Written answers

Tuesday, 16 April 2019

  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Female Genital Mutilation
      58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress being made to ban female genital mutilation at both EU and UN level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17398/19]
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the assistance his Department is providing to Mozambique to recover from the devastation brought by Cyclone Idai (details supplied); and if...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if regulatory alignment on agriculture matters post the UK leaving the European Union has been discussed and agreed as part of the...
    • Brexit Preparations
      62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed with his UK counterpart the issue of border checks on trucks originating here and arriving in the UK from Rosslare...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the impasse in Venezuela and the views of many that the EU and NATO-allied countries have shown hypocrisy in their reaction to...
    • Visa Agreements
      64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if progress has been made on establishing an E3 visa agreement between Ireland and the United States of America; and if he will make a...
    • Human Rights
      65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he and his EU colleagues are taking to bring to an end the incarceration of a reported 2 million Uighur men in the Xinjiang Uyghur...
    • State Visits
      67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role of his Department in preparing for visits to Ireland by heads of state; and the role it will have in planning for a visit by the...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made on the needs of the undocumented Irish in the United States of America since the 2019 St. Patrick's Day visit; the...
    • Human Rights
      70. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his commitment on business and human rights will be honoured; and if Ireland will be a leader in illustrating the way in which business...
    • Middle East Issues
      71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he plans to take on the widespread and systematic abuse of the rights of Palestinian children who are subject to military law,...
    • Passport Applications Administration
      74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the improvements ongoing within the passport office to improve the processing times and communication methods for those seeking passports;...
    • Middle East Issues
      75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the outcome of the Israeli Knesset elections with his counterparts in Europe; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he and his EU colleagues will act to demand that the Turkish Government cease its repressive approach to the Kurds in Turkey, restore the...
    • Human Rights
      78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his discussions with his counterparts across Europe on the abuse of women prisoners in Saudi Arabia; and if he will make...
    • Catalan Referendum
      79. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the trial of persons (details supplied); and if so, the action he has taken on the matter. [17539/19]
    • Foreign Policy
      80. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the escalating anti-Cuban rhetoric of President Trump including his latest threat to establish lawsuits...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      81. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the practice of sending officials and diplomats to men only membership organisation events will be ceased in advance of St....
    • Human Rights
      82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the diplomatic actions Ireland is taking in respect of new homophobic laws in Brunei; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17617/19]
    • Passport Services
      84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to develop an additional passport printing facility for the passport office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17590/19]
    • EU Issues
      85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of efforts by the EU to ensure that Hungary adheres to the rule of law, principles of democracy and European values and ideals;...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with his European counterparts with regard to complaints by Western Sahara about abuse by Morocco of its fishing...
    • Brexit Issues
      90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he continues to find support for the Irish position on Brexit and is mindful of the need to maintain a common position...
    • Humanitarian Aid Provision
      92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he in addition to his EU and UN colleagues continue to press for humanitarian assistance in the various conflict zones...
    • Passport Services
      93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the improvements being planned for the Cork passport office; his plans to add a printing facility to the Cork office; and if he will make a...
    • UN Security Council
      96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of efforts to win a seat at the UN Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17582/19]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Central Statistics Office Staff
      97. To ask the Taoiseach if the proposal to reappoint the director general of the Central Statistics Office, CSO, for a second term is in line with the code of practice for the governance of...
    • Central Statistics Office Reports
      99. To ask the Taoiseach the action taken by CSO management on foot of an external report (details supplied) which referred to bullying of CSO staff working at Dublin Airport. [17207/19]
    • Central Statistics Office Staff
      100. To ask the Taoiseach if the competition for a high-level head of international relations at the CSO is restricted to internal candidates only; and if so, the reason therefor. [17208/19]
    • Brexit Issues
      101. To ask the Taoiseach if he spoke to or met Prime Minister May before the EU Council meeting on 10 April 2019; if so, the issues regarding Brexit that were discussed; if protection of the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      102. To ask the Taoiseach the State contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) over the past seven years; and the contracts delivered according to the original contract. [17259/19]
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      103. To ask the Taoiseach the number or percentage of employees in his Department and in the agencies under his aegis with intellectual disabilities; and his plans to increase this number to...
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      105. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to the United States of America for St. Patrick's Day; and the meetings he attended and the issues that were discussed. [13886/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      106. To ask the Taoiseach the role his Department is playing in preparing for a hard Brexit. [14282/19]
    • National Digital Strategy
      109. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the national digital strategy being led by his departmental officials. [15376/19]
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      110. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee F on national security last met. [16364/19]
  • Department of Defence
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      111. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number or percentage of employees in his Department and in the agencies under his aegis with intellectual disabilities; his plans to...
    • Overseas Missions
      113. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the nature of the contract entered into to transport Defence Forces personnel to and from the Golan Heights; if the contract was negotiated by...
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      114. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding privates and corporals in the Defence Forces who are reaching 25 years of service in 2019; the arrangements in place to...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      115. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding will be available in 2019 to purchase additional 4 x 4 armoured utility vehicles and additional armoured logistical vehicles for the...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17261/19]
    • International Relations
      117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he will take following the adoption of a resolution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17273/19]
    • International Agreements
      118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to support a UN binding treaty on business and human rights in 2019 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number or percentage of employees in his Department and in the agencies under his aegis with intellectual disabilities; his plans to...
    • Brexit Issues
      121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the findings in a recent report by a person (details supplied) on the impact of a no-deal Brexit; and if he has spoken to his...
    • Report on Murder of Pat Finucane
      123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to his British counterpart about the public inquiry into the murder of a person (details supplied) following the UK Supreme...
