Written answers
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- National Monuments
6. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the National Monuments Acts will be amended to ensure that members of the public that find archaeological objects and consign...
- City of Culture Initiative
12. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on whether the funding proposed for European City of Culture programme Galway 2020 will be adequate and ambitious enough...
- Wildlife Control
13. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if licences have been granted for the capture of hares on lands owned by Coillte. [16710/19]
- Built Heritage Investment Scheme
14. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a summary of the level of interest in the built heritage investment scheme and historic structures fund in...
- Arts Council
15. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the arrangements for appointing a new chair of the Arts Council of Ireland will be completed; the number of other vacancies on...
- Film Industry
16. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to a protest (details supplied) and proposals for further escalated actions by film industry...
- Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
17. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é stádas Bhille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú); cén dáta a fhoilseofar an Bille; agus an...
- Film Industry
18. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 19 of 21 February 2019, if she will report on the membership and work programme of the...
- Abbey Theatre
19. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has engaged with representatives of a theatre (details supplied) with regard to reports of three complaints made by staff;...
- Arts Council Funding
20. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position with regard to the funding of a festival (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16755/19]
- Arts Funding
21. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to fund arts projects in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16490/19]
- Film Industry Tax Reliefs
22. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on preparations within her Department to implement new regulations for section 481 tax relief; if officials...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
24. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the resources provided to the National Parks and Wildlife Service for the conservation of the two biospheres here; the way in which...
- National Biodiversity Plan
25. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to support nature and biodiversity on a cross-Government basis despite recently cutting funding for the National...
- Hare Coursing Data
26. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of hares captured for coursing for the 2018-2019 season; the number that have run courses to date in this season; the...
- Commemorative Events
27. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the support being provided to local authorities under the community strand of the commemorative programme; and if...
- Heritage Sites
28. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the possible purchase by the State of High Island; if a further assessment of this proposal has been undertaken; and...
- Museum Projects
29. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to support a museum (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16716/19]
- City of Culture Initiative
30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of preparations for Galway as EU Capital of Culture in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16676/19]
- Architectural Heritage
31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the adequacy of procedures for identifying and protecting architectural heritage; and if she will make a statement on...
- Film Industry Tax Reliefs
32. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on whether delays by the Revenue Commissioners in issuing guidelines for the new regime for film tax breaks could be...
- National Parks
33. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an assessment has been undertaken of the cause and the extent of the damage caused by recent fires in Killarney National Park....
- National Concert Hall
34. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress of the transfer of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra following the publication of RTÉ Orchestras: Ensuring...
- Architectural Heritage
35. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which progress has been made to protect listed buildings and sites of cultural and heritage interest deemed to be at...
- Built Heritage Investment Scheme
36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of interest in the built heritage investment scheme and historic structures fund in north-west areas of Dublin city; and...
- Imeachtaí Cultúrtha
37. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é clár na n-imeachtaí teanga-lárnaithe atá beartaithe ag Gaillimh 2020; an bhfuil an tOifigeach...
- Air Services Provision
38. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to include air services to Inishbofin as part of the tender process for services to the Aran Islands in 2019; and if she...
- Built Heritage Investment Scheme Funding
39. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to assist owners of registered protected structures that wish to preserve their property but are unable to do so in view...
- Deer Hunting
40. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that locals and tourists were denied access to a large part of the Wild Nephin...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service Remit
41. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the role the National Parks and Wildlife Service has in the designation of national parks. [16740/19]
- Film Industry
42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to allegations of blacklisting of workers in the film industry that have raised questions in...
- Marine Institute
43. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the person or body responsible for conducting post-mortems on whales found dead on beaches here; if an analysis has been conducted...
- Employment Rights
44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she plans to take to improve income and employment security for workers in theatre, film and the arts in general; and...
- Abbey Theatre
45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of talks between representatives of staff and performers and a theatre (details supplied). [16754/19]
- Architectural Heritage
46. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the physical condition of a building is considered when being listed in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; and if...
