Written answers
Thursday, 18 April 2019
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Procurement Contracts
13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to move to a fixed price costing system in respect of public contracts in order to secure greater levels of certainty in...
- Budget Targets
14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an ex post analysis has been undertaken on demographics cost provisioned in each budget; if there will be a new analysis for the years...
- Public Sector Staff
15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the restrictions imposed on recruitment and overtime in parts of the civil or public service for 2019; and if he will make a statement on...
- Flood Relief Schemes
16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason little progress has been made in the implementation of flood and coastal erosion measures along vulnerable coastal areas in...
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will discuss the implementation of a pension scheme for community employment supervisors who have no access to an occupational...
- Public Procurement Regulations
18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will incorporate green procurement into the public procurement code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17775/19]
- Public Sector Pay
21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans in respect of outstanding public sector pay restoration; his further plans for public sector dialogue between workers, trade...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the levels of capital expenditure which will be allocated for infrastructure projects for County Donegal; the timeframe for these...
- Public Private Partnerships Data
23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of post-project reviews and cost-benefit analyses of public private partnerships that have been completed and published to...
- Brexit Negotiations
24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has held discussions with the European Commission on the possible allocation of additional funding for the Border region in view of...
- Public Service Pay Commission Reports
26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the next phase of the Public Service Pay Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17983/19]
- Public Procurement Regulations
27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will increase the public procurement threshold from €25,000 in view of the impact this is having on SMEs; and if he will...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if ex-post reviews are completed and published for all capital projects; and if a summary of lessons from those reviews have been...
- Flood Relief Schemes
31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the flood relief schemes due to be delayed as a result of the €3 million re-profiling of the flood risk management programme....
- Budget Measures
32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his priority areas for additional funding in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18070/19]
- Project Ireland 2040
33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the innovative steps he foresees as being required to ensure maximum benefit to the economy and to the Exchequer by way of ensuring best...
- Value for Money Reviews
34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to carry out a value for money analysis across the public sector in advance of budget 2020 in respect of outsourcing and agency...
- Expenditure Reviews
35. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the spending profile of Departments during the first quarter of 2019; if key spending areas are running behind or ahead of...
- Flood Prevention Measures
36. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of flooding preparations in view of the report undertaken by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Strength
37. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Permanent Defence Forces with regard to all three services and ranks; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces Reserve Strength
38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Reserve Defence Forces with regard to all three services and ranks; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a...
- Army Bomb Disposals Data
41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of suspect devices that the Army disposal unit has dealt with to date in 2019, by county in tabular form. [18207/19]
- Naval Service Data
42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of days spent at sea by members of the Naval Service Reserve to date in 2019. [18208/19]
- Defence Forces Data
43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of sick days taken by members in each service of the Defence Forces to date in 2019. [18209/19]
- Cyber Security Policy
44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the specific meetings over the past 18 months between his Department, the Defence Forces and the Department of Communications, Climate Action and...
- Departmental Bodies Data
46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the State agencies and bodies under the remit of his Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of full and part-time...
- Departmental Staff Data
47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of those at...
- Departmental Staff
48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the claims of the Defences Forces occupational social workers for being regarded as senior single-handed practitioner grade (details...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Conflicts
49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the political crisis in Sudan; the position of the European Union on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18111/19]
- Departmental Bodies Data
50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the State agencies and bodies under the remit of his Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of full and...
- Election Monitoring Missions
51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of male and female applications, respectively, received from Irish election observers for the OSCE observation mission covering...
- Passport Applications
52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a person (details supplied) qualifies for an Irish passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18250/19]
- European Council Meetings
53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the most recent discussions at the EU Foreign Affairs Council regarding Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Human Rights
54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the rights of LGBTQ+ persons in Kenya; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18293/19]
- Departmental Funding
55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 4 December 2018, his plans to conduct a historical review of funding to an organisation (details...
- Civil Service Staff Data
56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of those...
- Passport Applications Data
57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the target time and actual turnaround time for receipt of passports across all passport services; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Northern Ireland
59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposals there are to resume talks with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the political parties in Northern Ireland on the...
- Department of Finance
- Revenue Commissioners Staff
60. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff of various grades to be recruited in regions nationally to deal with persons who are considered high-wealth individuals in view of the fact...
- Departmental Staff
62. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are or were previously staff from a company (details supplied) working in his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018, inclusive, and to date in...
