years 2014 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16184/19]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Legislation
      350. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in respect of the assisted human reproduction Bill to include recognising same-sex male and female families that have used international surrogacy;...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      351. To ask the Minister for Health if home care support will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16189/19]
    • Fibromyalgia Support Services
      352. To ask the Minister for Health the supports in place for persons suffering from fibromyalgia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16190/19]
    • Disability Services Funding
      353. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding for a society (details supplied) for 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16191/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      354. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding hospital waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16193/19]
    • Home Help Service Eligibility
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for increased home help hours by persons (details supplied); and when they can expect a decision on their case. [16199/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      356. To ask the Minister for Health if he will recommend the HSE fund the drug Ocrelizumab for multiple sclerosis patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16210/19]
    • Mental Health Services
      357. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to adopt the United Kingdom system in which a person having a psychotic or psychiatric episode must be assessed in a hospital before being detained...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      358. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for psychiatric beds; the number of those in prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16216/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the launch of a project (details supplied) which has been announced for County Tipperary; the location of the service; the level of finance...
    • Long Stay Residential Units
      360. To ask the Minister for Health the location persons that need long-term stay care in Roscrea, County Tipperary will be accommodated (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fibromyalgia Support Services
      361. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to including fibromyalgia on the long term illness scheme; the findings if such consideration was given; and if he will make a...
    • National Maternity Strategy Implementation
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided for the implementation of the National Maternity Strategy 2016 to 2026 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16233/19]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      364. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) with type 1 diabetes will be provided with access to CREON under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Occupational Therapy Provision
      365. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for persons with dyspraxia for occupational therapy services in Dublin 15, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of Roselawn health centre, Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16244/19]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      367. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be considered for a psychiatric unit nursing home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16259/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      368. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be considered for the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16260/19]
    • Dental Services
      369. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 364 of 5 February 2019, when a response will issue. [16268/19]
    • HSE Properties
      370. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 374 of 12 March 2019, when the projects (details supplied) will move to advanced planning stage; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Data
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the number of termination of pregnancies here in the first quarter of 2019. [16271/19]
    • Medicinal Products Regulation
      372. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which it is planned to establish the number of children affected by anti-convulsant syndrome as a result of sodium valproate being given to their...
    • Cosmetic Surgery
      376. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the lack of regulations within the medical aesthetic and cosmetic surgery sector is addressed in order to protect public health; if...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      377. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will have an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      378. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a MRI scan will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [16296/19]
    • Occupational Therapy Data
      379. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting occupational therapy as part of the assessment of need first-time assessment by county in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      380. To ask the Minister for Health when a report by a company (details supplied) into the cost overruns in the national children’s hospital will be published; the reason it has been...
    • Patient Data
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients being treated for cataracts in public and private hospitals by year and hospital in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019....
    • Health Services Provision
      383. To ask the Minister for Health the rheumatology services available for persons in County Wexford; if he is satisfied that there is adequate community rheumatology cover to deal with the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      384. To ask the Minister for Health the charges that persons with disabilities attending HSE care or rehab centres in counties Cavan and Monaghan will cover; if this includes insurance; the...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      385. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children diagnosed with autism and other behavioural conditions such as ADHD and so on in HSE community organisation 7 area who are on waiting...
    • Medical Card Applications
      386. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue on discretionary grounds to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16382/19]
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      387. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance staff that have been suspended over the past year; the number on suspension; and the length of time each suspension has lasted. [16418/19]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      390. To ask the Minister for Health when the compassionate access programme for medicinal cannabis will be available; if it is planned to accommodate persons currently using licences; and if he...
    • Patient Data
      391. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients being treated in Croom Hospital in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [16422/19]
    • National Maternity Strategy Funding
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the earlier ring-fenced funding for new developments in the National Maternity Strategy has stalled in the 2019 HSE national service plan; and if he...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      393. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to providing home help hours to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16438/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      394. 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. [16441/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      398. To ask the Minister for Health if the delay in the allocation of an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16464/19]
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults, respectively, waiting for initial occupational therapy assessment at 31 March 2019 by CHO and LHO area, in tabular form; the...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
      400. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adults, respectively, waiting for initial speech and language therapy assessment at 31 March 2019 by CHO and LHO area, in tabular...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the number of older persons waiting for home support packages at 31 March 2018 and 31 March 2019; the waiting lists for homecare packages by CHO and LHO, in...