    • EU Migration Crisis
      124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the conditions in a camp (details supplied) have been discussed at recent EU Foreign Affairs Council meetings; the steps that have been...
    • Passport Applications
      125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure the speedy issuing of a passport for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17692/19]
    • EU Enlargement
      126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the western Balkans continue to accede to the acquis communautaire; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • EU Development
      127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which positive steps can be taken to influence the future of Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17803/19]
    • Middle East Issues
      129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he, through the EU and UN, can positively influence matters in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Foreign Conflicts
      130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community is willing to become involved in peacekeeping in Yemen; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Irish Aid
      131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Irish aid continues to find its intended target in the various trouble spots throughout the globe with particular...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Irish embassies abroad continue to be actively involved in the promotion of increased volumes of trade with Ireland with...
    • Brexit Preparations
      134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to set up an operations centre similar to the model being established in Northern Ireland to prepare for a no-deal Brexit. [11931/19]
  • Department of Finance
    • Insurance Industry
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance the negative effects the insurance industry here is likely to face from climate change; his views on whether the changes to climate policy in accordance with...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are changes foreseen in the applicability of the provision regarding the cumulative lifetime cap of €70,000 on the amount of tax relief that...
    • Revenue Commissioners Data
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tax compliance auditors the Revenue Commissioners employ; the number of non-compliant tax cases which were both opened and successfully closed...
    • EU Investigations
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Irish cases investigated by the anti-fraud office of the European Commission in each of the years 2010 to 2018; the number of fines that...
    • Tax Code
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on deferring the additional 1% betting duty tax until such time as he has completed a review of this tax proposal. [17320/19]
    • Insurance Data
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank gathers data on the number of SMEs refused insurance quotes from a company for public and employer liability; the number of SMEs that have...
    • Tax Reliefs Abolition
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of revenue that would be generated if the abolition of tax relief for private health insurance premiums and the capping of such relief at...
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the number or percentage of employees in his Department and in the agencies under his aegis with intellectual disabilities; his plans to increase this number...
    • Tax Code
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance the supports available for second time buyers who wish to downsize to a smaller more affordable home; if there are restrictions in place under Central Bank...
    • Exchequer Revenue
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance the dividend paid to the Exchequer by each commercial State company in each year since 2010, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance the weighted average interest rate on all new mortgages agreed, drawn from the retail interest rate statistics published by the Central Bank, for each quarter...
    • Banking Licence Breaches
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance if companies (details supplied) operated in each of the years 1999 to 2008 without a banking licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17722/19]
    • Tax Code
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the review of betting duty which is being undertaken; his plans to make changes to the betting duty to take effect in 2019; the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will implement the 2008 recommendations of the Labour Court in respect of pension entitlements for community employment scheme...
    • Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service
      151. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service since its establishment to date; the staffing costs; the commissioned...
    • Civil Service Staff Data
      152. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants to date who have applied to transfer from Dublin zone 46 to another county in Munster, Leinster, Connaught...
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      153. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number or percentage of employees in his Department and in the agencies under his aegis with intellectual disabilities; his plans to...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      155. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the sites owned by the OPW in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown local authority area; the address and size of the sites; and if he will...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      156. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will meet with a group (details supplied) in the context of discussing the implementation of a pension scheme for community...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Pension Provisions
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive a pension increase due on 1 January 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17233/19]
    • Special Educational Needs
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will be awarded a special needs school place to meet their educational requirements; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons on the autism spectrum waiting for a school placement at an autism spectrum disorder unit in Kilkenny city and county; the...
    • Capitation Grants
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to restore the standard capitation rate for pupils in primary schools to €200 which was the rate in 2010 prior to cuts;...
    • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent over the past year on social media advertisements directed at Irish teachers abroad encouraging them to return home to work in...
    • Psychological Assessments
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a psychological assessment will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17216/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to provide an ASD unit at a school (details supplied); the number on the list to be accommodated; the number of places to be...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 12 December 2017, the status of the project; when the project will proceed to construction phase;...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the first and full year cost of reinstating the pre-2012 pupil-teacher ratio in two, three and four teacher primary schools; and if he will make...
    • School Transport Administration
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of restoring school transport services to the criteria that existed pre-2011; and the status of data set out in the...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to allocate a nurse to primary schools with students who have complex medical needs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Teacher Supply
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of a reduction of one at all points of the staffing schedule for primary schools from September 2020; and the net number of...
    • School Staff
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of posts of responsibility which would be needed in primary schools to restore posts at the level which pertained prior to the...
    • Apprenticeship Data
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the apprentice population forecasted in each employment sector and subsector in each of the years 2016 to 2020 by craft based and new consortia...
    • Education Policy
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a meat-free day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17333/19]
    • DEIS Scheme
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the criteria for reclassification of DEIS schools are being reviewed; when the work will be completed and the results published; and if he...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to open the July provision scheme to children with Down's syndrome (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Closures
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school building (details supplied) has been sold to a private developer who plans to demolish...
    • Teacher Redeployment
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) can be placed on a supplementary panel for teaching positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Educational Psychological Service Data
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 67 of 18 October 2018, if the vacant positions have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of an autism special school in the Dublin 15 area; if he will direct the NCSE to meet with parents to progress the...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the joint application by schools (details supplied) for additional accommodation of three prefabricated general classrooms will be expedited;...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students diagnosed with autism and awaiting a school place for primary school, secondary school and further post-secondary...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SENOs by county; the number of children or families working with SENOs in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in...
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number or percentage of employees in his Department and in the agencies under his aegis with intellectual disabilities; his plans to increase...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a use has been identified for the site bought at a location (details supplied) in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17521/19]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the opportunity of the recent sanctioning of a new primary school for Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow, will be used to investigate the...