- Commercial Rates
63. To ask the Minister for Finance if commercial rates are deductible for tax purposes; the tax rules in respect of commercial rates; if rates are deductible, the annual cost of the deduction;...
- Tax Code
64. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 9 April 2019, if the meeting between the Revenue Commissioners and an organisation (details supplied) has taken...
- Revenue Commissioners
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times the Revenue Commissioners have engaged with an organisation (details supplied) over the past five years to date; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Agencies Data
66. To ask the Minister for Finance the State agencies and bodies under the remit of his Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of full- and part-time persons...
- Tax Collection
67. To ask the Minister for Finance the correct level of income tax payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18259/19]
- Motor Insurance
68. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who applied under the declined cases agreement for motor insurance since its establishment, on an annual basis; the number of successful...
- Personal Contract Plans
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of personal contract plans, PCP, for motor vehicles in existence in each year since 2016; the outstanding value for each period; the number of PCPs...
- Tax Appeals Commission
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tax appeals before the Tax Appeals Commission; the value of tax to which the disputes amount; the appeals by ranges (details supplied),...
- Tax Compliance
75. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of penalties for non-payment of tax the Revenue Commissioners have imposed in each of the years from 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by each tax...
- Central Bank of Ireland Enforcement Actions
76. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of enforcement proceedings initiated by the Central Bank in each of the years from 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by type of licensed...
- Real Estate Investment Trusts
77. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of property-related income earned by all real estate investment trusts, REITs, in each of the years from 2013 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the...
- Life Insurance Policies
79. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from life assurance exit tax in 2018; the forecasted yield in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18340/19]
- Civil Service Staff Data
81. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of those at each level who...
- NAMA Social Housing Provision
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of social housing units identified by NAMA by county; the number transferred to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Home Building Finance Ireland Data
83. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount loaned out by Home Building Finance Ireland to date; the estimated number of homes to be built; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18366/19]
- Brexit Staff
84. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of additional customs officers that have been trained and hired to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18373/19]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will meet with representatives of community employment supervisors regarding the implementation of the 2008 Labour Court...
- Public Procurement Regulations
86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the guidance notes or circulars his Department has published and circulated to Departments on the regulation of abnormally low tenders;...
- Architectural Heritage
87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which remedial works have been undertaken at buildings and sites of historical or cultural interest in the past three...
- Public Sector Staff
88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if jobs can be secured from the Civil Service mobility scheme for rural areas (details supplied). [18106/19]
- Departmental Staff Data
89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are or were previously staff from a company (details supplied) working in his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and...
- Flood Relief Schemes Status
90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the plan for flood defences has been received from the OPW for Glanmire, County Cork; the cost of same; when approval will be given...
- Office of Public Works Expenditure
91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual cost to the OPW of maintaining the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18191/19]
- Departmental Agencies Data
92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the State agencies and bodies under the remit of his Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of full and...
- National Monuments
93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will consider the taking in charge of a monument (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Expenditure Policy
94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he continues to remain in contact with each Department to ensure supervision in respect of public expenditure and...
- Public Expenditure Data
95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and location of overspends in various Departments which has been brought to his attention in the past two years; and if he...
- Public Procurement Contracts
100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which public procurement procedures are being observed in full by all State bodies and agencies; and if he will make a...
- Public Procurement Contracts Data
101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of circumstances in which non-compliance with public procurement policies have been identified in the past three years; and...
- Brexit Issues
102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which a change of emphasis is required throughout the public sector with the onset of Brexit; and if he will make a...
- Civil Service Staff Data
103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the outcome of a pilot programme on the provision of specialised therapists for schools and preschools announced in May 2018. [18085/19]
- National Council for Special Education
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacancies within the NCSE by area in March 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18086/19]
- Junior Cycle Reform
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the consideration undertaken of history by the NCCA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18087/19]
- Schools Site Acquisitions
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of two new schools (details supplied) due to open within the next 18 months particularly with regard to the securing of sites; and if...
- Teacher Supply
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the lack of resources made available to second level schools that have teachers out on long-term sick leave;...
- National Council for Special Education
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to fill a vacancy on the National Council for Special Education (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the backlog the...
- Comhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken to amend legislation as promised in the programme for a partnership Government to give authority to An Comhairle um Oideachas...
- State Examinations
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider the proposal to amend the leaving certificate examination grading system to award bonus points to students who study the T1...
- Comhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason An Comhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta does not have support and administration services provided to it...