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for a dental appointment at 31 March 2018 and 31 March 2019 by CHO and LHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
      404. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for a CAMHS appointment at 31 March 2018 and 31 March 2019 by CHO and LHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • General Practitioner Data
      405. To ask the Minister for Health The communities without a general practitioner in view of the recent action of general practitioner representatives (details supplied); and his plans to...
    • Hospice Services Provision
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the counties that do not have hospice facilities; and the way in which he plans to address this disparity. [16472/19]
    • Respite Care Services Availability
      407. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite care hours provided for the first quarter of 2018 compared to the first quarter of 2019 by CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [16473/19]
    • Primary Care Centres Data
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the communities that are recognised as being greater than 90 minutes away from, by car or by ambulance, from the nearest primary PCI hospital. [16474/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      409. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital appointments rescheduled by the endocrinology clinic in St. Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and...
    • Legislative Measures
      410. To ask the Minister for Health the preparations undertaken for commencement of Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 by his Department and the HSE; the outstanding...
    • Health Services Funding
      411. To ask the Minister for Health despite funding being included in the 2019 Estimates for speech and language therapy, social work, chaplains and physiotherapy for an area (details supplied),...
    • Primary Care Centres Data
      412. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new primary care centres opened since the beginning of 2011, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16478/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the number of disability managers allocated to counties Laois and Offaly. [16511/19]
    • HSE Staff Training
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated by the HSE to trainee clinical psychologists posts since 2016. [16524/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      428. To ask the Minister for Health the additional amount of funding allocated for personal assistants for persons with disabilities in each budget since 2016. [16526/19]
    • Motorised Transport Grant
      429. To ask the Minister for Health if a new scheme will replace the motorised transport grant which was previously cut; and if so, when the new scheme will be implemented. [16530/19]
    • Physiotherapy Provision
      430. To ask the Minister for Health the steps which can be taken to assist a person (details supplied). [16537/19]
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      432. To ask the Minister for Health the bases the 12 additional ambulance service personnel will be deployed to in the north-west region; when a second ambulance will be allocated to...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      433. To ask the Minister for Health the status of orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16553/19]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      434. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the availability of the necessary quantities of Epilim chromospheres in adequate dosages in pharmacies, particularly for patients prescribed daily...
    • Psychological Services
      435. To ask the Minister for Health the pathways for adult ADHD diagnosis. [16575/19]
    • Health Reports
      440. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Chief Medical Officer in compiling a report on the use of mesh did not facilitate a meeting with women injured by mesh (details supplied). [16584/19]
    • Hospitals Data
      443. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times a black escalation was invoked in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date 2019, by hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Data
      446. To ask the Minister for Health the process in place for persons with Down's syndrome in receipt of a medical card; if these can be issued for a minimum of a three year basis instead of...
    • Orthodontic Services
      448. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce preventative orthodontic screening for children as part of the new oral health policy; his further plans to recruit the services of...
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      449. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for a public dental assessment in County Louth; the number waiting for 6, 12 and 18 months or longer, respectively; and if he...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      450. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Louth on the orthodontic waiting list; the number waiting 6, 12, 18 and over 18 months, respectively; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Funding
      451. To ask the Minister for Health when adequate resources will be provided to an association (details supplied) to ensure an improved level of services for patients; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      452. To ask the Minister for Health when an audiologist will be appointed to County Carlow to replace the retiring physician from Carlow District Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
      453. To ask the Minister for Health the staff complement sanctioned for Slaney House, County Wexford; if the full staff complement is in place; the hours of operation of the facility; and if he...
    • Legislative Process
      454. To ask the Minister for Health the status of section 23 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; when he plans to commence the section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16622/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      455. To ask the Minister for Health when the planned three year cap on farm assets for the assessment of means under the fair deal scheme will come into force; the reason for the delays being...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      456. To ask the Minister for Health the level of ambulance service provision for Maynooth, Celbridge and Leixlip, County Kildare; the amount of cover provided to each area over a 24/7 period in...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility
      458. To ask the Minister for Health if children on the waiting list for psychological assessment can avail of the national treatment purchase plan; and if they can avail of this plan for...