- Arts and Culture Capital Scheme
47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the capital scheme for arts and cultural facilities will open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16748/19]
- Commemorative Events
48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports available to local authorities, including Kildare County Council, under the community strand of the commemorative...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Allowances
49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the annual budget for the security duty allowance in each of the years from 2012 to 2019. [16798/19]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Consular Services
50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the case of a person (details supplied) with a view to returning them to their family here due to their personal circumstances...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
51. To ask the Minister for Finance the timescale for tax relief available for young farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16775/19]
- Customs and Excise Staff
53. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customs officers recruited to date in 2019 with regard to Brexit; his plans to recruit additional customs officers in 2019; the procedure to be...
- VAT Rate Increases
54. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 141 on 14 November 2018 stated that the Revenue Commissioners have only ever allowed basic vitamins,...
- Insurance Compensation Fund
55. To ask the Minister for Finance if a court date has been set for the withdrawal of funds from the insurance compensation fund in relation to a company (details supplied); if so, the date; and...
- Financial Services Regulation
56. To ask the Minister for Finance when legislation to better regulate personal contract plans in line with the conclusions from the review of regulation of personal contract plans will be...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the take-up of the key employee engagement programme in each month since its establishment; the number of companies that have availed of the scheme in each of...
- Employment Investment Incentive Scheme Data
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for tax relief certificates under the employment and investment incentive scheme in each year since its creation and in each month...
- Central Bank of Ireland Reports
60. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce legislation to bring accountability to the banking industry in line with the recommendations of the Central Bank in section 6A of its...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Capital Expenditure Programme
61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the pre-committed capital expenditure from 2019 to 2024 or the latest available date as a percentage of GDP and in gross terms in tabular...
- Voluntary Homeowners Relocation Scheme
62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of applications received from each county under the OPW home relocation scheme on foot of the severe flooding of winter 2015...
- Office of Public Works
63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 6 March 2019, if a site visit has taken place; if a decision has been made on an application...
- Office of Public Works Properties
64. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the use of a building (details supplied) by the OPW; his plans to transfer ownership to a public body; and if he...
- Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory
65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of contractors that have tendered for the new State forensics laboratory at Backweston, Celbridge, County Kildare, by the...
- Public Sector Staff Retirements
66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the measures and age extension in the Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Act 2018 will apply to semi-State workers...
- Department of Education and Skills
- University Status Applications
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans for university status to be conferred on institutes of technology and in particular upon Athlone Institute of Technology; the...
- School Patronage
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans in respect of access to a new school (details supplied); and if he will meet a representative group of parents from the Dublin 8 and 12...
- Emergency Works Scheme Funding
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16802/19]
- School Patronage
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Skerries as the first choice of locality to divest schools changed to Malahide, Kinsealy and Portmarnock; and the basis for same. [16814/19]
- Legislative Measures
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Office of the Information Commissioner was consulted by his officials when drafting the Retention of Records Bill 2019. [16826/19]
- School Transport Eligibility
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on a school transport application by a person (details supplied) which is under review since October 2018; and if he...
- Schools Amalgamation
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on the amalgamation of schools (details supplied) since it was included on the school capital building plan in 2015; and if he...
- School Transport Data
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of privately owned large public service vehicles operating school contracts for Bus Éireann on behalf of his Department which...
- School Placement
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [16850/19]
- National Educational Psychological Service Staff
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a psychologist will be assigned to a school (details supplied) under the National Educational Psychological Service; and if he will make a...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when additional SNA resources will be assigned to a school (details supplied) as requested by the school principal from the NCSE on behalf of a...
- School Transport
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the audited accounts for the school transport system have been published for each year from 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Patronage
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the options for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16902/19]
- School Curriculum
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the elements of the secondary school curriculum which specifically pertain to personal financial literacy; if this is compulsory or voluntary; and...
- School Accommodation Provision
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if officials from his Department will carry out a site visit to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry to view the conditions of the school...
- Schools Building Projects Status
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 26 February 2019, if there has been further progress in progressing this capital project; and if he...