- Schools Building Projects Status
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when approval will be granted for a school (details supplied) to proceed to pre-qualification of contractors for the tender stage; the reason for...
- Schools Building Projects Administration
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pre-qualification of contractors procedures is being revised; if so, when new guidelines will be in place; and if he will make a statement...
- School Curriculum
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) was refused an exemption in Irish for secondary school; and if he will review this decision. [18197/19]
- Departmental Agencies Data
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the State agencies and bodies under the remit of his Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of full and part-time...
- Schools Building Projects Status
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Kildare. [18294/19]
- Special Educational Needs Data
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children on waiting lists for autism spectrum disorder or autism classes in primary and post-primary schools in Dublin 15 and...
- Departmental Staff Data
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of those at...
- Schools Building Projects Status
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will receive an update on progress regarding a new school build; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Citizenship Applications
125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the citizenship of a person (details supplied). [18146/19]
- Visa Applications
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which an Irish citizen who is in receipt of an invalidity pension can apply for a visa for a spouse from the...
- Immigration Data
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons granted a residence card under the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2006 or...
- Data Protection Commissioner
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the penalties that can be imposed on a company for falsely informing clients that a data breach of their personal data had been...
- Garda Complaints Procedures
129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if complaints by a person (details supplied) of Garda discrimination against Travellers have been received; the actions that...
- Data Protection Commissioner
130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to appoint additional commissioners to the Data Protection Commission as provided for in section 15(1) of the Data...
- Asylum Seeker Accommodation
131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and dates of fire safety inspections that have been carried out at a centre (details supplied) from 2018 to date;...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision
132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will liaise with the respective Departments and accelerate the deployment of closed-circuit television schemes...
- Community Courts
133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the first and full year cost of establishing a community court system in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Data
134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of running the roads policing unit; the cost for the Dublin region; the number of Garda personnel working for the...
- Departmental Funding
136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 4 December 2018, if he has undertaken to review past funding to an organisation...
- Departmental Bodies Data
137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the State agencies and bodies under the remit of his Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of...
- Immigration Status
138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency and eligibility for naturalisation status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a residency update with permission to work will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Immigration Status
141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency and eligibility for naturalisation status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Registration of Wills
143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a register of wills exists or is contemplated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18264/19]
- Departmental Staff Data
144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the...
- Citizenship Ceremonies
146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) who has been approved for naturalisation and has paid the fee for same will be invited to a...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Workplace Relations Commission
147. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she will take to address the significant delay that has arisen in the issuing of recommendations of the Workplace Relations...
- Work Permits Data
148. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of employment permits taken up by horticultural workers, meat processing operatives and dairy farm assistants; if the quota...
- Departmental Agencies Data
149. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the State agencies and bodies under the remit of her Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of full and...
- Work Permits Applications
150. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a work permit will be considered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18256/19]
- Project Ireland 2040 Funding
151. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications made under the disruptive technologies innovation fund to date; the number of successful and unsuccessful...
- Regional Enterprise Development Fund Data
152. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the 2017, 2018 and 2019 budget allocations to the regional enterprise development fund; the amount of the 2017 and 2018 budget...
- EU Agreements
153. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the most recent developments following the agreement by EU ambassadors to launch trade talks with the United States of America and on...
- Departmental Staff Data
154. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number...
- Brexit Supports
155. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the uptake of all Brexit supports and expenditure to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18372/19]
- Department of Health
- Childhood Obesity
156. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recommendation of the healthy weight for children (zero-six years) framework calling for obesity impact assessments for...
- General Data Protection Regulation
157. To ask the Minister for Health if Irish genetic data will be fully protected by GDPR legislation and that research using such sensitive data is subject to strict oversight and accountability...
- Hospital Appointments Status
158. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18082/19]
- Services for People with Disabilities
160. To ask the Minister for Health the status of ongoing actions regarding a service (details supplied) in Bray and Wicklow in view of the published failings in several HSE reports and...
- Public Procurement Contracts
161. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE acted unlawfully in extending a contract (details supplied) by invoking Article 72(1)(c) of Directive 2014/EU/24; the action he will take if the HSE...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
162. To ask the Minister for Health if there are risks in Beaumont Hospital with regard to patients being accommodated in non-clinical areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18108/19]
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
163. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a person (details supplied) in respect of a declined appeal decision from November 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
164. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18126/19]
- Health Services Staff Data
165. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the number of specialist nurse practitioners dedicated to supporting persons with Parkinson's disease is low; his plans to increase the number of...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
166. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the discrepancy between patients who have long-term illness support as opposed to those who have a medical card with regard to payment for...