    • Nursing Home Services
      459. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in age cohorts (details supplied) in nursing homes across the State. [16643/19]
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      462. To ask the Minister for Health the capital expenditure planned for the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar in relation to the necessary upgrading and refurbishment that is set out to...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      463. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of home support services to date; the number approved and waiting for home support services in each CHO area; the number of...
    • Health Services Provision
      464. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting since 1 April 2019 to go to a step down unit in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      465. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a procedure carried out. [16695/19]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Hare Coursing
      466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the 2018 meeting of the coursing monitoring committee; the items of importance that were discussed at the...
    • Bord Iascaigh Mhara
      468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person or body that gave permission to An Bord Iascaigh Mhara to send an aquaculture remote classroom bus to schools nationally...
    • Brexit Preparations
      470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to protect Irish fishing interests at EU level; the measures he will take to protect the fishing sector in the...
    • Farm Improvement Scheme Eligibility
      472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the options and supports available to a farmer to dispose of a roof (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Farm Data
      473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the gender breakdown of the number of farmers availing of farm payments (details supplied) in each of the years 2012 to 2018, in...
    • Brexit Preparations
      474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the arrangements in place for the transport of horses between Ireland and Britain in the event of a hard Brexit (details supplied);...
    • Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Eligibility
      475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers that qualified for a particular scheme (details supplied) will be prohibited from availing of the beef environmental...
    • Animal Identification Schemes
      476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will assist in a matter (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16212/19]
    • Horse and Greyhound Fund
      477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the contents of the five year plan of an organisation (details supplied) have been signed further to the publication of a report...
    • Greyhound Industry
      478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a copy of the document, Irish Greyhound Board Business Model Analysis, which was prepared by a company (details supplied) will be...
    • Bord na gCon
      479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the remuneration and benefits policy in place for management in the Irish Greyhound Board; the contracts, benefits and bonus...
    • Bord na gCon Staff
      480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role of director of events and hospitality services advertised by the Irish Greyhound Board; if this role was appropriately...
    • Bord na gCon
      482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contracts awarded for human resource services by the Irish Greyhound Board since 2015; the cost of each individual contract; the...
    • Afforestation Programme
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application (details supplied); when a decision can be expected on same; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding the national reserve in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Waste Management
      487. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the ceiling on refuse collection charges was lifted in November 2018; the oversight and monitoring systems...
    • Data Protection
      488. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the practice by some local authorities of seeking information from private refuse companies of the details of...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Targets
      489. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the EU binding targets for renewable energy for Ireland for 2020; the amount by which it is predicted that Ireland will...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      490. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the EU binding target for greenhouse gas emission reduction for Ireland for 2020; the amount by which Ireland will miss...
    • Inland Fisheries
      492. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to chair the National Inland Fisheries Forum in the interim before a chair is appointed. [16055/19]
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Eligibility
      493. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the better energy warmer homes scheme will be revised to include persons on low incomes who suffer with chronic...
    • Departmental Contracts
      494. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 194 and 195 of 16 November 2017, the date on which the contract for the...
    • Radio Broadcasting
      495. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his policy towards public broadcasting on longwave radio; if he has raised with RTÉ the service provided to...
    • Natural Gas Grid
      496. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the most up-to-date scientific findings that fracked shale gas has a more detrimental impact on the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      497. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the national broadband plan in view of the large number of persons in rural areas who are...
    • Illegal Dumping
      498. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the additional funding which will be made available to Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council to cease illegal...
    • Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
      499. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which he plans to implement the priority recommendations of the report, Climate Change: A Cross-Party...
    • General Data Protection Regulation Implementation
      500. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on reports that tracking and cookie software are present on most departmental and local authority websites;...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      501. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be rolled out in a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
      505. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the findings of the Report of the Joint Committee on Climate Action, Climate Change: A Cross-Party...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Administration
      506. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to enable the maximum number of low and middle income households to undertake retrofitting of...
