Written answers

Wednesday, 8 May 2019

  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      12. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the site acquisition to accommodate the three school campus in Buncrana, County Donegal; the timeline of works to ensure that the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the crisis regarding a shortage of school places and ASD units for children with autism who are being denied access to...
    • School Curriculum
      16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment was the appropriate vehicle for conducting a review of the place of...
    • DEIS Administration
      17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that the criteria used to adjudicate DEIS status for schools is fair and equitable; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Circulars
      18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if circulars distributed to staff in the education sector form part of the working terms and conditions of those staff; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      19. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he expects to be in a position to progress the replacement of temporary accommodation in both primary and second-level schools...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
      20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the ex gratia scheme set up in the wake of a case (details supplied) will be reviewed to ensure all survivors of child sexual abuse that...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the site location for a new purpose-built school (details supplied); the stage of the process; when works will commence on the new building; and...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consultation he has had with trade unions representing special needs assistants before the roll-out of a pilot scheme to implement the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the large disparities between special classes available in primary schools compared to such classes in post-primary schools...
    • School Staff
      24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when talks will begin with representatives of school secretaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19839/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the need for an autism specific school in western areas of Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19842/19]
    • School Catchment Areas
      26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) which, while in County Meath, has also met the need of families in...
    • School Curriculum
      27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review sex education policy in view of the fact that the recent review of sex education by the National Council for Curriculum and...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the acquisition of a site for a school (details supplied) has been agreed; the position regarding progress on the planning process for the new...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in agreeing additional consultant fees for the preparation of nearly zero energy building documentation for a major school...
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist ag a Roinn go n-íocfar an deontas múineadh trí Ghaeilge agus múineadh go dátheangach de...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when applications by schools (details supplied) were made for improvement works and or extensions at the respective schools; the interactions that...
    • Junior Cycle Reform
      33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to adjust the optional nature of history for the junior cycle; his views on the findings of the report of the National Council for...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to provide additional primary school places for children in Rathcoole, County Dublin, for September 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to intervene under the provisions of the Education (Admissions to Schools) Act 2018 to compel schools to make additional...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18845/19]
    • Digital Strategy for Schools
      39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy in respect of the use of laptops in schools and the cost of laptops to parents particularly during secondary education years; and if he...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the delivery of a new permanent school building for schools (details supplied); when the new school building will open; and if he...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure children with special education requirements who are without a suitable placement for the next school year will...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on moves to abolish the two-tier pay scales for teachers as reported at the teachers' annual conferences during the last week of...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide psychological and counselling supports for children with mental health issues in schools; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Education Policy
      47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he continues to be engaged with the concept of the publicly funded education programme, with particular reference to the need...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a development at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19826/19]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Homeless Persons Data
      49. To ask the Taoiseach the person or body that takes account for homeless persons when the census is been compiled (details supplied). [18917/19]
    • Live Register Data
      50. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons on the Live Register in each of the past five years by age group and county (details supplied); the number of social welfare offices in Galway city...
    • Civil Service Staff Data
      51. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons employed at each level of the Civil Service from Secretary General to cleaner each year since 2016; and the number of those at each level that are...
    • Departmental Agencies Data
      52. To ask the Taoiseach 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 employed in each...
    • Unemployment Data
      53. To ask the Taoiseach the rate of jobless households here; the way in which this compares to the EU average; and the number of jobless households by county. [18119/19]
    • Taoiseach's Communications
      54. To ask the Taoiseach if he has contacted the Government of Sri Lanka to express his condemnation of the recent attacks on churches and other properties; and if so, the date of same. [19256/19]
    • Northern Ireland
      55. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Prime Minister May since the murder of a person (details supplied); and if he discussed preparations regarding the structures and substance of the...
    • Brexit Issues
      56. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken with Prime Minister May or other EU leaders regarding the withdrawal treaty since the last European Council meeting. [19817/19]
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      57. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D, infrastructure, last met. [19818/19]
    • Taoiseach's Communications
      58. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken with the Prime Minister of Spain, Mr. Pedro Sánchez, since the recent election result there. [19819/19]
  • Department of Defence
    • Air Corps Operations
      59. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the Air Corps was not permitted to land at Baldonnel Aerodrome on 26 January 2019 with a child (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Army Barracks
      60. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the water supply at Columb Barracks, Mullingar, will be reinstated (details supplied); and the reason there has been no running water supply...
    • Foreign Naval Vessels
      61. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which three Royal Navy vessels (details supplied) were authorised to conduct military exercises in Irish waters in the Dublin Fingal...
    • Military Medals
      62. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to award a medal in 2021 to the Defence Forces and the national statutory and voluntary emergency services for their service to...
    • Departmental Data
      63. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of external organisations or membership-based organisations his Department is a member of; the year in which his Department joined the...
    • Ministerial Invitations
      64. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he or his officials or political staff were recipients of tickets and-or hospitality from an organisation (details supplied) during the term...
    • Civil Defence
      65. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the role and functions of the Civil Defence; if there will be forthcoming changes to these roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      66. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if consideration is being given to raising the age limits for eligibility to join the Defence Forces (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Air Corps Operations
      67. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason requested helicopters and backup had not arrived in a timely manner to combat the gorse fires in the Rosses, County Donegal; if...
    • Civil Defence
      68. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a solution will be found to allow the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council, PHECC, to approve a licence for Civil Defence volunteers to...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason a person (details supplied) is still awaiting clearance to be allowed entry into a career in the Permanent Defence Forces despite the...
    • Defence Forces Expenditure
      70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount and percentage of the capital budget for the Defence Forces that was spent in each of the years 2016 to 2018, in tabular form; and if...
    • Protected Disclosures
      71. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding the application of the protected disclosures legislation to persons in the Defence Forces; the person or body to which...
    • Naval Service Strength
      72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Naval Service by number of personnel and rank in each year since 2010, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Naval Service Staff
      73. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Naval Service personnel that left their employment early in each year since 2010; the number that made a payment to the Naval...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • National Security Authority
      74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the agency created or designated as the national security authority as required under European Council decision 2013/488/EU; and if he will...
    • Passport Applications
      75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied) regarding an application for a passport. [18411/19]
    • Human Rights
      76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the human rights situation in the Kingdom of Bahrain and the efforts made on raising these issues; and if he will make a...
    • Passport Data
      77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports issued to persons over 65 years of age in each of the years 2012 to 2018; and the estimated cost per year if free...
    • Human Rights
      79. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the invoking of the genocide convention on Myanmar, a position that should be foremost in a country seeking a seat on...
    • Passport Applications Fees
      81. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a person (details supplied) has to pay a fee for a passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18567/19]
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions held on the topic of the undocumented Irish in view of the visit of the Speaker of the United States House of...
    • Foreign Naval Vessels
      83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which three Royal Navy vessels (details supplied) were authorised to conduct military exercises in Irish waters in the Dublin...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the pre-election promises annexing the settlements in the West Bank made by outgoing and incoming Prime Minister Benjamin...