    • Oideachas Gaeltachta
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist aige a shocrú, mar chuid den Pholasaí don Oideachas Gaeltachta, 2017–2022, go n-earcófar...
    • Comhfhreagras Rannach
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a eiseoidh an tAire Stáit ina Roinn freagra ar litir (sonraí tugtha) a chuir sé ar aghaidh chuige; cén...
    • Schools Building Projects
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date the revised pre-qualification process in respect of a school project (details supplied) commenced; when it will commence and...
    • School Management
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to a national policy to facilitate parents who must travel to work and want to have their children in school...
    • Schools Building Projects
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date the project manager framework was established in respect of schools to be delivered under the ADAPT programme in respect of schools...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location in which it is proposed to establish a new school in 2021 (details supplied); if a site has been acquired for this school; the...
    • Schools Facilities
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the land which is currently used as sports pitches by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22 is in the ownership of his Department; if so,...
    • Special Educational Needs
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available for technology for children with disabilities who are home schooled; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Accommodation Provision
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a school (details supplied) has been granted; if so, when formal notification will be provided; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in the Dublin 8 and 10 areas diagnosed with a need for an ASD unit placement for primary school through assessments of...
    • SOLAS Training and Education Programmes
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding SOLAS courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17748/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons with a diagnosis of autism who would benefit from attending an ASD unit at primary and secondary level by county; the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans with regard to providing ABA schools for children with autism; the number of such schools funded by his Department; his plans to...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      209. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the implementation here of the measures contained within the United Nations Convention on the Rights of...
    • Garda Information and Communications Technology
      210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 468 of 15 January 2019, if the mobility project has commenced; the way in which the...
    • Immigration Support Services
      211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the specific works required by a company (details supplied) at a location to meet the catering and family needs of residents;...
    • Immigration Status
      212. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for permission to remain in the case of persons (details supplied);...
    • Policing Issues
      213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a formal decision was taken to allow PSNI officers to carry weapons here, which has been reported as being the case since...
    • Firearms Certificates
      214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times firearms certificates have been granted to personnel from other jurisdictions; the personnel granted...
    • Policing Issues
      216. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if primary legislation will be required for the establishment of a national security co-ordinator; and if not, if proposals...
    • Garda Deployment
      217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of the 200 new Garda recruits allocated to the Kilmainham, Sundrive, Kevin Street, Ballyfermot and Crumlin Garda...
    • Crime Data
      218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reported bike thefts from each DART station in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular...
    • Garda Data
      221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if instances of animal cruelty are placed on the Garda PULSE system; if not, his plans for the inclusion of same; and if he...
    • Garda Recruitment
      222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there is an age limit for an open recruitment competition (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Firearms Licences
      223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to update the Firearms Acts 1925 to 2009. [17415/19]
    • Consular Services
      224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the required reports will be furnished to the Turkish authorities from the mutual legal assistance department in the case...
    • Garda Transport Expenditure
      225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding will be provided for the update of the helicopters and aircraft available in the Garda air support unit. [17429/19]
    • Visa Applications
      226. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17439/19]
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number or percentage of employees in his Department and in the agencies under his aegis with intellectual disabilities; his...
    • Garda Equipment
      229. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans An Garda Síochána has for allowing its members to be equipped with tasers in order to increase levels of...
    • Visa Applications
      230. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the situation for skilled construction workers (details supplied) from Ukraine obtaining work visas for here in the context of...
    • Garda Recruitment
      232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if new recruits in relation to Garda recruitment are still being drawn from those who applied in 2016; when persons that...
    • Garda Deployment
      233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a substantive reply to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 7 March 2019 will issue; the reason for the delay; and if he will...
    • Inspector of Prisons Reports
      234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he plans to publish the report by the Inspector of Prisons into alleged unauthorised surveillance at Portlaoise Prison....
    • Tribunals of Inquiry
      235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the legal counsel for senior Garda management for the latest phase of the disclosures tribunal will be provided by An Garda...
    • Immigration Controls
      236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Dublin Airport has been determined to be a suitable place of custody in relation to the procedure and detention process on...
    • Garda Transport Data
      237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on the provision of rental vehicles to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2011 to 2018, and to...
    • Crime Data
      240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 489 and 505 of 26 March 2019, if he has received a response from An Garda...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that an applicant must undergo in applying for naturalisation; and if there is provision for an applicant of UK...
    • Garda Strength
      242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the strength of the Garda force by rank in each station in a Garda division (details supplied) as at January 2017, January 2018...
    • Private Security Industry Regulation
      243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of proposals to amend the Private Security Services Act 2004 in order to place private security personnel under the...
    • Irish Prison Service
      244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the personnel officer for persons (details supplied) in the Irish Prison Service; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Child Abduction
      245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of child abductions recorded in each Garda division in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Trade Relations
      249. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which the European Union can influence international trade in a way that avoids trade wars; and if she will make a...
    • IDA Ireland Site Visits
      251. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits in each county in the first quarter of 2019, by county in tabular form. [17263/19]
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      252. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the recent changes to the employment permits system for workers from outside the European Economic Area. [17312/19]
    • Innovation Vouchers Initiative
      253. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 133 of 3 April 2019, the reason the value of innovation vouchers redeemed is considerably below...
    • Insurance Data
      254. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department or affiliated public bodies gathers data on the number of SMEs refused insurance quotes from a company for public...
    • Departmental Meetings
      255. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason no minutes or records of meetings were taken for meetings that took place between her Department and organisations (details...
    • Protected Disclosures
      256. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to an article (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17460/19]
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      257. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number or percentage of employees in her Department, and in the agencies under her aegis, with intellectual disabilities; her...
