Written answers
Thursday, 11 April 2019
- Department of Defence
- Permanent Structured Co-operation
12. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress made on the next annual PESCO national implementation plan for Ireland; his views on putting the plan to a vote in Dáil...
- Defence Forces Personnel
13. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he is taking to address retention of personnel within the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16649/19]
- Brexit Preparations
14. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to reintroduce a new Army barracks in counties Cavan and Monaghan or the greater Border region in view of Brexit and the possible...
- Naval Service
16. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he was consulted in advance of the NATO conference on medical care of sailors in County Cork recently; if he approved the conference; and if...
- Defence Forces Recruitment
17. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the outcome in relation to the proposal to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the employment of a full-time military...
- Defence Forces Veterans
18. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the frustration and disappointment of veterans and their families over the issues surrounding the awarding of certain medals for...
- Overseas Missions
21. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has had consultation with a person (details supplied) following recognition by the President of the United States of America of Israeli...
- Army Barracks
22. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on reports that the artillery regiment based at Custume Barracks, Athlone is to be relocated to Dublin; and if he will make a statement...
- Defence Forces Operations
23. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Defence Forces have ongoing opportunities to avail of training techniques and facilities available to other forces...
- White Paper on Defence
24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on whether a commission should be established to examine defence matters in the same way as policing was reviewed; and if he will make...
- Overseas Missions
25. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces are struggling to fill command positions for an imminent rotation of troops attached to the United Nations Interim Force in...
- Defence Forces Properties
27. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress made in appointing a multidisciplinary team in conjunction with Kildare County Council to examine current and future challenges...
- Naval Service Operations
28. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of 2 April 2019, if a coherent plan will be ensured for migrants after rescue which has not been the...
- Defence Forces Strength
29. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on whether the 8.1% turnover or churn in the Defence Forces is crippling the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Permanent Structured Co-operation
31. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for Ireland to participate in further PESCO projects; if so, the details of those projects; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Brexit Preparations
32. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for the reinstatement of troops in the Border counties in view of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16650/19]
- Defence Forces Operations
33. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if members of the Defence Forces performed aid-to-civil-power duties for an aircraft (details supplied); and if they participated in the arrest...
- Defence Forces Medicinal Products
34. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the fact that members of the Defence Forces deployed in Mali are prescribed Mefloquine as a routine anti-malaria drug; and if he...
- Middle East Issues
35. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on whether the recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights by the President of the United States of America may affect...
- Permanent Structured Co-operation
36. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the participation by members of the Defence Forces in a PESCO project in Mali; if he is satisfied that this participation does not...
- Army Barracks
37. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the rumour that the artillery unit is to be moved to Dublin from Custume Barracks by the end of 2021 with up to 250 members in this...
- Defence Forces Contracts
38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the State contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) over the past seven years; and the contracts delivered according to the original...
- Defence Forces Transport
39. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which transport provisions for troops going abroad or returning therefrom can be relied upon; and if he will make a statement on...
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
40. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the degree to which the membership of the Defence Forces continues to be replenished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17169/19]
- Defence Forces Equipment
41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the degree to which military and technical equipment throughout the Defence Forces receives regular maintenance and updating; and if he will make...
- Defence Forces Data
42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps reserves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17171/19]
- Defence Forces Operations
45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps continues to receive specialist training to deal with emergencies; and if he will make...
- Defence Forces Training
46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Naval Service and Air Corps are likely to have access to upgraded training facilities and equipment to undergo extra...
- Defence Forces Remuneration
47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he has taken to ensure that all branches of the Defence Forces have ready access to pay and service conditions comparable to those...
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which gender balance continues to be maintained with the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17177/19]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Contracts Data
49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the State contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) over the past seven years; and the contracts delivered according to the original...
- Department of Finance
- Insurance Coverage
50. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce legislation to protect consumers in dealing with insurance companies specifically in cases in which the companies are refusing...
- VAT Registration
51. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of primary schools registered for value added tax in each of the years 2015 to 2018; if his Department has a policy in relation to primary schools...
- Legal Costs
54. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to date and the anticipated final cost of the appeal in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17046/19]
- State Aid
55. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the amount in the escrow account set up on foot of the EU Commission state aid ruling in a case (details supplied) has varied since its...