    • Human Rights Cases
      85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if he has raised the issue with his Emirati counterpart; and if...
    • Human Rights
      86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to support the UN binding treaty on business and human rights in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18755/19]
    • Northern Ireland
      88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to pursue the full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, in particular the need for the Assembly and power...
    • Human Rights Cases
      90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he has raised the case with his Israeli counterpart. [19112/19]
    • Passport Applications Fees
      91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost implications for British-born spouses of deceased Irish citizens in obtaining an Irish passport; if the law was recently changed...
    • Human Rights
      92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an interdepartmental committee will be established to oversee and monitor Ireland's response to Christian persecution in view of the fact...
    • Human Rights Cases
      93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps taken to secure the release of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19483/19]
    • Passport Applications Administration
      94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which persons working for Irish Aid abroad can gain access to new passports (details supplied); the way in which they can operate...
    • Council of Europe
      97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will oppose cuts of up to 15% to the youth sector and youth programme budget of the Council of Europe when the matter comes before...
    • Passport Applications
      98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an Irish passport for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19939/19]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the attempts of the President of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Mr. Juan Guaidó, to carry out an...
    • Economic Sanctions
      100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Government of the United States of America is intensifying its alleged illegal blockade...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Exemptions
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the artist tax exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18390/19]
    • VAT Exemptions
      102. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to remove VAT from automated external defibrillator devices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18436/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      103. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures undertaken to counteract the potential impact of reduced economic activity as projected by the ESRI publication, Ireland and Brexit: modelling...
    • Pension Levy
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the rate at which pension recipients must pay tax on a pension; and his views on the fact that this rate has not been increased...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Data
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications received to date for the first-time buyers help-to-buy scheme in Limerick city; the number accepted and refused, respectively; the...
    • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
      106. To ask the Minister for Finance the contributions Ireland has made to projects supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date...
    • Customs and Excise Controls (2 comments)
      107. To ask the Minister for Finance if CBD with THC levels lower than 0.2%, the European legal limit, is being stopped at the customs border from Europe. [19634/19]
    • Tax Code
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance if flat rate expenses will be maintained for workers in the mining industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18405/19]
    • VAT Rate Increases
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance if clarification will be provided regarding his comments made in Dáil Éireann on 4 November 2018 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Property Tax Collection
      110. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount payable by a person who has never paid the local property tax since its introduction on the basis that the property is at the lowest...
    • Property Tax Rate
      111. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected increase in local property tax for each of the rate bands following reviews; and when the changes will take effect. [18456/19]
    • Stamp Duty
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance if a farmer who qualifies for consanguinity relief has to pay 6% stamp duty and claim the relief back; if he or she can pay 1% when the farm transfer is...
    • VAT Rate Application
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance if provisions will be considered to help maintain the viability of small rural businesses, in particular rural pubs, in the form of an increase of the VAT...
    • Corporation Tax
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of corporation tax receipts forecast at the beginning of each of the years 2010 to 2018 to be collected during each year; the amount actually...
    • Tax Data
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of registered companies; the number that were liable for corporation tax; the number that paid; the amount each paid, respectively; and the number...
    • VAT Rebates
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications that have been received to date in 2019 in respect of the VAT compensation scheme for charities, which he announced in budget 2018;...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Revenue Commissioners will amend and deliver the payslip of a person (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to delays in the processing...
    • Bank Debt Restructuring
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 2 April 2019, the number of persons a bank (details supplied) has petitioned personal bankruptcy proceedings in...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money spent in fees across all Departments to a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [18836/19]
    • Departmental Contracts Data
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money spent in fees across all Departments to private audit and advisory firms in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [18840/19]
    • Insurance Industry
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for insurance reform in particular in view of the recent significant increase in insurance premium liability for industry, business and traders; and...
    • Tax Data
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the way in which the cost of tax expenditures in revenue forgone are calculated; if he is satisfied that the current calculating methodology is...
    • Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter regarding legal fees being added to mortgage arrears accounts (details supplied). [18943/19]
    • Tax Yield
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of taxes paid to the Exchequer by companies (details supplied) over the past five years in tabular form. [18988/19]
    • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland has received financial support from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and...
    • Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance if under section 40 of the Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears 2013, lenders should share with borrowers their documentation of its considerations of each...
    • Tax Code
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to abolish the universal social charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19118/19]
    • Insurance Levy
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue raised from the levy on insurance; the way in which this funding was used in 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Financial Services Sector
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance the position on the ability of banks and credit unions here to extend credit to Irish citizens that are principally living abroad; and if he will make a...
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of measures to tackle the cost of car insurance; the progress made to date; the further associated actions that remain to be carried out; and if he...
    • Vehicle Registration Data
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons here that have been fined for not having VRT in each of the past five years. [19170/19]
    • Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears Breaches
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that certain lenders are not complying with section 45(a) of the Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears 2013 and the...
    • Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears Data
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance the success rate of appeals lodged by borrowers to the appeals process within lender institutions against an alternative repayment arrangement in...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Application
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that all lenders are applying the rules governing mortgage interest relief in cases in which the borrower is in arrears on the mortgage;...
    • Banking Sector
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to and his views on whether it is appropriate that a bank (details supplied) as a majority State owned institution, has...
    • Insurance Industry
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the work completed to ensure that all companies involved in the leisure and tourism industry can obtain a reasonable insurance premium; and the actions taken...
    • Tax Code
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 18 April 2019, the status of the outcome of the meeting between the Revenue Commissioners and an organisation...
    • Irish Real Estate Fund
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of property held by IREFs in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [19315/19]
    • Real Estate Investment Trusts
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of property held by REITs in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [19316/19]
    • Economic Data
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an updated version of table 3 from the Summer Economic Statement 2018 taking account of measures in Budget 2019 and changes to other...
    • Budget Measures
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue that would be raised in budget 2020 from the non-indexation of the income tax system; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Standard Bank Account
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a joint account is frozen in the event of one of the named persons on the account dying when the account is for use in a marital situation between...
    • VAT Rebates
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance the rate of VAT payable by sports and leisure clubs seeking to purchase and install emergency defibrillator devices at their facilities; and if there is...
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reintroduce the home renovation incentive scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19498/19]
    • IBRC Operations
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated receipts due to be received from the IBRC by each year until these receipts are expected to end in tabular form. [19503/19]
    • NAMA Accounts
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of the €3.5 billion NAMA surplus due to be received in each year until all the payments are made in tabular form. [19504/19]
    • State Banking Sector
      163. To ask the Minister for Finance his policy on the sale of State owned bank shares in the short and medium term; if this policy differs between the banks concerned; if changes in the value of...
    • Housing Issues
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance the evidence to support the claims made in the stability programme update 2019 that there is a threat of an overshooting of housing supply; and if he will...
    • Economic Data
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance his preferred method of measuring the structural balance in view of the inclusion of two methodologies in the stability programme update 2019; and if he will...