    • Health and Safety Authority Data
      259. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of fatal accidents in workplaces caused by animals, in particular fatal accidents on farms due to livestock in each of the...
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      261. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the situation for skilled construction workers (details supplied) from Ukraine obtaining work visas for here in the context of the...
    • Departmental Reports
      263. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to develop a status report on quantum technology and the risks and opportunities for Ireland; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Health
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      264. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is not entitled to a primary care certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17317/19]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      265. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health supports available to persons and families who have found themselves homeless and in emergency accommodation; the supports for those with and...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      266. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include fibromyalgia on the list of conditions covered by the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17201/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      267. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a consultation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17203/19]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
      268. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for six, nine, 12, 18 and more than 18 months, respectively, for speech and language therapy by county, in tabular...
    • Psychological Assessments
      269. To ask the Minister for Health when a psychological assessment will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17215/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      270. To ask the Minister for Health if the fair deal scheme will be approved in the case of persons (details supplied); if consideration of their case will be expedited in view of the fact that...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      271. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive assistance from the HSE in the payment and processing of the payments for the provision of the oxygen supply and...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      272. To ask the Minister for Health the reason personalised budgets for an organisation (details supplied) are being referred back to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17222/19]
    • Medical Card Applications
      273. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied). [17224/19]
    • Hospital Equipment
      274. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which an application was made for funding for an MRI scanner for St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny. [17227/19]
    • Health Services Funding
      275. To ask the Minister for Health the services affected by funding reductions or re-profiling arising from the overspend on the national children's hospital that will affect health, mental...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      276. To ask the Minister for Health the number of unpaid assistant psychologist positions operated by the HSE at present and over the past three years; the service the position was linked to; the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      277. To ask the Minister for Health his plans and timelines to provide additional funding to increase the number of residential placements for persons with intellectual disabilities (details...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      278. To ask the Minister for Health if staff who have to work overtime due to the fact that they cannot leave patients or a ward without care due to staffing shortages as a result of the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      279. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an operation was cancelled for a person (details supplied) in October 2018; and the reason the person has not received another appointment. [17260/19]
    • General Practitioner Services
      280. To ask the Minister for Health the first and full year cost of restoring distance coding and increasing the rural practice allowance to amounts (details supplied), in tabular form. [17269/19]
    • Respite Care Services Availability
      281. To ask the Minister for Health if the adult respite service for persons with intellectual disability at a centre (details supplied) in County Wexford will be made available for families...
    • Orthodontic Services
      282. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the HSE audit of orthodontic services will be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17285/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      283. To ask the Minister for Health his plans and the plans of the HSE to approve the drug Kuvan for persons with PKU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17286/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      284. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) will be waiting for glasses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17287/19]
    • Hospital Consultant Remuneration
      285. To ask the Minister for Health the cost in the first and full year of restoring the pay disparity between new entrant consultants recruited post 1 October 2012 and those hired prior to 1...
    • Mobility Allowance Review
      286. To ask the Minister for Health when the health (transport support) Bill will be published; the progress made towards replacing the mobility allowance and the motorised transport schemes with...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      287. To ask the Minister for Health if a location (details supplied) shares its respite service with neighbouring areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17293/19]
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      288. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a HSE plan for a respiratory consultant in Tralee University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17296/19]
    • Autism Support Services
      289. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a residential centre for autism (details supplied) in County Kerry has not been opened five years after it was finished. [17297/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      290. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) will have to wait for a consultation for a hip replacement in Croom Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Reports
      291. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to resource and develop a child health and well-being service as recommended in the Sláintecare report; if this is specifically provided for in...
    • Health and Social Care Professionals Registration Boards
      293. To ask the Minister for Health if the way in which radiographers must register will be examined (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17304/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      294. To ask the Minister for Health the wait times for a MRI scan in Wexford General Hospital; and the number of MRI scans carried out on average in the hospital per week. [17318/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      296. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for shoulder arthroscopy operations in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by county in tabular form. [17347/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      297. 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. [17349/19]
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      298. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17352/19]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      299. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be provided for a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17355/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      300. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that public sexual health services are available to persons who live outside cities, County Roscommon and east County Galway...
    • Vaccination Programme
      301. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the shortage of the BCG vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17365/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      302. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the provision of public sexual health services in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17370/19]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      303. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 23 January 2019 and the omission of Dundalk primary care centre from the reply, which appears to conflict with...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
      304. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that CAMHS is not operating in Dundalk and that persons from north County Louth have to travel to Drogheda to avail...
    • Patient Data
      305. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons presenting at hospitals in Dublin as a result of accidents along Luas tracks; if such data do not exist, if consideration will be given...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
      306. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 74 inpatient CAMHS beds fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17381/19]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      307. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure when a patient under 18 years of age presents to an emergency department following self-harm; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
      308. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for inpatient CAMHS beds; the length of time patients have been on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17383/19]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      309. To ask the Minister for Health if the position of national clinical lead for dual diagnosis has been filled. [17384/19]
    • Mental Health Services
      310. To ask the Minister for Health when the model of care for dual diagnosis will be finalised. [17385/19]
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      311. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an application for funding has been made to establish a number of dual diagnosis demonstration sites across...
    • Substance Misuse
      312. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a model of care for substance misuse services, including alcohol, at primary care level. [17387/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Payments
      313. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the fair deal scheme is not covering the full costs of care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17389/19]
    • Disability Services Provision
      314. To ask the Minister for Health if interviews have taken place for the position of a children's disability network manager in north Dublin city and county; when an appointment will be made;...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      315. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be provided with an appointment for an assessment of need and an application for early intervention. [17401/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      316. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to withdraw recently introduced charges for transport to day care centres and training centres in areas such as counties Cavan and...