- Health Services Funding
167. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase core funding for an organisation (details supplied); if so, the amount by which and when; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Card Eligibility
168. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered a review of medical card income limits to take account of recent annual increases in pensions which may in some cases bring pensioners...
- Patient Transport Provision
169. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18137/19]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
170. To ask the Minister for Health if a foot brace will be allocated to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18145/19]
- Emergency Departments
171. To ask the Minister for Health if a crisis response to the overcrowding in the emergency department of University Hospital Limerick including the reopening of all closed beds in the region...
- Medical Card Reviews
172. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a medical card application review for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Patient Transfers
173. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed. [18156/19]
- Disease Management
174. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the situation of persons with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; if multidisciplinary teams, including cardiologists, neurologists and...
- Health Services Provision
175. To ask the Minister for Health the status of rehabilitation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18162/19]
- Hospital Services
176. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated in 2019 for the development of the new radiation oncology unit in University Hospital Galway; the timeframe for the completion of the...
- Obesity Levels
178. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on meeting the targets as set out in A Healthy Weight for Ireland in regard to a sustained downward trend as measured by a survey (details...
- Health Promotion
179. To ask the Minister for Health the funding being provided to support family food initiatives nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18167/19]
- Health Services Staff Data
184. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dedicated paediatric dietetic HSCP whole-time equivalents for all acute hospitals; the number for the community; and if he will make a statement...
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
186. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 717 and 718 of 26 March 2019, the person or body with which the obligations and responsibilities in the code of...
- Hospital Appointments Status
190. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for optical surgery will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [18196/19]
- Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
191. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the continued closure of a newly built ward in a nursing home (details supplied); the cost to build and refurbish the ward; the cost of the...
- Drug and Alcohol Testing
192. To ask the Minister for Health if Forensic Science Ireland tests for potency of cannabis seized; if it tests for the purity of cannabis seized; if it confirms the presence of other...
- Hospital Appointments Status
193. To ask the Minister for Health if a scan for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18202/19]
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
194. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a neurology clinical nurse specialist for University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services Provision
195. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider making deep brain stimulation available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18211/19]
- Health Services Funding
196. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for Parkinson’s disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18212/19]
- Departmental Agencies Data
197. To ask the Minister for Health the State agencies and bodies under the remit of his Department; the location of each such body, by county; and the number of full and part-time persons...
- Calorie Posting on Menus
198. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the issue of calories on menus; if his Department has conducted a regulatory impact assessment; the estimated cost regarding the implementation...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
199. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [18244/19]
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
200. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on pain clinic waiting lists; the average wait time; the longest wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18245/19]
- Medical Card Eligibility
201. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has eligibility for treatment benefit through the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18253/19]
- Medical Card Applications
202. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); if the matter will be considered with a view to restoration of a full medical card;...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
203. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the children’s unit in CUMH; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18277/19]
- Hospitals Capital Programme
205. To ask the Minister for Health the capital allocation to Cork University Maternity Hospital for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18279/19]
- Services for People with Disabilities
206. To ask the Minister for Health his plans under the implementation of the programme to progressing disability services for children and young people to provide more general services and fewer...
- Medical Card Applications
207. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18304/19]
- Health Services Staff Data
208. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting child health development officers in each CHO to provide leadership and co-ordination for the national healthy childhood...
- Disability Services Provision
210. To ask the Minister for Health when a service will be provided for a person (details supplied). [18309/19]
- Departmental Staff Data
211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of those at each level who...
- Home Care Packages
212. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE home care services budget for 2019; the number of hours to be provided; the number of recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18363/19]
- General Practitioner Training
213. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of increasing general practitioner training places from 202 to 274. [18377/19]
- Maternity Services
214. To ask the Minister for Health if the costs incurred with gestational diabetic testing and medication will be covered under maternity care; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Fallen Animal Collection Scheme
215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulatory overview in primary and secondary legislation with respect to the 125 km radius haulage distance limit, that is, 125...
- Property Transfers
216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the transfer of a property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18131/19]
- GLAS Payments
217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18132/19]
- Single Payment Scheme
218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has contacted persons who had their single payment scheme payment reduced (details supplied); the number of farmers...
- Departmental Agencies Staff Data
219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the State agencies and bodies under the remit of his Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of full and...