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Data
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and amount of payments made in each year under the home renovation scheme since it was introduced; the amounts paid out under the scheme; and if he...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Staff
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance when the competition to fill the position of Governor of the Central Bank will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19529/19]
    • Bank Branch Closures
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his attention has been drawn to the programme of local branch closures of a bank (details supplied); if this is being carried out in order...
    • EU Funding
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to support the objectives in local communities of the InvestEU Programme of the European Commission in respect of the key policy areas of social...
    • Banking Sector
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which he plans to monitor the recently announced intentions of a bank (details supplied) to promote a sustainable banking future by incorporating...
    • Tax on Tobacco Products
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated increase to a pack of cigarettes if an annual tax escalator of 5% and the rate of inflation was introduced; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Strategy Group
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeframe for the publication of the tax strategy papers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19554/19]
    • Tax on Tobacco Products
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated time for the tax rate on roll-your-own tobacco to reach equivalence with manufactured cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of actions taken as part of the WHO Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19560/19]
    • VAT Exemptions
      180. To ask the Minister for Finance the feasibility of including nicotine patches in the list of medicines which are zero rated for VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19561/19]
    • National Economic Dialogue
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance when the national economic dialogue will be held in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19732/19]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has made appointments to a State board in the past three years in cases in which he has reappointed a person that has already served two full terms...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Payments
      184. To ask the Minister for Finance the social welfare payments that are subject to tax and exempt from tax, respectively in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19791/19]
    • Money Laundering
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of suspicious transaction reports that have been made to the Revenue Commissioners on an annual basis in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date...
    • Customs and Excise Staff
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the number of customs officers in County Cork in the context of Brexit. [20023/19]
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      187. To ask the Minister for Finance the position on recognising and using losses from a CGT perspective on the sale by a person of residential properties; the difference in the treatment if the...
    • Betting Regulations
      188. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on recent meetings with representatives from a company (details supplied) on the recently revised rate of betting tax and the Gambling Control Bill...
    • Customs and Excise Protocols
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a format that needs to be used by a shipping company in charging the appropriate amount of customs duty including an obligation to provide a...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance if tax breaks will be considered to encourage fully qualified engineers born and educated here to return from abroad to work in industry here; and if he will...
    • Tax Rebates
      191. To ask the Minister for Finance if tax rebates are available for completion of a house that never finished construction and was never occupied. [18853/19]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to have a meeting with community employment supervisors as part of the high level forum discussion on gratuities; and if he...
    • Public Health Assessments
      197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a public health assessment has been carried out in advance of the installation of 5G technology at Buncrana Garda station; and if he...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when funding will be made available for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19291/19]
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to allow public servants who retired in 2018 aged 65 years of age who were allowed to work an extra year to continue to work...
    • State Properties
      201. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 26 February 2019, the position regarding the matter; the progress made since the reply...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      203. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the OPW works at a location (details supplied). [19431/19]
    • Governmental Expenditure
      204. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of unallocated expenditure in each of the years 2020 to 2024 or the latest date in tabular form; and if this unallocated...
    • Freedom of Information Legislation
      207. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reform freedom of information legislation following a recent High Court decision overturning a Data Commission decision;...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the correspondence he has received from Cork City Council in respect of a funding proposal for an event centre. [18467/19]
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the clearing of a large amount of trees and hedgerows along Whitechurch stream in St. Enda’s Park and the Pearse...
    • Office of Public Works Expenditure
      210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of the recently published Phoenix Park visitor experience strategic review carried out by the OPW and other bodies; the cost of...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      212. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the public consultation period as part of the Phoenix Park visitor experience strategic review will be extended to give more time for...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      214. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the process established in 2015 to examine the 2008 Labour Court recommendation on pension rights for community employment...
    • Ministerial Invitations
      215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he, his Departmental or political staff were recipients of tickets and-or hospitality from an organisation (details supplied) during...
    • Brexit Preparations
      216. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures undertaken by his Department to counteract the potential impact of Brexit; the level of engagement he has had with...
    • Departmental Projects
      217. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of projects supported by his Department in County Galway in each of the past five years; the value and status of each...
    • Office of Public Works Expenditure
      219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on restoration and maintenance of the Rock of Cashel in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the detail...
    • Voluntary Homeowners Relocation Scheme
      222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of applications he has accepted for the voluntary homeowners relocation scheme; the amount of funding set aside for the...
    • Public Appointments Service
      223. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the supports or mechanisms to assist persons with disabilities to acquire a job in the civil or wider public service; and if he will...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      224. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the recent meetings he has had with officials, ministerial colleagues or others regarding the community employment supervisors pension...
    • Prison Service Staff
      227. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the particulars of a case concerning a prison officer on unpaid leave from the Irish Prison Service...
    • Departmental Funding
      228. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his specific responsibilities with regard to the Cork event centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18978/19]
    • Pension Provisions
      229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter regarding a pension increase in relation to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • River Basin Management Plans
      230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the dredging works which recently took place in the Ward River Valley Park in Swords, County Dublin; if the OPW had...
    • Pension Levy
      231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position in respect of the civil and public service levy; when civil servants can expect to have their PSPR reduced in their...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a number of proposed flood risk management schemes in areas (details supplied) in County Donegal; when the OPW will...
    • Public Appointments Service
      234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to implement a recruitment campaign for HEO and third secretary posts within the Civil Service in quarter 2 of 2019; and if he...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when persons (details supplied) will be contacted in relation to the home relocation scheme; the expected timeframe for the process to...
    • Pension Provisions
      236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position in relation to the restoration of a public service pension to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service
      237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual cost of running the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service; the number of persons working for the service; and if...
    • National Monuments
      239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will undertake to fund urgent restoration work required at Terreraght Castle, a Norman tower house, in New Ross, County...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify with the OPW when the original gates will be returned to the entrances to the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a...
    • Intestate Estates
      241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of residential properties that the State has inherited as the ultimate intestate successor in each of the years 2011 to 2018;...
    • Government Expenditure
      242. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Government expenditure in each of the years 2007 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Civil Service Staff Data
      243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific locations of Departments in County Kildare to which persons could be assigned to as principal officer positions that were...
    • Pension Provisions
      245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason public service retirees who retired after 28 February 2012 have their pension increases linked to the pay restoration...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to support the development of a national hairdressing apprenticeship by an organisation (details supplied). [18561/19]
    • School Transport
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the maintenance charges on the Bus Éireann school transport fleet are charged on a per mile basis in accordance with the 1975 agreement...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been offered an apprenticeship course in Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal, instead of...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to establish a national school-based counselling initiative to support the existing structures available in schools and which would be...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress on a new build for a school (details supplied) since the announcement in December 2018. [18412/19]
    • School Accommodation
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on the commitment to increase the capacity by five classrooms of a school (details supplied); the timeline for completion of...
    • School Expulsions
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he has taken in 2019 to investigate the prevalence of exclusion of pupils from schools for behavioural reasons; and if he will make a...