- Departmental Contracts Data
56. To ask the Minister for Finance the State contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) over the past seven years; and the contracts delivered according to the original contract. [17114/19]
- Real Estate Investment Trusts
57. To ask the Minister for Finance the loss to the Exchequer on an annual basis of the favourable tax treatment currently offered to REITs; and the breakdown of the value by each type of tax...
- Cycle to Work Scheme
59. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the cycle to work scheme in order that more of the costs associated with cargo bikes are met under the scheme. [17186/19]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works Projects
60. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of the ongoing strategic review for the Phoenix Park to date; and the anticipated cost upon completion. [17051/19]
- Tax Rebates
61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 11 December 2018, if funding will be provided to the club (details supplied); and if he will...
- Departmental Contracts Data
62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the State contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) over the past seven years; and the contracts delivered according to the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport Eligibility
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) who lives within the school catchment area and attends a school is not being accommodated on a school bus;...
- School Funding
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of two applications for funding by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16991/19]
- Special Educational Needs Staff
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a SNA that has taken a career break in order to undertake further study is eligible to work during their career break in the same way a teacher...
- Schools Building Projects Status
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to replace and renovate a school (details supplied) in County Cork following the fire that engulfed the school over three years...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if home schooling for a child (details supplied) will be expedited; if his attention has been drawn to the issue; and if he will make a statement...
- Schools Building Projects Status
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the commencement of building works as a school (details supplied). [17021/19]
- Schools Administration
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing release time for administrative and management purposes of one day per week for each teaching principal of a...
- Teacher Data
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main categories of teacher absence in primary schools for which substitute cover is not provided for; the cost of providing for substitute...
- Tax Data
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the response to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 233 to 235, inclusive, of 15 January 2019 and the level of non-compliance with RCT...
- State Bodies Code of Conduct
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure bodies funded by his Department are compliant with the tax system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17042/19]
- School Placement
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements that will be made to provide a school place for a child (details supplied); the options being considered in relation to the...
- Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he has taken on foot of a recommendation of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action that his Department should by the end of...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review and increase the amount permitted by SUSI for a student applicant's earning from holiday employment (details supplied); and if...
- School Patronage
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to open up consideration of divestment of a national school to provide a multidenominational option for persons in north County...
- Departmental Contracts Data
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the State contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) over the past seven years; and the contracts delivered according to the original...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) can apply for reapproval of a higher education grant if and when they resume their studies; and if he will make a...
- School Placement
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school place will be available for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17167/19]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Deployment
81. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the position of Garda sergeant in Strokestown Garda station, County Roscommon has changed from a permanent to a roving...
- Mobile Telephony Use
82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider introducing or supporting legislation to ensure that proof of identity is required for the purchase of...
- Departmental Contracts Data
83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the State contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) over the past seven years; and the contracts delivered according to...
- Student Visas Applications
84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) can renew their student visa enabling them to study and work part-time; and if he will make a...
- Immigration Status
85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) can obtain residency permission to remain and-or stamp 4 or equivalent; and if he will make a...
- Naturalisation Applications
93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if provision will be made to facilitate a person (details supplied); if alternative provision will be made to facilitate their...
- Immigration Status
94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will qualify for a stamp 4 update; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17164/19]
- Naturalisation Eligibility
95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Workplace Relations Services
97. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of actions taken by the WRC enforcement section on foot of the refusal by an employer to fulfil an award made to an employee...
- Industrial Relations
99. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to grant access to An Garda Síochána and other representative groups in the Defence Forces or those that represent...
- IDA Ireland
100. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the new advance factory locations for inward investment will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17061/19]
- Work Permits Eligibility
101. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will consider changes to the work permit system to allow healthcare assistants and other categories of healthcare professionals...
- Departmental Contracts Data
102. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the State contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) over the past seven years; and the contracts delivered according to the...
- UK Parliamentary Committee Report
103. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on requiring large accountancy firms to separate audit functions from non-audit business further to a parliamentary report...
- Competition Law
105. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the EU and domestic regime pertaining to competition policy; and the sanctions available to the national regulator for breaches of...
- Work Permits Applications
106. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if an application for a work permit will be reconsidered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Department of Health
- General Medical Services Scheme
107. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that patients with a medical card in an area (details supplied) are being charged for services which should be free...