- Basic Payment Scheme Data
220. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of BPS recipients with payment entitlements with an initial unit value less than 60% of the BPS national average in each...
- Rural Development Programme Data
222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial allocations on an annual basis under the RDP 2014-2020 for schemes (details supplied); the annual amount expended on...
- Brexit Issues
223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the no-deal Brexit contingency plan for fisheries published by the European Commission in a communication on 10 April...
- Animal Identification Schemes
225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a proposal (details supplied) [18289/19]
- Animal Carcase Disposal
226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers are not paid for the fifth quarter, that is, the remaining pieces of an animal carcase that are not used for meat...
- Fishing Industry
228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the most recent discussions he has had at EU level on the need to protect the fishing and seafood industry in view of...
- GLAS Eligibility
229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers whose agri-environment options scheme, AEOS, contracts have expired will be enabled to participate in GLAS; if the scheme...
- Agrifood Sector
230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the most recent discussions he has had at EU level on the need to relax state aid rules and have adequate measures in...
- Departmental Staff Data
232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Broadband Service Provision
233. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a broadband service will be provided to a public library (details supplied); the reason for the delay in...
- Digital Hub Development Agency
234. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average first and full year cost of establishing a digital hub under the Digital Hub Development Agency; the number...
- Electric Vehicles
235. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a list of all high-power multi-charger sites and new faster charger sites for electric vehicles by county will be...
- Cyber Security Policy
236. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps and progress made in 2018 and to date in 2019 in building the capability of the national cyber security...
- Departmental Agencies Data
239. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the State agencies and bodies under the remit of his Department; the location of each such body by county; and the...
- National Broadband Plan
240. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the tender process for the national broadband plan will be finalised; if his attention has been drawn to the...
- Departmental Staff
242. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service, from Secretary General to cleaner, each year since...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Rail Services
243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the overcrowding on commuter trains in the Blanchardstown, Ongar and Castleknock areas; his plans to...
- Driver Test Waiting Lists
245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a driver test for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18155/19]
- Sports Facilities Expenditure
246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of State funding for sporting activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18215/19]
- Sport Ireland Funding
247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the national governing bodies that have received funding through Sport Ireland that have complied with the governance code to date. [18216/19]
- Departmental Agencies
248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the State agencies and bodies under the remit of his Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of full and...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a decision will be made on applications to the large-scale sport infrastructure fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Road Traffic Legislation
250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet with groups as originally committed to in order to discuss concerns about legislation and the licensing system...
- Driver Test
251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of full-time equivalent driver testers that retired to date in 2019. [18312/19]
- Electric Vehicles
254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of electric vehicles purchased in 2018; and the number purchased to date in 2019. [18315/19]
- Public Transport
255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his plan to purchase additional train carriages; the date by which these trains will be delivered; and if he will make a...
- Regional Airports
257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding disbursed under the regional airports programme in each of the past five years by recipient in tabular form. [18318/19]
- Regional Road Network
259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and value of applications made by county to the local and regional roads safety programme in the past three years by county...
- Driver Test Waiting Lists
263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average and longest waiting times for learner drivers to receive driver tests by county. [18324/19]
- Public Transport Initiatives
264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of converting the public rail network fully to electricity in terms of the cost of the trains and the infrastructure...
- Departmental Staff Data
265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons employed at each level of the civil service from secretary general to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Children First Guidelines
266. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the process in place in Tusla in assessing credible reports in respect of child safety issues; the protocols in place; the maximum...
- School Completion Programme
267. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if continued funding by the school completion programme under Tusla of the school counsellor bring provided to a school (details supplied)...
- Children in Care
268. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who have died in State care since 2010. [18160/19]
- Departmental Agencies Data
269. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the State agencies and bodies under the remit of her Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of full and...
- Departmental Funding
270. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 603 of 4 December 2018, if she has considered conducting a historical review of funding issued to an...
- Departmental Staff Data
271. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons employed at each level of the civil service from secretary general to cleaner each year since 2016; the number of...
- Departmental Funding
272. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding for her Department both current and capital for 2019; the expenditure profile at the end of March 2019; if EU funding is...
- Childcare Services Funding
273. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress in introducing large scale capital grants to assist in the provision of childcare places; if her attention has been drawn to...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Library Services Data
274. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the average cost of a library card per child; if library cards are free for children; the cost of providing library cards; and if he...