    • Primary Care Services Provision
      317. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the expansion and extension of the roll-out of X-ray services and ultrasound services as outlined in Sláintecare at locations (details...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      318. To ask the Minister for Health if a daily nurse home visit will be provided for a person (details supplied) which was approved by the HSE; the reason for the delay in providing the nursing...
    • Health Services
      319. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a replacement for a contract (details supplied) is reportedly being prepared by the HSE in view of the fact that the current contract only commenced...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      323. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); the average wait time on the routine and urgent list for same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      325. To ask the Minister for Health if a residential placement will be found for a child (details supplied) with severe autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17428/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      326. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 27 February 2019, if the required funding to hospitals will be made available for the provision of Fasenra to...
    • Food Safety Authority of Ireland Meetings
      327. To ask the Minister for Health when he last met formally with the CEO of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland; the issues discussed; and when he will next meet the CEO. [17434/19]
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      328. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to incentivise roles such as orthodontists, speech and language therapists and occupational therapists in the public health sector in...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      329. To ask the Minister for Health if parents have a choice to remain within an organisation (details supplied) after their child is six years of age; the rules relating to same; and if he will...
    • Hospital Equipment
      330. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to upgrade the equipment at the radiology department at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17450/19]
    • Dental Services
      331. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend dental cover to children under six years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17452/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      333. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied). [17463/19]
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      334. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint a replacement general practitioner at the health centre in Cappoquin, County Waterford, further to the retirement of the previous general...
    • Medical Card Applications
      335. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a general practitioner visit card was only awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17465/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      336. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have an appointment at the maxillofacial unit to allow their chemotherapy treatment to go ahead; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the number or percentage of employees in his Department and in the agencies under his aegis with intellectual disabilities; his plans to increase this number...
    • Occupational Therapy Data
      339. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE maintains separate waiting lists for paediatric occupational therapy for primary care and for disability services; and if he will make a statement...
    • Physiotherapy Provision
      340. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to opening a forum for discussion among the physiotherapy profession regarding the suitability of the panel system in the medium...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      342. To ask the Minister for Health when a patient (details supplied) who has been referred for urgent treatment will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17516/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      343. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a unit (details supplied); the status of recent clinical assessments carried out on patients; if his Department or the HSE has made contact with...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      344. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will get an urgent appointment with the neurology department in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      346. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for refund under the cross-border directive in the system; the amount in total claims outstanding and awaiting processing; the...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      347. To ask the Minister for Health if a bulletin (details supplied) is an accurate portrayal of the work being undertaken in this area of mental health with particular reference to the lack of...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      348. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are only two permanent positions advertised through the national recruitment panel in March 2019; and if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Alcohol Pricing
      349. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commence minimum unit pricing in the event that the UK is granted an extension to Article 50 of not less than three months; and if he will make a...
    • Orthodontic Services
      352. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish a UK review of orthodontic services here carried out between 2012 and 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17541/19]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      354. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times he interacted directly with a person (details supplied) in person, by telephone, email or in another way; the issues discussed; if his...
    • Nursing Home Services
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the new nursing unit being proposed for Clifden, County Galway, to replace Clifden hospital and St. Anne's nursing home will have fewer than the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      356. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to change the law in regard to the means testing of farm assets under the nursing home subvention scheme; the reason for the delay in same; and...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      359. To ask the Minister for Health when a full personal assistance service will be put in place for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the ongoing delay; and if he will...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      360. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the 100 new therapy posts to address assessment-of-need waiting lists for children with disabilities announced in budget 2019; the number...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      361. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) was approved by the HSE in Sligo for a home care package on 7 November 2018; if...
    • Dental Services Provision
      362. To ask the Minister for Health if dental check-ups for children living in Celbridge, County Kildare, are taking place in Celbridge or elsewhere in the county; if every effort is being made...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      363. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an occupational therapy and physiotherapy appointment for a person (details supplied); if same will be expedited; and if he will make a statement...
    • Physiotherapy Provision
      364. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase paediatric physiotherapy staff and resources in CHO1 and the western region as a whole; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      365. To ask the Minister for Health if respite care will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [17653/19]
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who access the treatment abroad scheme to receive deep brain stimulation surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17654/19]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      367. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a matter (details supplied); the timeframe for the extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17662/19]
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      368. To ask the Minister for Health the details of each information and communications technology contract, excluding support and maintenance yearly contracts, with a total contract value of over...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      369. To ask the Minister for Health if full care cover will be maintained through the HSE for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17666/19]
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to tackle the severe overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick in view of the fact that the number of patients on trolleys at the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      372. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times he has met the management of University Hospital Limerick in 2019; the reason for each meeting; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      373. To ask the Minister for Health if the management of University Hospital Limerick has requested additional funding and-or staffing to cope with the overcrowding situation at the hospital in...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      374. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent to date on the 60-bed modular unit at University Hospital Limerick; the expected cost of this project; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      379. To ask the Minister for Health if home help hours will be awarded for a person (details supplied). [17677/19]
    • Data Protection
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the policy paper regarding options to seal the breach of the data protection legislation regarding Guthrie cards retained without consent and for...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are no mental health services in Summerhill primary care centre, Dublin 1 (details supplied); if the alternative location on North Great...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      382. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the constant overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick; the actions he has taken to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Negligence Claims
      384. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the expert group which was established to consider alternative mechanisms to the court process for resolving clinical negligence claims; the...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      385. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric physiotherapists working in County Sligo. [17699/19]
    • National Children's Hospital Administration
      386. To ask the Minister for Health the legislation that will be utilised or invoked in order to make additional appointments and increase the number of members on the board of the National...