    • Apprenticeship Data
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeships under way; the number of female apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18446/19]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the resolution of an issue that resulted in additional taxes being paid by substitute teachers in 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Technological Universities Status
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of university status to institutes of technology which have indicated an interest in same; and if he will make a...
    • School Patronage
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a patronage process will be announced for schools to be established in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18449/19]
    • Third Level Funding
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the referral of an economic analysis related to third level funding to the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Funding
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an analysis has been conducted of the prevalence of voluntary contributions to schools by county; if so, if the analysis will be published;...
    • School Transport
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the decision to have an age limit of 70 years of age for taxi drivers transporting special needs children to school under the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when works are due to commence with the installation of the three temporary classrooms and toilet block at a school (details supplied). [18492/19]
    • Autism Support Services
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with an autism diagnosis that require school placement in preschool settings, mainstream primary schools or ASD units or...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18557/19]
    • School Accommodation
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a proposal to house six classes from a secondary school in a nearby Gaelscoil (details supplied); if his...
    • School Staff Appeals Mechanism
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an appeal under circular 0019/2019, appendix F(e), criterion E - small schools, by a school (details supplied) in March 2019 regarding...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional primary teaching posts required in order to restore the appointment figure to 48 pupils for the third teacher in a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 7 March 2019, the status of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18619/19]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of allowances previously available to teachers which were removed following a review of allowances during the recession; the estimated...
    • Autism Support Services
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if plans for a new primary school at a location (details supplied) include a provision for an ASD unit with another school; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of special educational needs hours for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be allocated for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18692/19]
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications Data
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that failed to qualify for third level SUSI grants in 2017 and 2018 due to their earnings being above the €4,500...
    • Student Grant Scheme Reform
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the earnings limit for third level students to allow them work more hours in part-time jobs without losing their grants....
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the annual scheme and regulations for the student grant will be published. [18707/19]
    • Junior Cycle Reform
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if history will be reinstated to the junior certificate programme as a compulsory subject; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18708/19]
    • Teacher Recruitment
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific initiatives he has taken to increase the recruitment of teachers at primary and second level. [18709/19]
    • School Accommodation
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of prefabs and portakabins in use at primary and second level schools here. [18711/19]
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for emergency funding by a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Safety
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to ensure education for primary school children regarding road safety and pedestrian crossings; the further measures...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school transport service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18754/19]
    • Insurance Costs
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions being put in place to support a school (details supplied) that has been presented with an insurance quote of €26,000; and...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Funding
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) did not receive the full funding sought under the emergency works programme; if he will review this...
    • Autism Support Services
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the location of an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, unit in a school (details supplied) and-or another school in accordance with...
    • Remote Area Boarding Grant
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the remote area boarding grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18814/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to representations recently submitted by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Third Level Fees
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost if the student contribution to fees was reduced by €250 to €2,250; if he will consider the matter in the context...
    • School Curriculum
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the concerns of rural and farming parents that school curricula will include negative depictions of beef consumption will be addressed; and if...
    • Student Universal Support Ireland
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if grants, scholarships, a bursary or financial aid are available for a person (details supplied) in County Cork who wishes to study abroad....
    • Schools Amalgamation
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a matter (details supplied) regarding an amalgamation of schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18881/19]
    • Home Tuition Scheme Provision
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when home tuition hours and a suitably qualified tutor will be provided to a student (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Expulsions
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a section 29 appeal in respect of a student will be completed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18889/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the exclusion of mental injury which may arise as a result of an assault for the leave of absence following assault scheme; and...
    • School Accommodation
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount expended on modular classrooms, prefabricated units or both to meet additional classroom space in the past ten years; the amount...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special educational needs organisers, SENOs, in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by county, in tabular form; and...
    • Teacher Supply
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18924/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Data
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools that were put on the school building capital plans for new schools or large extensions between 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 9 April 2019, if there is a deadline for the school build completion; and if he will make a...
    • Autism Support Services
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) under construction and near completion will include an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, unit or a special needs...
    • Teacher Data
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers nationally in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019 who were successful in obtaining deployment in their location of choice; and...
    • School Enrolments
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position on an appropriate school place being provided to a child (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capacity of a special school (details supplied) in County Cork; the number enrolled; the number of children on the waiting list; his plans to...
    • School Services Staff
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the employment of school secretaries by his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19128/19]
    • Autism Support Services
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding allocated to autism spectrum disorder, ASD, special classes in secondary schools in each year; and if he will make a...
    • School Transport Applications
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made regarding school transport home pick-up for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Autism Support Services
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will set out a policy on the provision of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, classes in each school catchment area; if he is satisfied with the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will go under construction and completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19166/19]
    • Teacher Recruitment
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts he is making to tackle the lack of full-time positions available to young teachers at present; if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for a lengthy period on a Teaching Council number; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Universities Legislation
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of borrowing, underwriting and guaranteeing activities notified to him under the borrowing framework provided for in section 38 of the...
    • Education and Training Boards Expenditure
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the aggregate at any one time of moneys borrowed by each education and training board, in tabular form. [19207/19]
    • Third Level Institutions Governance
      327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the appropriateness of university marketing activities here that go beyond providing information to potential students such as paid...
    • Higher Education Institutions
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date of construction, the university, the building or project name, the area and the cost of each university building programme costing in...
    • Third Level Institutions
      331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the area of land owned or in the possession of each university and institute of technology in each year in the past 15 years, in tabular form....
    • Third Level Fees
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if discretion can be shown to prospective teachers returning from outside of the EU after a number of years of teaching (details supplied) in...
    • School Transport Provision
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he is taking to provide school transport for 24 pupils who are attending schools (details supplied); if the pupils will be included in...
    • School Enrolments
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19288/19]
    • Autism Support Services
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if finance has been provided for ASD units at schools (details supplied); and if the necessary staff will be in place for September 2019. [19307/19]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a reply will be issued to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19333/19]
    • School Transport Provision
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the school bus operated by a bus service (details supplied) has run out of private funding; if...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a place is available at the ASD unit of a school (details supplied) for a person; and if the matter will be expedited. [19407/19]
    • School Staff
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied). [19420/19]
    • SOLAS Funding
      342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding which has been committed by SOLAS towards an electronic marking system for adult and apprenticeships programmes; the progress of the...
    • Higher Education Authority Administration
      343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that minutes of meetings of the Higher Education Authority have not been published on its website...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a development at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19444/19]
    • Autism Support Services
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure enough special classes are attached to mainstream schools in order that all children diagnosed with autism who...
    • School Transport Provision
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the school transport grant awarded to a person (details supplied) will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19468/19]
    • School Transport Eligibility
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus place will be provided for a student (details supplied) to get to a school in Kells, County Meath; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his officials will meet a union (details supplied) to discuss the recommendations following the review of the National Council for Special...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to improve working conditions, terms of employment and job security for special needs assistants in view of the...