    • Energy Schemes
      507. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the evaluation of the warmth and well-being scheme will completed by SEAI, the HSE and an organisation (details...
    • Energy Efficiency
      509. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of schools scheduled to benefit from the energy efficiency programme for schools as part of the major...
    • Litter Pollution Fines
      512. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the full range of maximum penalties applying to different categories of littering and dumping. [16764/19]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Ports Policy
      513. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has discussed the ownership of Rosslare Europort with his UK counterpart. [16504/19]
    • Disability Services Provision
      514. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures taken since 2016 to ensure that all public transport is accessible for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      517. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the expenditure on Fintra Bridge on the R263, County Donegal in 2018; the way in which the grant of €150,000 was...
    • Road Safety Authority Staff
      518. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the case of an employee (details supplied) of the RSA will be referred to the RSA for examination; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rural Transport Services Provision
      519. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consideration being given to proposals from the National Transport Authority for the establishment of a support scheme to provide...
    • Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
      520. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person who works abroad as an aid worker can use an Ethiopian driver licence when they return here on annual leave to visit their...
    • Road Safety Authority Campaigns
      521. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has liaised with the RSA about strong and pervasive road safety campaigns focusing on speeding and respect for local authority and...
    • Rural Transport Services
      522. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a rural grant scheme in place to assist persons with a rural hackney licence service in their first year in business; and if...
    • Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
      523. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person with an English driver licence who applies for conversion to an Irish driver licence will be automatically converted to drive...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      524. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16192/19]
    • Special Olympics World Games
      525. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of annual funding which is provided to an organisation (details supplied); if funding will be increased in forthcoming budgets;...
    • Motor Insurance
      526. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a car insurance policy obtained online from a company based in another EU state is sufficient to provide cover for a resident here;...
    • Taxi Licences
      527. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 7 February 2019 (details supplied); if he will communicate with the NTA; and if he will make...
    • Regional Airports
      528. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding funding runway extension works at Waterford Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16222/19]
    • Greenways Development
      529. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Glenbeigh to Renard South Kerry greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16273/19]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      530. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a sports capital grant application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16278/19]
    • Road Network
      531. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made with Transport Infrastructure Ireland in respect of timescales for the delivery of the bypass at Ardee, County Louth;...
    • Brexit Preparations
      534. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans Fáilte Ireland has prepared to help the tourism industry post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16306/19]
    • Road Traffic Accidents Data
      535. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of traffic accidents or collisions on the M7 in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date 2019. [16307/19]
    • Greenways Funding
      536. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the announcement for greenway funding for projects such as the Sligo and Mayo greenway; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ministerial Travel
      537. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his travel itinerary and that of the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport will be provided for travel...
    • Road Safety
      538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he is taking to promote and assist advanced safe driving technologies in imported vehicles; if he will consider new...
    • Bus Éireann Fleet
      540. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the investment made by Bus Éireann towards replacing the fleet in County Kerry; and the future investment programme for same. [16445/19]
    • Air Traffic Control Services
      541. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost to airports of providing air traffic control services to a company (details supplied) in the past four years. [16559/19]
    • Irish Coast Guard Issues
      544. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided to each helicopter base for the Irish Coast Guard for each of the past five years by purpose and supplier paid....
    • Rail Network Maintenance
      545. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Irish Rail has a timeline for when it will agree and sign off on a bridge (details supplied) with Kildare County Council. [16571/19]
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      546. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Cork city and county has the worst record of road repair nationally; and if he will make...
    • Transport Policy
      547. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the €200 million cost of the Galway transport strategy over ten years addresses the urgent need to rebalance...
    • Dublin Bus Services
      548. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual cost of running the Nitelink bus service for each of the past four years with reference to the number of such routes that were...
    • Cycling Facilities Funding
      549. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of creating existent dublinbikes docking stations; and the estimated cost of constructing an additional dublinbikes station....