    • Respite Care Services Availability
      387. To ask the Minister for Health the service schedule for a respite care facility (details supplied) in County Donegal; the days of the week and number of hours per day respite care will be...
    • Medical Products
      388. To ask the Minister for Health the services available to persons who have been adversely affected by the use of defective synthetic vaginal mesh implants; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      390. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for an assessment of a child with special needs, for example, speech and language, occupational therapy and so on in counties Kildare and...
    • Disability Support Services Funding
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to County Kildare for respite for children who require same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17710/19]
    • General Practitioner Services
      393. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the practice that general practitioners are seeking further payments on top of medical cards from nursing homes; and if he...
    • Respite Care Services
      394. To ask the Minister for Health the services available to patients when a new respite centre (details supplied) is completed; the services that will be provided; if these services include day...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      395. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours allocated under the home care package in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in each county in tabular form; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      397. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) will have to wait for a CT urogram scan at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      398. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment with a child development team will be secured in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Counselling Services Provision
      399. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 662 of 15 January 2019, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the counselling service previously available...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      400. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the house of a person in a nursing home under the fair deal scheme cannot be sold while the person is alive in the context of assisting families...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding allowing the FreeStyle Libre system under the long-term illness scheme for persons with type 1 diabetes (details supplied); and if he...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      402. To ask the Minister for Health if a permanent clinical psychiatrist is now assigned to Roscommon mental health services; if the services will now be returning to a position of locum...
    • Medicinal Products Regulation
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the falsified medicines directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17733/19]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      404. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of new ambulance bases at Ardee, Mullingar, Limerick, Cork and Galway. [17734/19]
    • Health Services
      405. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the development of a structured replacement programme for equipment and ambulances and minor capital works as promised in the National...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      406. To ask the Minister for Health when the nursing home support scheme rules will be changed to cap the assessment of farm assets to three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      407. To ask the Minister for Health if pulmonary fibrosis is covered by the long- term illness scheme; if not, his plans to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      408. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made regarding the availability of Spinraza in view of the fact a new application has been submitted by a company (details supplied)....
    • Health Promotion
      409. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure for the Healthy Ireland office for each year since its establishment; the cost of information campaigns; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health and Social Care Professionals
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the situation regarding the recognition of professional qualifications in a post-Brexit scenario specifically regarding the recognition of nursing...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      412. To ask the Minister for Health the children and adults with additional needs who are accessing professional services and supports in Kinnegad, County Westmeath, in tabular form; and the...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      414. To ask the Minister for Health the number of older persons waiting for home support packages; and the waiting lists for home care packages by CHO and LHO in tabular form. [17762/19]
    • Health Screening Programmes
      415. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll out the newborn screening test pilot scheme for detecting metachromatic leukodystrophy which was developed and piloted recently in the Unites...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      417. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent appointment will be scheduled with the surgical team in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Eating Disorders
      418. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the lack of support for young persons in terms of the waiting lists to gain assistance for serious eating disorders in north County Dublin in view...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      419. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with a transgender group (details supplied). [17787/19]
    • HSE Reports
      420. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will publish its review of failings in dental and orthodontic services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17812/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      421. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to an association (details supplied) for its helpline and services; his plans to provide a nationwide network of Parkinson’s...
    • National Drugs Strategy Budget
      422. To ask the Minister for Health if the additional funding recently promised to support the national drugs strategy has been allocated; if there has been an increase to annual core funding to...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      423. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider making fentanyl test strips available as a harm reduction measure to heroin users engaging with needle exchange services; and if he will...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • State Aid
      424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has raised recently with the Minister for Finance issues regarding the cumulative lifetime cap of €70,000 on the amount...
    • Afforestation Programme
      425. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on afforestation contracts as set out by an organisation (details supplied) with regard to the redigitisation of forest...
    • Livestock Issues
      426. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 313 of 29 March 2018, the latest data, excluding land used for tillage farming; and the number...
    • Beef Imports
      427. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Hilton quota regime in operation since 2009 pertaining to US and Canadian hormone-free beef exports annually to the EU in terms...
    • Fish Landings
      428. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to designate a port (details supplied) as a designated port; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17319/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      429. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contingences and supports in place to safeguard Irish wood producers and wood product businesses from all Brexit scenarios,...
    • Inshore Fisheries
      430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a matter (details supplied) relating to the proposed changes to the limits for vessels over 18 m will be examined; and if he will...
    • Beef Industry
      431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason beef grading machines only grade one side of the carcase if it is technically possible for mechanical grading machines to...
    • Food Industry
      433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to change technical files (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17367/19]
    • Fisheries Protection
      434. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea to revise its mackerel advice for 2019 in view of the...
    • Live Exports
      435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 999 of 26 March 2019, the person or body that conducted the inspection; the location of same;...
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number or percentage of employees in his Department and in the agencies under his aegis with intellectual disabilities; his plans...
    • Departmental Schemes
      438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a voluntary farm building relocation scheme further to flooding incidents has been established by his Department; if so, the...
    • Beef Industry
      439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to his correspondence of 9 April 2019 regarding the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 952 of 26 March 2019, the number of...
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to develop and improve Cleggan Pier, Connemara, County Galway, in view of the high usage of the pier and the poor condition...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when licences will issue to applicants in a bay (details supplied); if the necessary survey of the bay has been carried out under the...
    • GLAS Administration
      443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to streamline the GLAS payment system to make it more user friendly for farmers in view of the excessive level of paperwork...
    • Food Exports
      444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps taken by his Department and Bord Bia to seek out new niche markets for Irish grass-produced beef and lamb in view of the...