    • Child Protection
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of child protection complaints received due to staffing levels in schools and not having the requisite number of adult teachers or...
    • Legal Costs
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount paid in fees to legal professionals for the purpose of defending a case (details supplied) and other cases of day school sex abuse...
    • Education Policy
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given from a public health perspective and to support lifelong healthy eating to funding a programme in which children...
    • School Enrolments
      354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if priority access to a local secondary school will be given to those who live in the local catchment area and attend primary school there in the...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a situation in which SNAs who were eligible to retire at the end of the 2017-18 school year but chose to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received a formal request from a trade union (details supplied) to meet with a view to discussing the recommendations of the NCSE...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a funding application by a school (details supplied). [19591/19]
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of emergency works funding for a school (details supplied). [19593/19]
    • School Curriculum
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which students will be assessed under the new syllabus for agricultural science in secondary schools beginning from September 2019;...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 23 of 6 March 2019, the status of the school building project; the timeline for same; and if he will make a...
    • Student Grant Scheme Applications
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are extenuating circumstances that SUSI can take into account when deciding whether to accept a late application aside from the death of...
    • Third Level Institutions Governance
      362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the revised code of practice for the governance of third level institutions will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Student Grants Appeals Board
      363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of meetings held by the Student Grants Appeals Board in each of the years 2016 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Student Grant Appeals Board
      364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the most recent report on the activities of the Student Grants Appeals Board that he has received pursuant to section 27 of the Student Support...
    • Apprenticeship Council
      365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the work of the Apprenticeship Council; the remit and membership of the board; the number of meetings held in each of the years...
    • Apprenticeship Data
      367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices commencing an apprenticeship programme in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions taken to support greater participation of young women and other under-represented groups on apprenticeship programmes; and if he will...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has made State board appointments in the past three years in circumstances in which he has reappointed a person who has already served two...
    • School Services Staff
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school secretaries who have been employed directly by his Department in each of the past five years; if principals can apply for...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in the delivery of extension work at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19803/19]
    • Site Acquisitions
      381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in identifying and securing a site for a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; if this project...
    • Industrial Relations
      382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reimburse members of a union (details supplied) who suffered financial penalties amounting to a total of €15 million in wages...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding his plans for a new secondary school in the western area of Blanchardstown; if an appropriate site has been identified;...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken to assist facilities and schools in a time of great tragedy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14272/19]
    • School Placement
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the availability of places in primary schools in Finglas, Dublin 11, for children with ASD; and if he will address a matter...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) in County Cork with ASD will receive a NEPS assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19933/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a secondary school and multipurpose communal building in Kinnegad, County Westmeath. [19935/19]
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the outstanding contributions from religious congregations amounting to €6.37 million to the residential institutions statutory fund...
    • Special Educational Needs
      389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an urgent meeting will take place between his officials, parents, a school (details supplied) and the NCSE; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no breastfeeding provision for special needs assistants in schools; if his attention...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions in place to deal with the shortage of first-year secondary places for those who are on waiting lists in the Kilcoole and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a report on the availability of places in primary schools in an area (details supplied) for children with ASD; and if he will...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school to cater for an area (details supplied); if this school will now be located outside the catchment area; if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a system under which new schools are approved, particularly in Dublin; the criteria for establishing a catchment area; the...
    • Legislative Measures
      395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the remaining sections of the Education (Admissions to Schools) Act 2018, in particular sections 9(61), (62) and (63) will be commenced; and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review of the outstanding moneys owed to contractors following the last building project for a school (details supplied) will be...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new building for the relocation of a school (details supplied); the funding which has been allocated for this project; the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role of his Department in the provision of supports, including SNAs for children with autism, in primary and secondary schools; his plans to...
    • School Patronage
      399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure children and students in the Dublin 8 and 12 areas have access to a secondary Educate Together facility; the rationale for...
    • Gaelscoil Issues
      400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet with parents and students who are campaigning for Gaelscoileanna in Dublin 10 and 12 in view of the fact that these are the only...
    • Student Accommodation
      401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which it is expected to provide student accommodation on site to facilitate Maynooth and other universities nationally with...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding development at a campus (details supplied) with particular reference to the need to restore activity on the site with a...
    • Gaelscoil Issues
      404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a Gaelcholáiste in north County Kildare; the extent to which previous arrangements are proceeding...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which all primary and post-primary school accommodation requirements in Maynooth, County Kildare, are being co-ordinated with a...
    • School Patronage
      410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which patronage changes in respect of various primary and post-primary schools throughout County Kildare have been advanced in line...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding proposals to replace the primary school at Newtown, Enfield, County Kildare, with particular reference to the need to...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which works at a school (details supplied) are progressing in accordance with the requirements as set out by the school...
    • Schools Building Projects
      414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which constant re-evaluation takes place throughout north County Kildare with a view to replacement of obsolete school buildings...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regrading proposed extension, upgrading and replacement of facilities at primary and post-primary level in Sallins, County Kildare;...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which a reduction in pupil-teacher ratios and class sizes is being addressed in all areas nationally; and if he will make a...
    • School Curriculum
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the school curriculum at primary and secondary-level can be extended to incorporate particular emphasis on basic life skills,...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site location can be made available for the new south Drogheda post-primary school that was announced in 2018 (details supplied); and if he...
    • School Services Staff
      425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a campaign (details supplied) in particular the demand to be treated like other public sector workers in terms of pay and...
    • Budget Measures
      426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for student registration fees and student hardship in general in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20160/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the project brief for a school redevelopment project at a school (details supplied); the most recent contacts his Department has...
    • School Transport Expenditure
      429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding can be provided for sustaining small schools schemes for a bus service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Personal Injury Claims
      430. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation to cap insurance awards for soft tissue injuries; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Child Protection
      431. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legislation in place to prevent the grooming of children. [19022/19]
    • Residency Permits
      432. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a review can be undertaken on the decision to refuse a de facto visa in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • Assisted Decision Making
      433. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the new decision support service as provided for in the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 will become...
    • Protected Disclosures
      434. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received a protected disclosure in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Deployment
      435. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of rank and file gardaí in Terenure Garda station since 2012, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Student Visas Applications
      436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications processed to date under the special student scheme accepted and rejected, respectively. [18420/19]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      440. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for naturalisation will be finalised for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Drugs Crime
      441. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to drug pushers selling drugs in the Clonliffe area harassing persons living in the area; the...
    • Firearms Licences
      442. 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
      445. 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...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the discussions of the cross-agency group on quads and scramblers; the number of times it has met; the...
    • Prison Staff
      447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to ongoing concerns by prison staff regarding bullying and having to work excessive hours...
    • Direct Provision Data
      448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in direct provision in each of the past five years in tabular form; his plans to address the issues with...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      449. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      450. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) will be appointed to a role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18593/19]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      452. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for citizenship by naturalisation processed within six months from the date received to the date a...
    • EU Directives
      453. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Ireland has fully transposed the EU Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and...