    • Smarter Transport
      551. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital expenditure from 1 January 2019 to 31 March 2019 under the heading of B8.1 smarter travel sustainable urban transport. [16658/19]
    • Cycling Facilities Data
      552. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the new and additional cycle routes approved to go to construction in Dublin in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Greenways Funding
      553. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason no funding has been allocated to construct security fencing along the greenway at Altown, Garrycastle, Athlone, County...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      554. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to fund all proposed low-cost safety improvement projects for roads in County Limerick as proposed by Limerick City and County...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Youth Services Funding
      555. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the review of the youth service grant scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16030/19]
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      556. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adults and children who spent time in Tusla funded domestic violence refuge and step-down accommodation in 2018; and the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
      560. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding allocated for the early learning and care and social age childcare capital programme in each of the years 2017 to 2019, in...
    • Childcare Costs
      561. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the low subsidy available for working families for crèche fees; her plans to amend the scheme to...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Expenditure
      562. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated first and full year cost of increasing the ECCE capitation grant by 10%; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Affordable Childcare Scheme Expenditure
      563. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated first and full year cost of increasing the affordable childcare subsidy for children under three years of age by €1...
    • Irish Language
      564. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her policy in relation to ensuring all children in English medium crèches receiving funding from the State are given an opportunity in...
    • Community Childcare Subvention Programme
      565. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that have benefitted from the universal childcare subsidy since its introduction in August 2017 by county in tabular...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Data
      566. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that have availed of the early childhood care and education scheme since September 2018 by county in tabular form;...
    • Childcare Costs
      567. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 312 of 13 March 2019 and 1180 of 26 March 2019, the reason Tusla maintains that the national weekly...
    • National Youth Strategy
      568. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the implementation of the recommendations of the LGBTI+ youth strategy; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Completion Programme
      569. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if continued funding by the school completion programme under Tusla of the school counsellor currently being provided to schools (details...
    • Children in Care
      570. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views in relation to practices at a children’s residential centre (details supplied) in relation to the management of curfews...
    • Office of Public Works
      571. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 21 February 2019, when a reply will be issued from the OPW. [16626/19]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Dog Licences
      572. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the waiver of dog licence fees for persons with autism and disabilities that use assistive dogs will be extended; and if he will...
    • National Broadband Plan Administration
      573. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the identification process for sites (details supplied) first commenced and was completed; the agencies and Departments that...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      574. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a response regarding the reassessment of their carer's allowance. [16442/19]
    • Social Insurance
      575. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated take-up in the first full year of extending carers and illness benefit to eligible self-employed class S PRSI...
    • Live Register Data
      576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the fall in the number of persons on the live register in County Kildare since January 2018; and if she will...
    • Pensions Reform
      577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review of pensions affected by the 2012 contributory pensions changes; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 29 November 2018, the estimated cost of introducing the proposal in the first...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied). [16173/19]
    • State Pensions
      582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have been contacted and the number yet to be contacted in respect of the proposal to allow...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive an illness benefit payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Pensions Payments
      584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive extra in their pension rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Meals Programme
      585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a school (detailed supplied) is excluded from the breakfast clubs which tackle food poverty; and if she will...
    • Carer's Allowance Review
      586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in a carer's allowance review in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for a carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Reviews
      588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for further backdating of the maximum rate of qualified adult allowance payment for persons (details...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears of a payment will issue to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing same; and if she...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if...
    • JobPath Programme
      591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider excluding persons over 60 years of age from JobPath especially those working part time and with no means...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a jobseeker's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated first and full-year cost of increasing paternity leave by one week. [16339/19]
    • Disability Allowance
      595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the reinstatement of the qualified child allowance on disability allowance for a person (details supplied); and...
    • Paternity Benefit
      596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have benefitted from the introduction of paternity benefit since its introduction in 2016 by county...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme
      597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of self-employed persons who have availed of the extension of the treatment benefit scheme to the self-employed by...
    • Social Insurance Data
      598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of a €1 increase in each of the social insurance schemes in tabular form (details supplied). [16501/19]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which fibromyalgia is assessed for the purpose of approving or refusing social welfare benefits; and if she will...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      600. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a means review of a carer's allowance payment will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if...