    • Scéimeanna Talmhaíochta
      445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine an bhfuil aon airgead dlite d’fheirmeoir (sonraí tugtha) i gContae na Gaillimhe, bunaithe ar cinneadh ar...
    • GLAS Data
      446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in counties Roscommon and Galway who have received their 2018 GLAS payments to date; the number of...
    • GLAS Payments
      447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2018 GLAS balancing payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding mussel lines in Kenmare Bay, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Animal Slaughtering Data
      449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 951, 953, 958 and 961 of 26 March 2019, the number of occasions on which inspectors from his...
    • Animal Slaughtering Standards
      450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 957, 959 and 962 of 26 March 2019, when his Department took the decision to no longer review...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Electromagnetic Fields Studies
      451. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has made an assessment of the health risks that may be associated with 5G wireless broadband radiation; and if he...
    • Departmental Budgets
      452. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projects and initiatives that will be affected in 2019 from the €4 million adjustment in the 2019 Vote of...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme
      453. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an assessment of a property will be carried out for a person (details supplied) to allow access of heating upgrade...
    • National Broadband Plan
      454. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      455. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if broadband service will be provided to a property (details supplied) under phase 1 of the national broadband plan....
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      460. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number or percentage of employees in his Department and in the agencies under his aegis with intellectual...
    • Energy Policy
      462. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the fact that Bord Gáis is threatening customers who oppose the installation of smart meters because...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      463. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the residents of a road (details supplied) will be provided with a broadband supply under phase one of the national...
    • Electric Vehicles
      464. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the roll-out of charging points for electric cars announced recently; the assistance available to rural...
    • Energy Efficiency
      467. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if funding is available for elderly persons for domestic boiler replacement; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electricity Generation
      468. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the conditions for inclusion in REFIT 3 require the existence of full planning permission for the form of...
    • Inland Fisheries
      471. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether despite relatively poor attendances at the national angling forum it is good practice to hold and...
    • Legislative Measures
      473. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to publish the broadcasting (amendment) Bill; the reason for the delay in publication; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Transport Policy
      474. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grants available to promote sustainable transport to school, such as walking and cycling; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Safety
      475. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of incidents involving cars and pedestrians at a location (details supplied) in each of the years 2017 and 2018; and if he...
    • Brexit Issues
      476. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the potential impact a hard Brexit will have on cancer patients in County Donegal seeking to access...
    • Maritime Training
      477. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which a qualified able seaman would update their qualifications and acquire a discharge book in order to return to work; and...
    • Insurance Costs
      478. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the introduction of a pilot project to help fund insurance costs for rural hackney licences for new businesses; the 17...
    • Taxi Licences
      479. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a taxi licence application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17294/19]
    • Road Traffic Offences
      480. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional road traffic offences introduced from 1 January 2011 to date from when they first came into force; the details of new...
    • Taxi Regulations
      481. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or the National Transport Authority, NTA, plan to review the rule regarding the age limit for vehicles which operate as taxis; and...
    • National Car Test
      482. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a passport is not accepted as proof of identity at an NCT centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tourism Ireland Funding
      483. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full year cost if the budget for the regional co-operative market access scheme of Tourism Ireland increased by 33%. [17430/19]
    • Public Service Obligation Levy Increase
      484. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full year cost if the public service obligation increased by 12.5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17471/19]
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      485. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full year cost of increasing funding to the secondary roads improvement scheme by 10%; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      486. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number or percentage of employees with intellectual disabilities in his Department, and in the agencies under his aegis; his plans to...
    • Sports Funding
      488. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the terms of a €1.2 million grant paid to an organisation (details supplied) in 2014; if the application by the organisation for...
    • Irish Sign Language
      489. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is policy to provide Irish Sign Language interpreters under the provisions of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 at public...
    • Motor Tax
      491. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the contract to operate the online motor tax facility; if the operator is based in the UK or here; and his views regarding...
    • Cycling Policy
      493. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to establish a dedicated cycling unit in his Department; and if a national cycling officer has been appointed to date. [17701/19]
    • Parking Regulations
      494. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if autistic spectrum disorder, ASD will be recognised as eligibility to apply for disabled parking; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      495. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans in place to build a sports facility in County Cavan; and the funding available to complete such a facility. [17736/19]
    • Driver Test
      496. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driver test will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17749/19]
    • National Driver Licensing Service
      497. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding NDLS centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17753/19]
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Recreational Facilities
      499. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of playgrounds developed annually since 2016 under the capital grant scheme for play and recreation; the breakdown of new or...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      501. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the responsibilities of Tusla in supporting families with children that have been diagnosed with autism and are having difficulty in...
    • Childcare Services Data
      502. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of providers that benefitted from capital funding allocated for the creation of additional childcare places by county in each of...
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      503. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number or percentage of employees in her Department and in the agencies under her aegis with intellectual disabilities; her plans to...
    • Childcare Costs
      505. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to control the cost of childcare, which can cost over €2,000 a month for five-day care in circumstances in...
    • Childcare Education and Training Support Programme
      506. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons receiving childcare subsidies through either training and education or childcare subvention; and the number of the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      510. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the decision was taken to decrease enrolment opportunities for the ECCE scheme to once a year in September (details supplied) to...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      511. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the final report from the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes will be delivered; and if she will make a statement...
    • Childcare Costs
      512. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a figure of €6,000 per placement per week as the national weekly cost of private residential placements was provided by...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • CLÁR Programme
      513. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the options available for a group that cannot apply for CLÁR funding in view of the fact that 80% of its area is not in a...