- Departmental Expenditure
275. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current and capital expenditure, respectively for each local authority in each of the years 2016 to 2019; and if he will make a...
- Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
276. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications by category 1 and 2 projects made under the rural regeneration and development fund by county to date in...
- Departmental Agencies Data
277. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the State agencies and bodies under the remit of his Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of full and...
- RAPID Programme
278. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated to each local authority and local development committee for the RAPID programme community facilities scheme and...
- Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding
279. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to the social inclusion and community activation programme in each year since being established in tabular form;...
- Walks Scheme
281. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated first and full-year cost of a proposal for a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Staff Data
282. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the number...
- Departmental Funding
283. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 614 of 4 December 2018, if he has conducted an historical review of funding to an organisation...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Disability Allowance Applications
284. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [18100/19]
- Consultancy Contracts Data
286. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on external consultancy reports in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if she will make...
- Social Welfare Appeals Data
287. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals lodged in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the percentage of appeals...
- Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
288. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting time for a decision on appeal for social protection payments paid on a weekly basis in cases in which...
- EU Funding
289. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the allocation to FEAD Ireland in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the distribution of this funding; if...
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her targets for poverty, including child poverty; if these targets are being met; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Poverty Data
291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of severe material deprivation for lone parents here; the way in which this compares to the EU average; and if she...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
292. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied). [18121/19]
- Employment Support Services
293. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if Turas Nua will be contacted regarding a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18122/19]
- Occupational Injuries Benefit Applications
294. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for disability benefit and or illness benefit was received from a person (details supplied); when the...
- Departmental Agencies Data
295. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the State agencies and bodies under the remit of her Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of...
- One-Parent Family Payment Payments
296. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the full entitlement in respect of one-parent family allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
297. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all documentation requested in respect of a jobseeker's allowance application in the case of a person (details supplied)...
- State Pensions Payments
298. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position in regard to entitlement to a pro rata pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
- Invalidity Pension Eligibility
299. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the entitlement to invalidity pension and-or disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
300. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) will be concluded; when payment of arrears will issue; and if she...
- Exceptional Needs Payments
301. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be made in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- One-Parent Family Payment Payments
302. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct level of one-parent family allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- State Pension (Contributory)
303. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the processing of the reviews for persons on reduced contributory pensions; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Staff Data
304. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Rental Sector
305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing assistance payment, HAP, or rental accommodation scheme, RAS, tenancies nationwide that are former...
- Building Energy Rating Compliance
306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the avenues open to a person who employed a registered architect who did not carry out their role of assigned certifier...
- Rent Pressure Zones
307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason only a portion of Limerick city has been designated a rent pressure zone; if his attention has been drawn to the...
- Local Government Reform
308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated first and full year cost of establishing town councils; the number of town councils that will be needed; the...
- Development Contributions
310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the revenue received by each local authority from the development levy or variations of the levy; and if he will make a...
- Energy Efficiency
311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost of the deep retrofit pilot programme; the number of properties retrofitted; the average cost by house of retrofitting...
- Housing Estates
312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his plans for the issue of estates that residents wish to be taken in charge by a local authority (details...
- Urban Development
314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications by category A and B projects made under the urban regeneration and development fund by county, to...
- Departmental Agencies Data
315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the State agencies and bodies under the remit of his Department; the location of each such body by county; and the current...
- Housing Estates
316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address issues with estates that have developer led wastewater systems; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Staff Data
317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the budget for housing adaptation grants in 2019; the estimated cost of restoring it to 2008 levels; and if he will make a...
- Housing Data
319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of rapid build units delivered in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a...
- Repair and Leasing Scheme
320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes brought into use under the repair and lease scheme by local authority and year; the number of applications...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units to be provided through the enhanced long-term social housing leasing scheme by county in 2019; and if he...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Heritage Council
322. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the average cost of implementing the national town centre health check programme by town; the number of towns that have had an...
- Visual Artist's Workspace Scheme
323. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the average cost of funding art workspaces as part of the visual artists' workplace scheme; the number of locations funded by the...
- Arts Funding
324. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost of removing the €2,550,000 cap for the per cent for art scheme and of adjusting the other caps...
- Arts Promotion
325. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is an art camp programme established with State funding; if so, the cost of running the programme; the number of camps...
- Departmental Agencies Data
326. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the State agencies and bodies under the remit of her Department; the location of each such body by county; and the number of full...
- Departmental Staff Data
327. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; the...