- School Staff
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when approval will be granted for the appointment of an extra teacher at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of funding regarding Caranua; the funding received by Caranua; the funding yet to be received; the number of survivors awaiting payment...
- School Transport
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the LocalLink transport service is available to transport primary and secondary school students to and from their destination; and if he will...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he plans to complete the legislation necessary for ratification to be fully activated further to the ratification of the...
- Road Traffic Legislation
99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of legislation to tackle the ongoing issue of scrambler and quad bikes; the status of the cross-agency meeting which...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason persons (details supplied) are being deported; if the case will be examined with a view to them remaining here; and...
- Garda Data
101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda numbers at 31 March 2019 by station and rank. [16939/19]
- Juvenile Offenders
103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 23 January 2019, if he has received the breakdown of these cases by Garda division...
- Garda Procedures
104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure for former gardaí to apply to return to An Garda Síochána under extra qualification and skills;...
- Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Data
105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the INIS has or is investigating the way in which scammers got hold of the phone numbers of INIS applicants in view of...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- IDA Ireland
106. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 23 January 2019, the progress made in marketing the site in question; if there have been...
- Department of Health
- Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
107. To ask the Minister for Health if acceptance of the free travel pass on all LocalLink services will be granted in view of HSE charges of €4 a day being introduced on elderly and...
- Health Services Staff Data
108. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health doctors recruited each year since 2014; and the number recruited to date in 2019. [16766/19]
- Orthodontic Services Provision
109. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an orthodontic appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16768/19]
- General Practitioner Services
110. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of providing an automatic entitlement to a general practitioner visit card for those in receipt of a full-time carer's payment;...
- Dental Services
111. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2019 of implementing the new national oral health policy; the estimated full year cost of the complete implementation of same; and if he...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
113. To ask the Minister for Health if there are funding issues with regard to the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16792/19]
- HSE Properties
114. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed use for a site (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16793/19]
- Speech and Language Therapy Data
115. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists employed in each CHO; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2017 and 2018, in tabular form. [16800/19]
- Occupational Therapy Data
116. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists employed in each CHO; and the equivalent figures for the same date in 2017 and 2018, in tabular form. [16801/19]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
117. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make the FreeStyle Libre device available to diabetic patients over 21 years of age for free; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16808/19]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Expenditure
119. To ask the Minister for Health the cost per patient per year of the FreeStyle Libre diabetes monitoring system. [16810/19]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
121. To ask the Minister for Health the correct pathway for diabetic patients to access a device (details supplied). [16812/19]
- Hospital Appointments Status
122. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16834/19]
- Cancer Screening Programmes
123. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 12 March 2019, if the phone records between his Department and the national screening service for 28 April 2018...
- Palliative Care Services Provision
128. To ask the Minister for Health if a palliative care bed will be made available at the Sacred Heart Hospital, Carlow for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
129. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 40,000 first outpatient appointments and treatments under the NTPF arranged to date in 2019; the hospitals that have been allocated...
- Health Services Reports
130. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be allowed to give evidence to the vaginal mesh review team in the interest of transparency and fairness in view of the...
- Health Services Charges
131. To ask the Minister for Health the reason charges have been implemented in the case of a person (details supplied) when the service user has a free travel pass; if he will instruct the HSE...
- Hospital Charges
132. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the removal of the venesection inpatient day case charge of €80 for patients with hereditary haemochromatosis; if a decision has...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
133. To ask the Minister for Health when construction will commence on the new Sheil Community Hospital in Ballyshannon, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16875/19]
- Home Help Service Provision
134. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the family of a person (details supplied) was not provided with home help following the discharge of a parent from hospital on the second occasion;...
- Mental Health Services Provision
135. To ask the Minister for Health if he will contact mental health services within the HSE locally to link in with the family of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
136. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the development of primary care centres in Greystones and Arklow, County Wicklow further to the announcement of a developer (details...