    • LEADER Programmes Funding
      514. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be made available to an organisation (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Indemnity Scheme for Landowners
      515. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated first and full year cost to introduce an insurance indemnity for farmers and landholders that participate in the...
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      516. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number or percentage of employees in his Department and in the agencies under his aegis with intellectual disabilities; his plans...
    • Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme
      518. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department has an application on hand from Galway County Council to develop a walking route (details supplied); if so, the...
    • CLÁR Programme
      519. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding open to schools (details supplied); his plans to allocate additional funds to local authorities for such schools; if he...
    • Community Enhancement Programme Funding
      520. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason for the significant drop in funding to the community enhancement programme for 2019, with €4.5 million being...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined and the matter expedited; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      522. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a PPS number for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17240/19]
    • Homemakers Scheme
      523. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons born before 1 September 1946 are not being reviewed for the homemakers scheme (details supplied); and if...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; the reason the person must repay an amount; and if she will make...
    • Pensions Reform
      525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if potential changes to an index system for determining pension rises will apply only to State pensions and not private or...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct level of jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason payment of illness benefit ceased after 12 months for a person (details supplied); when payment will be...
    • Bereavement Grant
      528. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the bereavement grant will be reinstated. [17332/19]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance review in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears will issue after an appeal for jobseeker's allowance was partially allowed in the case of a person (details...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Insurance Yield
      538. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost if the 8.6% PRSI rate for persons earning less then €386 weekly was reduced to...
    • State Pensions
      539. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which she plans to address the situation where many private sector employees are required by their contract of...
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      540. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number or percentage of employees in her Department and in the agencies under her aegis with intellectual disabilities;...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
      542. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if requested documentation has now been received in the relevant section of her Department in the case of a person (details...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason rent allowance ceased being paid to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider a pay increase for community employment supervisors who have received no increases for a decade; and if...
    • Social Welfare Code
      545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) relating to jobseekers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17557/19]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      546. 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....
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      547. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Pension Provisions
      549. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the assessment of PRSA pension is assessed as means for an applicant to the scheme in cases in which the...
    • Fuel Poverty
      550. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households in each local authority area considered to be at risk of fuel poverty; and if she will make a...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Commercial Rates
      551. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding recent increases in rates bills for businesses in rural County Wexford; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Budgets
      552. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projects and initiatives that will be affected in 2019 from the €13 million adjustment in the 2019 Vote of his...
    • Fire Safety
      553. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the properties requiring remedial works to bring them into compliance with fire safety standards following fire safety...
    • Planning Guidelines
      554. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 579 of 2 April 2019, the details of the applications for such exemptions to each local...
    • Local Authority Leases
      555. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Part V units leased in 2019 by local authority. [17255/19]
    • Fire Stations Provision
      556. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the relocation and redevelopment of Muine Bheag fire station. [17315/19]
    • Building Regulations
      557. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the provision of financial supports for persons affected by mica in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Bodies
      558. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if and when the Galway housing delivery task force has met; the name of all members of the task force; the steps identified to...
    • Building Control Management System
      559. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of progress to achieve the objectives set out in the motion on building standards, regulation and homeowner...
    • Fire Safety
      560. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has undertaken a review of the number of apartment blocks nationally that may be affected by inadequate fire safety...
    • Building Regulations
      563. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of fire and safety inspections carried out on new builds in each local authority area by date in tabular form; and...
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      565. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure compliance with obligations under the Building Control Acts 1990 to 2014; the sanctions available to...
    • Planning Issues
      567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff appointed to the office of the planning regulator; the location of the offices of same; the budget...
    • Residential Tenancies Board Staff
      568. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of requests received from the Residential Tenancies Board for permission to recruit additional staff in 2018 and to...
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      569. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number or percentage of employees in his Department and in the agencies under his aegis with intellectual disabilities;...
    • Fire Stations Provision
      571. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the construction of the new fire station in Kanturk, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      572. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the new parts of a district will be included in the rent pressure zone in circumstances in which an electoral area or...
    • Housing Estates
      573. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of a fund (details supplied); when the fund will be administered to local authorities; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
      574. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of funding allocated to each local authority under the retrofitting programme scheme in each of the years 2013 to...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Funding
      575. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the projects and initiatives that will be affected in 2019 from the €2 million adjustment in the 2019 Vote of her...
    • Arts Funding
      576. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if core funding will be made available to a society (details supplied) in order to enable it to continue providing its unique...
    • EU Directives
      577. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the matter to which the European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Mr. Vella, is...
    • National Seabird Census
      581. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the 90% depletion of the herring gull species regularly quoted by her Department and various bird conservation groups is a...
    • Gaeltacht Housing Grant Scheme
      585. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the annual capital allocation to the Gaeltacht housing grant scheme in each of the years 2005 to 2010, in tabular form. [17266/19]
    • Schoolbooks
      586. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the schools that received and did not receive a copy of a book (details supplied), respectively; and if she will make a statement...
    • Charitable Grant Data
      587. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the grant aid provided to a charity (details supplied) or to each of the museums it opens to the public in each of the past 15...
    • Grant Aid
      588. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the grant aid provided to a society (details supplied) in each of the past 15 years. [17330/19]
    • Charitable Grant Data
      589. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the grant aid provided to a charity (details supplied) in each of the past 15 years. [17331/19]
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme
      590. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason when issuing the compensation under the cessation of turf compensation scheme one of the terms was that the claimant...
    • Archaeological Sites
      591. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that planning permission has been sought for over 200 housing units on a historical...
    • EU Directives
      592. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the consultative committee on urban seagull issues has not yet met. [17440/19]
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      600. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number or percentage of employees in her Department and in the agencies under her aegis with intellectual disabilities; her...

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