    • Criminal Records Data
      454. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Ireland has fully transposed the Council Framework Decision 2009/315/JHA of 26 February 2009 on the organisation and content...
    • Garda Vetting
      455. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale for repeat vetting the same person in different organisations; if vetting could be transferable; and his plans to...
    • Garda Operations
      456. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners that have been questioned and charged by An Garda Síochána for possession of contraband...
    • Motor Insurance Fraud
      458. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures he has put in place to reduce the number of fraudulent motor insurance claims here; and if he will make a...
    • Insurance Fraud
      461. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans regarding the review and reform of regulations and laws in respect of fraudulent personal injury claims in the...
    • Garda Investigations
      462. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unsolved murder and manslaughter cases here in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18736/19]
    • Policing Issues
      463. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the proposal by the Commission on the Future of Policing for a severance and-or redundancy programme to support policing...
    • Garda Recruitment
      464. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has engaged or consulted with the Garda Commissioner in respect of broadening and or abolishing the upper age limit on...
    • Garda Deployment
      465. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has engaged or consulted with the Garda Commissioner and the Chief Constable of the PSNI in respect of developing a...
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
      466. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timelines operated by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal to deal with cases; the date on which the next case...
    • Genetic Data
      467. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative and regulatory framework governing the collection, storage and use of genetic data; his plans to upgrade the...
    • Ministerial Invitations
      468. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he or his officials or political staff were recipients of tickets and or hospitality from an organisation (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Funding
      469. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of projects supported by his Department in County Galway in each of the past five years; the value and status of...
    • International Protection
      471. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when contact will be made with a person (details supplied) to declare them a refugee; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Prison Accommodation
      472. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason two of the open prisons are running at 80% capacity and yet prisoners are being detained in the basement of Mountjoy...
    • Prison Committals
      473. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if warrants are being executed under the old system resulting in persons being committed to prison for the non-payment of...
    • Crime Data
      474. 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...
    • Liquor Licensing Laws
      477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reform the licensing laws to provide for later opening and staggered closing for clubs and theatres in order to...
    • Gambling Legislation
      479. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to put forward legislation to address gambling addiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18911/19]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      480. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the delay of 29 months regarding an application for a certificate of naturalisation by a...
    • Protected Disclosures
      481. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the particulars of a case concerning a prison officer on unpaid leave from the Irish Prison...
    • Garda Data
      483. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to rectify a situation on the PULSE system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18972/19]
    • Prison Service
      484. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to publish a report into allegations of covert surveillance in prisons completed by the Inspector of Prisons and...
    • Paramilitary Groups
      485. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken by An Garda Síochána to work closely with the Police Service of Northern Ireland to address the...
    • Student Visas Data
      486. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 4 April 2019, the progress in processing the 3,100 applications under the new...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Proposed Legislation
      489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a new licence to facilitate venues primarily devoted to music to operate outside of the current...
    • Garda Expenditure
      493. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on purchasing spit hoods for the years ending 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Proposed Legislation
      494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to update the Domicile and Recognition of Foreign Divorces Act 1986; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Deportation Orders
      495. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if persons who are accepted to be Somali nationals since January 2017 have been issued with deportation orders and have been...
    • Citizenship Applications
      496. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of applications for citizenship in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he...
    • Refugee Status Applications Data
      497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of the recommendations for refugee or subsidiary protection received from the International Protection Office,...
    • Asylum Applications Data
      498. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vulnerability assessments that have been identified as being necessary for applicants seeking asylum; the number...
    • Asylum Applications
      499. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in providing ministerial decision letters for applicants seeking asylum in circumstances in which the...
    • Direct Provision Data
      500. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants granted status to remain here who continue to be kept in direct provision centres; and if he will make...
    • Prison Service Data
      501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of male and female prisoners, respectively, transferred from the Irish Prison Service to the Central Mental Hospital...
    • Garda Resources
      503. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of van-mounted speed cameras in operation by An Garda Síochána; the number of vehicles decommissioned; the...
    • Garda Training
      504. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional training resources for existing members of An Garda Síochána put in place since the recommencement of...
    • Garda Resources
      505. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the introduction of a human resource strategy for An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Data
      506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacancies within the Garda information services centre; the number of these vacancies that remain unfilled since...
    • Immigrant Investor Programme Administration
      507. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a register of investors approved under the visa investment programme that can be supplied to those that are seeking...
    • Garda Districts
      508. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reverse the decision to downgrade Gorey Garda district resulting in the loss of its superintendent in 2013; the...
    • Visa Applications
      509. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process for two Cambodian citizens to apply for a holiday visa to visit their daughter and grandchildren, who are Irish...
    • Deportation Orders
      510. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a family (details supplied); if the case will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Residency Permits
      511. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when stamp 4 status will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19387/19]
    • Garda Data
      514. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in receipt of injury at work payments; the number injured at work who have received compensation...
    • Private Security Industry Regulation
      515. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he will introduce legislation to ensure that private security companies and their staff who execute court orders are...
    • Legislative Measures
      516. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the disciplinary aspect of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Recruitment
      517. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recruitment campaigns to An Garda Síochána in each of the past five years; the number of applications...
    • Residency Permits
      518. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19579/19]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      520. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all required documentation has now been received in respect of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person...
    • Naturalisation Eligibility
      521. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status and eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Community Alert Programme
      522. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the operation of the community text alert system in County Kildare; the number of alert schemes in operation; if...
    • Visa Applications
      523. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for a visa in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Deportation Orders
      524. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Criminal Prosecutions Data
      525. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions for an offence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19605/19]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Immigrant Investor Programme Data
      527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received and approvals granted in each of the past five years in respect of the immigrant investor...
    • Prison Deaths
      529. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the circumstances of the death of a person (details supplied) in prison; and if he will make...
    • Prison Facilities
      530. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to extend opportunities for meaningful work and study to prisoners on sentences of ten years or over, many of whom...
    • Garda Transport Provision
      533. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars available in each Tipperary Garda district in each of the years 2013 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      534. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the final stage of an application for naturalisation for a person (details supplied) will be expedited to allow the person...
    • Youth Justice Strategy
      536. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the youth justice strategy; the terms of reference and proposed timeframe for same; and if he will make a...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      537. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions he plans to take to implement the 42 recommendations from the Legal Services Regulatory Authority arising from the...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      540. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has made State board appointments in the past three years in circumstances in which he has reappointed a person that has...
    • Garda Transport Data
      541. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of marked and unmarked cars and marked motorbikes attached to the north Dublin roads policing unit as of 31 December...
    • Garda Training
      542. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí that have graduated in the fraud and e-crime investigation postgraduate certificate in UCD; the...
    • Garda Transport Data
      544. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles within the force in each of the past ten years by county; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      545. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 5 March 2019, the number of drivers that were summoned to court in 2018 for the...
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Data
      546. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 231 of 4 December 2018 and 529 of 26 March 2019, if the assessment of the caseload of...