- Hospitals Car Park Charges
108. To ask the Minister for Health if the promised review into car parking charges in hospitals has been completed; if national guidelines to regulate car parking fees in hospitals will be...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
109. To ask the Minister for Health when a MRI scan will be carried out for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16985/19]
- Dental Services Provision
110. To ask the Minister for Health if the reason a school (details supplied) has not been allocated a dentist for the provision of dental services for children under 16 years of age that attend...
- General Practitioner Services
111. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that general practitioner surgeries in counties Sligo and Leitrim have put up signs stating blood tests are taking...
- Patient Safety
112. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a further external review of the case of a person (details supplied). [16992/19]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
113. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish a registry for persons suffering from fibromyalgia; if fibromyalgia can be added to the long term illness list; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
114. To ask the Minister for Health the further length of time a person (details supplied) must wait for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17001/19]
- Disability Services Provision
116. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive the required services and intervention. [17007/19]
- Health Services Staff Data
117. To ask the Minister for Health the number employed in whole-time equivalent terms for staff categories (details supplied) by CHO in tabular form. [17009/19]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
118. To ask the Minister for Health if a post-project review has been compiled and published for the primary care bundle PPP as per the public spending code. [17020/19]
- Hospital Appointments Status
119. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made for a child (details supplied) in WUH; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17027/19]
- Services for People with Disabilities
120. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that children in north County Dublin are waiting up to three years for early intervention; his views on whether the...
- HSE Staff Data
121. To ask the Minister for Health the role of the HSE Job Evaluation Board for clerical grades in jumping applications from category 5 to be evaluated before category 4; if his attention has...
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
122. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions No. 301 of 2 April 2019, the rules in relation to the nominating of a licence holder to collect their prescribed medicinal...
- Ambulance Service
123. To ask the Minister for Health if he will supply Ballinrobe, County Mayo with an ambulance base; the reason the town does not already have a base; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
124. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure a person (details supplied) has their operation for tonsillectomy; the number of persons on waiting lists for tonsillectomy in each county;...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Appeals
125. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of the nursing home support scheme in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17052/19]
- Hospital Complaints Procedures
126. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a complaint made by a person (details supplied) in relation to the circumstances of the delivery of their child at Kerry General Hospital; and if...
- Departmental Meetings
127. To ask the Minister for Health the dates and attendees since 1 May 2016 of meetings between his Department and the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment regarding the...
- Ambulance Service
128. To ask the Minister for Health the status of Mulranny ambulance base, County Mayo; the staff stationed there; and the number of days per week and hours per day the base is manned. [17058/19]
- Hospital Appointments Status
129. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be given an appointment for urgent treatment. [17059/19]
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
130. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to reinstate the authorisation for Versatis Lidocane 5% medicated plasters to the medical card for a person (details supplied)....
- Hospital Staff Data
131. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant gastroenterologist posts that have been advertised since 2018; the number of these posts that have been filled to date; and if he will...
- General Practitioner Services
132. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of the extension of free general practitioner care for children up to 12 years of age. [17073/19]
- Legislative Measures
133. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the general scheme of the assisted human reproduction Bill; when the Bill will be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17074/19]
- General Practitioner Contracts
134. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2019 of the first phase of restoration of FEMPI for general practitioners; and the estimated full year cost of the restoration. [17075/19]
- Hospital Equipment
136. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for the provision of a MRI scanner for St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny; if the funding will be provided in 2019; and if he will make...
- Hospital Transfers
137. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a patient transfer between UHL and the Mater Hospital on 4 April 2018 could not be completed by ambulance and had to be carried out by a family...
- Cancer Services Provision
138. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the provision of breast clinic services in St. James's Hospital is being cut back; the steps he will take in...
- Ambulance Service Provision
139. To ask the Minister for Health the level of ambulance cover for County Longford, especially on Monday and Tuesday nights; if he will direct the HSE to review ambulance cover in the county...
- HSE Properties
140. To ask the Minister for Health if a property (details supplied) has been disposed of; if so, the new owner of the property; if not, the position regarding the property; and if he will make a...