- Health Services Provision
137. To ask the Minister for Health if a special bed can be assigned in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16879/19]
- Hospital Groups
138. To ask the Minister for Health the building and other capital spend on each site in the Saolta Hospital Group in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- General Medical Services Scheme
139. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to address the problem of holders of medical cards receiving charges for blood tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Psychological Services Waiting Lists
140. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children or persons under 18 years of age awaiting assessment of need by county and year of referral for assessment in tabular form; and if he...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
142. To ask the Minister for Health when a project for a primary care centre (details supplied) will go to tender; the timeframe for construction to commence and the centre to be operational; and...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
143. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons removed from hospital waiting lists in County Cork for orthopaedic, ophthalmological and gynaecological services for failing to respond...
- Nursing Staff Recruitment
144. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment process for a multiple sclerosis clinical nurse specialist in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on...
- Ambulance Service Data
145. To ask the Minister for Health the number of National Ambulance Service bases nationally; the number that have ambulance dispatch 24 hours a day 365 days a year; the ambulance stations that...
- Hospitals Capital Programme
146. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 380 and 396 of 26 February 2019, if the HSE has finalised its capital plan for 2019 and submitted it for approval; if...
- Alcohol Pricing
147. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of minimum unit pricing for alcohol; and the timescale to which he is working. [16937/19]
- National Drugs Strategy
148. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria on which the allocation of the funding will be based in respect of the additional funding of €1 million for the national drugs strategy,...
- Primary Care Centres
149. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the recent decision by a company (details supplied) to pull out of Ireland; the number of primary care centres affected by the decision; the...
- National Maternity Hospital
150. To ask the Minister for Health the status of negotiations with St. Vincent's Healthcare Group in respect of the proposed development of the new national maternity hospital at Elm Park; and...
- Health Service Capacity Review
151. To ask the Minister for Health the capacity in primary care in whole-time equivalent terms for the positions outlined on page 9 of the Executive Report of the Health Service Capacity Review...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Funding
152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a grant available to persons that wish to take part in the social farming programme; and if he will make a statement on...
- Agriculture Scheme Appeals
153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payment will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16881/19]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Broadband Service Provision
154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the lack of broadband service in Castleblakeney and Kilkebrin, east County Galway;...
- Energy Schemes
155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if grant aid is available for the installation of a wood pellet burning stove (details supplied) under SEAI grant...
- Broadband Service Provision
156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll out of fibre broadband in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Postal Services
157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that An Post adheres to Government policy in all its activities; and if he will make a statement on...
- Broadband Service Provision
158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband will be available in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16851/19]
- Bituminous Fuel Ban
159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the introduction of a nationwide smoky coal ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Landfill Sites
160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 490 of 26 February 2019, when tenders will be invited from those that expressed...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Sports Capital Programme Data
161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated from the sports capital grants from 2016 to 2018, by county; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Greenways Funding
162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated to each county for greenway projects from 2016 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Free Travel Scheme Data
163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of road passenger transport operators receiving payment under the free travel scheme while operating services under the...
- Railway Stations
164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the building of the proposed new train station at a location (details supplied) will commence; and if he will make a statement on...
- National Transport Authority Data
165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and location of all organisations which have direct award contracts with the National Transport Authority; and the duration of...
- Roadworthiness Testing
169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of large public service vehicles inspected and found to be defective at Road Safety Authority inspections by county since...
- Motor Tax
171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a car which has been off the road since 2013 can be reinstated without the owner having to pay road tax for all of the intervening...
- Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a holder of a British driver licence can retain C1E and D1 and D1E categories when the holder transfers over to an Irish driver...
- Roads Maintenance
173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter in relation to a road (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16891/19]
- Public Transport Expenditure
174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital expenditure on public transport for each year since 1992. [16925/19]
- Road Projects Expenditure
175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital expenditure on new road infrastructure, including public private partnership expenditure, for each year since 1992 by...