    • Immigrant Investor Programme Applications
      547. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when applications by persons (details supplied) under the immigrant investor programme will be processed; and if he will make a...
    • Prisoner Releases
      550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process by which a prisoner can apply for and secure a temporary release; the regulations governing the process; and if he...
    • Prisoner Complaints Procedures
      551. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a penal ombudsman; the progress on this matter to date; the timescale for the matter to be addressed;...
    • Direct Provision System
      552. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to complaints from residents in direct provision centres that food served to them is culturally...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Work Permits Applications
      553. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she will take to reduce delays in view of the fact that applications for employment permits are taking up to 13 weeks to...
    • Work Permits Data
      554. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on issues raised regarding employment permits and the claims made in correspondence (details supplied) concerning the hiring...
    • Work Permits Applications
      555. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a review of a work permit application on behalf of a person (details supplied) has been considered by the employments permit...
    • Labour Court Recommendations
      556. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a Labour Court recommendation (details supplied) of 22 July 2008 was signed by the relevant Minister; and if she will make a...
    • Trade Missions
      557. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to have a trade mission to the east coast of the United States of America. [18609/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      558. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to produce a macroeconomic assessment of the impact of Brexit on the all-island economy (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      559. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if financial incentives will be considered to encourage fully qualified engineers born and educated here to return from abroad to work...
    • Regional Development
      560. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the implementation of the midlands regional enterprise plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18866/19]
    • Industrial Relations
      562. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to put in place legislation placing legal obligations on private sector employers to negotiate with a union on behalf of...
    • IDA Ireland Data
      563. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the land and property acquired by IDA Ireland in 2017 and 2018; the price paid for the land and property, in tabular form; and if she...
    • IDA Ireland Jobs Data
      564. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new jobs created by IDA Ireland client companies in 2018, by county in tabular form; the number of jobs in client...
    • Enterprise Ireland Data
      565. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new jobs created by Enterprise Ireland client companies in 2018, by county in tabular form; the number of jobs in client...
    • Local Enterprise Offices Data
      566. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new jobs created by local enterprise office client companies in 2018, by county in tabular form; the number of jobs in...
    • Enterprise Ireland Data
      568. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the properties and land rented by Enterprise Ireland in 2018, including oversees properties in tabular form; the yearly rent paid per...
    • Local Enterprise Offices Data
      569. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the properties and land rented by local enterprise offices in 2018, in tabular form; the yearly rent paid per property; and if she...
    • Employment Data
      573. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department and the officers and agencies under her remit encourage remote working; the number of persons in her Department and...
    • Ticket Touting
      574. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeframe for introducing ticket touting legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19142/19]
    • Work Permits Applications
      575. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if assistance will be provided regarding clarification of permit applications for persons (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Staff
      576. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of full and part-time staff, respectively, employed in the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission by grade, legal...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      577. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of investigative cases commenced for suspected anti-competitive conduct that does not fall within the definition of a...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Staff
      579. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff allocated since the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission was established working on competition...
    • Enterprise Support Services Provision
      580. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a facility (details supplied) has received supports from IDA Ireland and-or Enterprise Ireland; if so, the type of supports; and if...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      581. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if an investigation is under way here by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission in view of the British Competition and...
    • Local Enterprise Offices Data
      582. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of local enterprise offices; the number of staff that work in each office in tabular form; the number of staff that work in...
    • Local Enterprise Offices Funding
      583. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocation for local enterprise offices in each of the years 2014 to 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Co-operative Sector
      584. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the spend on developing and promoting workers' co-operatives in each of the years 2015 to 2018; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Agencies Funding
      585. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the 2018 and 2019 budget allocations for IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and local enterprise offices in tabular form; and if she will...
    • InterTradeIreland Funding
      586. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the companies supported by InterTradeIreland in 2018; the number of jobs supported by InterTradeIreland in 2018; and if she will make...
    • Ministerial Travel
      588. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details and cost of flights, accommodation and other expenses borne by Enterprise Ireland for Ministers and officials from her...
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      590. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will review the rules relating to work permits for non-EU nationals due to the critical shortages being experienced in small...
    • IDA Ireland Site Visits
      591. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland site visits by county in each of the years 2016 to 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      592. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has met with an organisation (details supplied) in 2019; if she will meet the organisation; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Trade Missions
      593. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies that travelled with the IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland trade mission to the United States of America for...
    • Labour Court Recommendations
      594. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the Labour Court recommendation for a company (details supplied) to award pay increases to its...
  • Department of Health
    • Mental Health Services
      595. To ask the Minister for Health when negotiations will conclude with the Departments of Children and Youth Affairs, Education and Skills and the Taoiseach concerning the youth mental health...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      596. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment has been carried out on the number of homes left empty due to the effect the sale of those homes would have on the qualification of the owner...
    • Prisoner Transfers
      597. To ask the Minister for Health the average, shortest and longest wait, respectively, facing a prisoner who is awaiting a transfer from the Irish Prison Service to the Central Mental...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
      598. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing drugs crisis in north County Wexford and that a group (details supplied) involved in the community response to...
    • Public Sector Pay
      599. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 102 of 30 January 2019, the position regarding the increase in public service pensions that has been sanctioned but not...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      600. To ask the Minister for Health the feasibility of introducing a licence system with a minimum annual fee of €500 to be paid by tobacco retailers; the estimated costs associated with...
    • Medical Card Applications
      601. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an application for a medical card was issued a closure letter despite the primary care reimbursement service, PCRS, confirming to this Deputy that...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      602. To ask the Minister for Health when a replacement speech and language therapist will be found for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18387/19]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      603. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the availability of medication for multiple sclerosis named Ocrevus or alternatively ocrelizumab; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Autism Support Services
      604. To ask the Minister for Health when an autism therapist position will be allocated in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18394/19]
    • Hospitals Patronage
      605. To ask the Minister for Health the owner of St. Vincent's Private Hospital, Dublin; and the owner of St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin. [18397/19]
    • Hospitals Funding
      606. To ask the Minister for Health the funding and-or grants for building, plant or equipment provided to St. Vincent's University Hospital since 2010, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Facilities
      608. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has taken a lease out on a building (details supplied); if so, the length of the lease; the commencement date of the lease; and if he will make a...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      609. To ask the Minister for Health if pharmacy qualified assistants will be entitled to continue to provide cover for pharmacists as heretofore in view of legislative proposals; and if he will...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      610. To ask the Minister for Health when an application for home support by a person (details supplied) will be assessed. [18409/19]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      611. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the youth mental health pathfinder initiative; the roadmap and timeline to full implementation; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Support Services
      613. To ask the Minister for Health the future of a care facility (details supplied); if there are plans to close the facility; and the arrangements made for patients if closure is imminent [18427/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      614. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for cataract surgery will be allocated for a person (details supplied). [18429/19]
    • Mental Health Services
      615. To ask the Minister for Health if an awareness campaign will be launched (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18432/19]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      616. To ask the Minister for Health when specialist nurses will be made available to Parkinson's disease sufferers in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      617. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for women seeking gynaecological services for investigation of ovarian cysts at hospitals in Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      618. To ask the Minister for Health if an application by a person (details supplied) for the fair deal scheme will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18443/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      619. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a procedure; if the matter will be expedited in view of the special circumstances; and if he...