- Mental Health Services Funding
141. To ask the Minister for Health the relevant criteria with regard to minimum staffing requirements and service levels necessary for a jigsaw service to be funded by the HSE. [17104/19]
- Departmental Contracts Data
142. To ask the Minister for Health the State contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) over the past seven years; and the contracts delivered according to the original contract. [17116/19]
- Hospital Appointments Delays
143. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a one to two year wait for a standard hospital appointment is acceptable (details supplied); if the process can be expedited; and if he...
- Obesity Strategy
144. To ask the Minister for Health if a body has been appointed to monitor compliance and effectiveness of the Non-Broadcast Advertising and Marketing of Food and Beverages, including...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
145. To ask the Minister for Health the status of surgery for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17133/19]
- Nursing Staff
146. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of implementing the framework for safe nurse staffing and skill mix in all acute hospital settings; the number of additional...
- Medical Card Applications
147. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17163/19]
- General Practitioner Services
148. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that will be in receipt of free general practitioner care if it is extended as proposed in 2020; and the net increase in the number of...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Organic Farming Scheme Payments
149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17103/19]
- Departmental Contracts Data
150. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the State contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) over the past seven years; and the contracts delivered according to the...
- Marine Institute
151. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 8 November 2018, if the tender has been awarded; and the status of the vessel. [17135/19]
- Departmental Agencies Funding
152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding allocated in 2019 to each specific State agency under his aegis, including Bord Bia, Bord Iascaigh Mhara, the National...
- Beef Data and Genomics Programme
153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 387 of 29 November 2017, the first and full year costs of the proposals in tabular form. [17137/19]
- Beef Industry
154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date for each of the action points agreed in the beef roundtable in November 2014 (details supplied); the details of...
- Common Agricultural Policy
155. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated annual cost and seven year cost if the Exchequer were to fill the deficit caused by the proposed cut to...
- Schools Healthy Living Strategies
156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has spoken to his ministerial colleagues regarding content in the green schools content regarding meat and dairy consumption...
- Departmental Expenditure
157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is a €41 million unspent allocation for 2018 in his Department (details supplied). [17142/19]
- Beef Industry
158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on clubs (details supplied) and similar initiatives for the beef sector in the future. [17143/19]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Broadband Service Provision
159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband will be brought to Kilcommon, Thurles, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Contracts Data
162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the State contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) over the past seven years; and the contracts delivered...
- Environmental Policy
163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans in relation to the elimination of single use plastics; and when particular types of single use plastics will...
- Waste Management Data
164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide information (details supplied) regarding landfill waste management sites. [17194/19]
- Waste Management
165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations governing bird control requirements on...
- Environmental Protection Agency
166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide information regarding a project (details supplied). [17197/19]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Motor Tax Exemptions
167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if health vehicles are exempt from motor tax (details supplied). [16995/19]
- National Convention Centre
168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a post-project review has been compiled and published for the National Convention Centre PPP as per the public spending code. [17018/19]
- Road Projects
169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to fund the Thurles bypass in 2019 or 2020; if funding will be provided for this project; and if he will make a statement on...
- Coast Guard Services
170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of landings made by the coast guard helicopter for both training and operational reasons at the site of the airstrip at Cluain...
- Road Projects
174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated costs of a project (details supplied). [17088/19]
- Departmental Contracts Data
176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the State contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) over the past seven years; and the contracts delivered according to the...
- Airport Security
177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 307 and 308 of 4 April 2019, the reason an executive summary of the report cannot be published on...
- Public Transport
178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost to provide free nationwide public transport to persons in full-time education. [17178/19]
- Roads Maintenance
179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on road maintenance in each year since 1992 by local, regional and national roads. [17179/19]
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland Data
180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the new road infrastructure projects contractually committed to or under construction; and the cost of each. [17180/19]
- Public Transport Data
181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the public transport projects contractually committed to or under construction; and the cost of each. [17181/19]
- Public Transport
182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the investigation carried out of the investment and operational support which would be needed to establish an integrated public transport...
- Bus Services
183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the 115A bus morning and evening peak period through service will be reinstated as promised by the NTA in November 2018; and if he...
- National Transport Authority
184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is a statutory requirement of the National Transport Authority to attend local authority meetings on transport if they are...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Children in Care
185. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the proportion of children in care that received criminal charges while in the care of the State in each of the years 2016 to 2018. [16996/19]
- Departmental Contracts Data
186. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the State contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) over the past seven years; and the contracts delivered according to the...