- Central Statistics Office Data
176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average travel distance for journeys to work or education in each year since 1992. [16927/19]
- Rail Services Provision
177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the latest estimate for the cost of completing the restoration of the western rail corridor. [16928/19]
- Rail Network Expansion
179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the latest estimate for the cost of the DART interconnector. [16930/19]
- Light Rail Projects Expenditure
180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the latest estimate for the cost of the Metro west proposal. [16931/19]
- Road Projects Expenditure
182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of each of the road infrastructure projects contained in the National Development Plan 2018 to 2027. [16933/19]
- National Development Plan
184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the stage of development and anticipated timescale for each of the public transport infrastructure projects contained in the National...
- Traffic Management
185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the latest estimate for the annual cost of traffic congestion to the economy. [16936/19]
- School Transport
186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the LocalLink transport service can be used to transport primary and secondary school students to and from their destinations. [16977/19]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Schemes
187. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of money allocated from schemes (details supplied) by county from 2016 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Railway Stations Upgrade
188. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if European regional funding will be available under rural community funds or under the BMW regional fund to enable refurbishment...
- Dormant Accounts Fund Grants
189. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the name and location of all organisations which received funding from the dormant accounts fund since 2016 enabling them to purchase...
- CLÁR Programme
190. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be granted to a school (details supplied) that has submitted an application through the CLÁR scheme; when...
- Action Plan for Rural Development
191. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to repopulate rural towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16978/19]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Disability Allowance Appeals
192. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
193. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the capital disregard savings, shares and property for carer's allowance from...
- Fuel Allowance Eligibility
194. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of disregarding the half-rate carer's allowance in the means test for entitlement to the fuel...
- State Pensions (1 comment)
195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 929 of 15 January 2019, the number of reviews completed by county by 28 February 2018...
- Traveller Community
196. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to establish a Traveller specific employment strategy to support the training and employment objectives in the...
- Traveller Data
197. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the level of Traveller participation in activation programmes; and the specific targeted measures used to increase Traveller...
- Carer's Allowance Review
198. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance review in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and...
- Disability Allowance Applications
199. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied). [16871/19]
- Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility
200. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the entitlements available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on...
- Traveller Data
201. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the levels of Traveller participation in activation programmes; the targeted measures used to increase Traveller involvement;...
- Departmental Functions (1 comment)
203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the suspension by the data access unit of her Department of the pension tracing service which had assisted...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Local Authority Housing
204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding new social houses at a location (details supplied) in County Meath. [16885/19]
- Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the circumstances under which previous time on the housing list can be aggregated with the current waiting time in the context...
- An Bord Pleanála Review
206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reviews conducted into An Bord Pleanála since its inception; if copies of same will be provided; and if he will make...
- Natura 2000
207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce marine protected areas; and the role the NPWS would have in the process. [16865/19]
- Approved Housing Bodies
208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of AHB PandA agreements commenced in 2018; the average length of the agreements; the average cost of these...
- Public Private Partnerships Data
209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of all costs covered by the monthly availability payment to a consortium (details supplied) for the first tranche...
- Housing Provision
211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when work will commence on the 74 units at Craddockstown, Naas, County Kildare in view of his announcement on 21 March 2019,...
- Local Authority Housing Data
212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of all local authority built houses completed in 2018, by local authority. [16942/19]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
213. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which various species of native birds or animals are in danger of extinction; if recent audits have taken place with...
- Built Heritage Investment Scheme
215. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of interest in the built heritage investment scheme and historic structures fund in County Limerick. [16776/19]
- Heritage Sites
216. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of sites or buildings nationally in respect of which preservation or restorative works are in hand; and if she will...
- National Monuments
218. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of historical sites that have been damaged in the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16947/19]
- Museum Projects
219. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which museums are located throughout urban and rural Ireland in such a way as to ensure easy and ready access from...
- Built Heritage Investment Scheme
221. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which employment prospects are created nationally arising from various activities and restoration works; and if she...
- Creative Ireland Programme
222. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she directly or indirectly continues to support the arts by way of grant aid with particular reference to...
- Philanthropy Initiatives
223. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which the arts continues to be assisted by philanthropists on an annual basis; and if she will make a statement on...
- Waterways Ireland
224. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which Waterways Ireland continues to develop and improve the canals; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