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure that all outstanding payments are made to a person (details supplied) in respect of their disability...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a carer's benefit will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [16657/19]
    • Social Welfare Benefits Payments
      605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the prime measure of inflation her Department uses to assess or examine the cost of living increases in respect of social...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Home Loan Scheme
      606. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; if persons can still apply; and the criteria for same. [16209/19]
    • Property Registration Authority Administration
      607. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a land registry dealing with be completed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      608. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to local authorities for housing adaptation grants since 2016. [16531/19]
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      610. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to extend rent pressure zone designation periods beyond three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Traveller Accommodation
      611. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the funding provided under the Traveller accommodation programme; if his Department has a monitoring...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      612. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses in each town and village in County Kildare under categories (details supplied) in which the housing...
    • Local Authority Housing Provision
      613. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his attention was drawn to the fact that Kildare County Council was planning to purchase a location (details supplied) as...
    • Construction Industry
      614. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or his officials have met with the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation in relation to shortages in the...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      615. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      616. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of voids renovated in Cork city in 2018; the number outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Loan Scheme
      617. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1355 of 26 March 2019, if a person whose credit rating has been restored following the...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme
      618. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person (details supplied) qualifies for grants or an insulation programme. [16194/19]
    • Fire Service
      619. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status in relation to a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16213/19]
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      620. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a proposed water scheme extension in (details supplied) in County Mayo; the steps taken to advance the scheme;...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      621. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 12 March 2019, when the internal review of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan...
    • Local Government Audit Service
      623. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a discrepancy (details supplied); the reason for same; if the figures as contained in the...
    • Water Services Infrastructure
      625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a new water treatment plant; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Referendum Campaigns
      626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for implementing the outstanding recommendations from the Citizens' Assembly. [14251/19]
    • Local Authority Funding
      627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding applied for by Wicklow County Council to facilitate the transfer of residents from one area to another (details...
    • Rents Data
      628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on reports from an organisation (details supplied) that 10% of households here in the private rented sector are...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      629. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the work of the National Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee and the independent expert group...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      630. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of one, two, three and four bedroom local authority new build apartments on the basis of costings submitted...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      632. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on local authority second-hand house acquisitions and approved housing body acquisitions in 2018 by local...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      634. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the maximum size of new social housing estates; if a previous maximum of 75 dwelling units remains in...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Administration
      635. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average waiting time for completion of HAP application processing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16601/19]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Applications Data
      636. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average waiting time for completion of social housing support application processing; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the rent pressure zone in the eastern part of Limerick city has not been extended to other parts of Limerick; if...
    • Local Authority Funding
      638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a decision will be made on an application for funding towards an extension to a council property submitted by Galway City...
    • Energy Efficiency
      639. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocation under the energy efficiency retrofitting programme launched in 2013 in each of the years 2013 to 2018...
    • Fire Service
      644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to upgrade the Dublin Fire Brigade fleet in view of the age of the fleet; the number and type of vehicles in the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if income qualification thresholds for local authority houses are likely to be increased in view of the fact that the existing...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority houses under construction; when they are likely to be ready for occupation; and if he will make...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      648. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses under construction by or for approved housing bodies; the projected completion date of same; and if he...
    • Housing Provision
      649. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which the capital programme in respect of housing, direct build or for approved housing bodies remains on track;...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      650. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority only houses constructed in each of the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      652. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of group water schemes being financed by his Department through various local authorities; the number of such...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
      653. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the reintroduction of a replacement group water scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Wildlife Control
      655. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the licences issued under the Wildlife Act 1975 in each of the past five years in tabular form. [16735/19]
    • Arts and Culture Capital Scheme Funding
      656. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will correct the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 743 of 12 March 2019, in view of the fact that the information therein...
    • National Museum
      657. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has raised with the National Museum of Ireland the need for a permanent stand-alone exhibition to the Great Famine; the...
    • Heritage Council Funding
      658. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available for community grants from the Heritage Council in 2017, 2018 and 2019; and if she will make a statement on...
    • EU Directives
      659. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is seeking derogations for Ireland under the EU Birds Directive in respect of seagulls; if action can be taken regarding a...
    • Architectural Heritage
      660. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of a matter (details supplied); if she will meet this Deputy in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on...

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