- UN Conventions Ratification
187. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the continued delay in the State ratifying the second optional protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Dog Licences
188. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his attention has been drawn to a survey (details supplied); his views on the potential loss of revenue in view of the low rate of...
- Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
189. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if material changes to proposals approved under category 1 require approval; and reapplication; and if it is acceptable to proceed...
- Departmental Contracts Data
190. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the State contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) over the past seven years; and the contracts delivered according to the...
- Departmental Budgets
191. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the projects and initiatives that will be affected in 2019 as a result of the €3 million adjustment of the further revised...
- Public Participation Networks
192. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the statutory requirements for local authorities in relation to development of and support of public participation networks; and the...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- State Pensions
193. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the review of State pensions paid to pensioners that took time out to care for children will be completed; when...
- Pensions Reform
194. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for the decision to increase the pension age to 67 years of age in 2021 and 68 years of age in 2028; and if she...
- JobPath Data
195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have been referred to JobPath for a second and third time. [17004/19]
- Public Sector Pensions
196. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has not received increases to their pension; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
197. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to address the fact that community employment scheme supervisors have not received a pay rise in over...
- European Labour Authority
198. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to seek the location of the new European labour authority here; the resources that will be committed to the...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
199. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [17032/19]
- Social Insurance
200. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reform social protection for the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17054/19]
- Job Initiatives
201. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Seetec service is the most relevant service for professional actors. [17069/19]
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
202. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a survey carried out in 2018 by her Department of parents on domiciliary care allowance in relation to...
- Departmental Contracts Data
203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the State contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) over the past seven years; and the contracts delivered according...
- Youth Unemployment
204. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in the first year and the full year cost of a proposal (details supplied). [17144/19]
- Family Law Cases
205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can rely on €30 per week maintenance payment as decided by the courts from their spouse...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when child benefit and-or one parent family allowance is payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Assistance Payment
207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a half-rate carer's payment is assessed as means under HAP but not under rent supplement in circumstances in which...
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the implications of circular letter EL 02/2011 in terms of persons in the public sector being recruited from outside the...
- Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a defined benefit pension scheme (details supplied) has been closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17033/19]
- Social and Affordable Housing
210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measure for inflation used in the calculation of the public sector benchmark for the first bundle of public private...
- Foreshore Licence Conditions
211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the licence granted to a company (details supplied) for the mechanical harvesting of kelp in Bantry Bay overrides all other...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there will be an increase to the mandatory minimum 500 metre setback distance for the construction of turbines nears homes...
- Planning Issues
213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process and timeline for the review of the strategic housing developments fast track planning; the way in which persons...
- Rental Sector Strategy
214. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional resources provided to each local authority to enable the implementation of new regulations on short-term lets;...
- Traveller Accommodation
216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the report of the expert group on Traveller accommodation programmes will be published; if the report will be brought to...
- Home Loan Scheme
218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of an application by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17053/19]
- Housing Data
219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date, location and volume of units of all official openings for social housing schemes for local authority, approved...
- Home Loan Scheme
220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; when funding will be made available for the scheme to proceed (details...
- Planning Guidelines
221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the working group will publish the outcome of its deliberations on new rural housing guidelines; and if he will make a...
- Approved Housing Bodies
222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding remains in place for a house building project by an organisation (details supplied) at a location; and if he will...
- Home Loan Scheme
223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the remaining budget allocation available for pending applications of the final allocation for 2018 approved to Kerry County...
- Departmental Contracts Data
224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the State contacts awarded to a company (details supplied) over the past seven years; and the contracts delivered according to...
- Planning Issues
225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options open to a planning authority in terms of setting conditions to restrict the full sale of a new development to an...
- Local Authority Staff Data
226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant housing officers by local authority. [17131/19]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Boat Permits
228. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the criteria and regulations governing the granting of passenger boat licences in an area (details supplied); the persons or...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
229. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Dublin City Council applied to the National Parks and Wildlife Service for wildlife licences permitting control measures on...
- Departmental Contracts Data
230. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the State contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) over the past seven years; and the contracts delivered according to...