    • Care Services Provision
      620. To ask the Minister for Health when a location (details supplied) in County Wexford will become operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18462/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      621. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied); the timeframe for such treatment and the likelihood of the patient being scheduled for an...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      622. To ask the Minister for Health the number of retail outlets registered to sell tobacco with the National Register of Tobacco Retailers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18469/19]
    • Patient Data
      623. To ask the Minister for Health the basis on which some hospitals are allowing an organisation (details supplied) to collect samples and data from patients attending clinics in order to build...
    • Ambulance Service Data
      624. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE ambulances in operation by year in tabular form. [18471/19]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      626. To ask the Minister for Health if the capital plan for 2019 has been finalised; and if not, when it will be finalised. [18473/19]
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      628. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will meet with a union (details supplied) at the earliest available opportunity about issues arising regarding the 2016, 2017 and 2018...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      629. To ask the Minister for Health the reason pembrolizumab and nivolumab are being denied to cancer patients through the public system even though they are being provided to patients with...
    • Medical Card Applications
      630. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has to reapply for a medical card in view of the fact that a new one was not issued along with their parent's cards; and if he...
    • Vaccination Programme
      631. To ask the Minister for Health if the meningitis B vaccine will be extended to children over six years of age who have a disability and hold a medical card. [18494/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an ENT appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18507/19]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
      635. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding was refused for an appropriate nursing home place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18513/19]
    • Hospitals Data
      636. To ask the Minister for Health if an agreement is in place with a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18515/19]
    • Trade Union Membership
      637. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body that made the decision to stop having subscriptions of a union (details supplied) deducted at source from HSE employees’ salaries...
    • Industrial Relations
      638. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the decision was made to the change the contingency plan under the call management system for the days that members of a union (details supplied)...
    • Health Services
      642. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 907 of 26 March 2019, the progress being made by his Department and the HSE in their investigation into the alleged use...
    • Hospital Procedures
      643. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have hip surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18536/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      645. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive a hospital appointment at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan. [18547/19]
    • Psychological Services Waiting Lists
      647. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with a County Wexford address awaiting primary care psychology; the number of children and adults respectively, awaiting primary care...
    • Hospital Procedures
      648. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18558/19]
    • Health Services Funding
      649. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to provide funding of €200,000 per year to an association (details supplied) to enable it to provide a five-day per week...
    • Audiology Services Data
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with a County Wexford address awaiting an audiology appointment for more than 12, 18, 24 and 36 months, respectively; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      652. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a rheumatology appointment in St. Vincent’s University Hospital; the position of the person on the waiting...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      653. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that a two-tier health system does not occur here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18570/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      654. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be provided with an appointment for an initial assessment for autism spectrum disorder; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      658. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18581/19]
    • Health Services Reports
      659. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the report by a company (details supplied) into the University Limerick hospital group; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      660. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider two properties for respite care facilities for persons residing in a catchment area (details supplied). [18587/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [18598/19]
    • Hospital Admissions
      662. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect admission to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin. [18599/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      663. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details suppled); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18600/19]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      664. To ask the Minister for Health if home help will be sanctioned and put in place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18607/19]
    • Health Services Reports
      665. To ask the Minister for Health when two reports completed in 2015 regarding allegations of damage to the teeth of children while being treated at a Dublin hospital will be published; and if...
    • Orthodontic Services
      666. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reform and modernise the practice of dentistry and orthodontics here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18613/19]
    • Dental Services Provision
      667. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on dentistry services for children aged under six, six to 12 and 12 to 18 years of age; if free medical services to these cohorts will...
    • Autism Support Services
      668. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the residential centre for adults with autism at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry that remains unoccupied five years after...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      669. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a carer and home help for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18620/19]
    • Maternity Services
      670. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot get an anomaly scan for her pregnancy at a hospital; if one can be scheduled at 20 to 21 weeks; and if he will...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      671. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons with neurofibromatosis type 1 and neurofibromatosis type 2 are often recommended medicinal cannabis;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      673. To ask the Minister for Health if a surgery appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18629/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      674. To ask the Minister for Health if the closure of a residential facility (details supplied) will be prevented; if reports are true; the reason families were not consulted regarding the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      675. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for not publishing the 2017 pricing review of the nursing home support scheme; the timeframe for same; his views on whether supports under the...
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      676. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions relating to nursing homes contained in the proposed 2019 GMS contract for general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Nursing Home Subventions
      677. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce changes to the fair deal scheme; if the changes will include examining the effect of the sale or rental of the home of the person...
    • Emergency Departments Services
      678. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether increasing the size of the emergency department in University Hospital Limerick has led to extra admissions; if not, the reason for same;...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      679. To ask the Minister for Health if the same bed management process being used in Beaumont Hospital is being considered for University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • HSE Staff
      680. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department was consulted on the publicly indicated recruitment and overtime ban to be brought in by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      681. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the assessment on the provision of a drug (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18650/19]
    • HSE Expenditure
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on taxis by the Health Service Executive in the most recent year for which figures exist by each community healthcare organisation area; and...
    • Maternity Services
      683. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in the implementation of the National Maternity Hospital strategy; if the budget to roll out the strategy has been ring-fenced as originally...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision
      684. To ask the Minister for Health the status of financial assistance for persons seeking IVF treatments; the date on which financing persons for same will commence in 2019; the way in which the...
    • Hospitals Policy
      685. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary question No. 629 of 26 March 2019, the reason none of the hospitals in question use the CPE outbreak control checklist 1.0 for...
    • Psychological Services
      686. To ask the Minister for Health the additional child psychologist posts that have been created in the past five years in the community healthcare organisation area for the south east by year...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      687. To ask the Minister for Health the additional speech and language therapist posts that have been made in the past five years in the community healthcare organisation area for the south east...
    • Occupational Therapy Provision
      688. To ask the Minister for Health the additional occupational therapists posts that have been created in the past five years in the CHO area for the south-east by year and county in tabular...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      689. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait times for child psychologists, child speech and language therapists and child occupational therapists in the community healthcare...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      691. To ask the Minister for Health if the creation of an additional position for a cognitive behavioural therapy practitioner in the city north-east sector (details supplied) will be considered;...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      692. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive plans to provide the pembrolizumab drug to public cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18680/19]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      693. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to develop a primary care centre (details supplied) in County Donegal; if the existing facility which houses general practitioner and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      694. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      696. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses on duty in the emergency department in University Hospital Limerick at 8 a.m. on 3 April 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      697. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) had a recent surgical appointment deferred at a hospital, will receive an appointment; and if the appointment will be...
    • Health Services Provision
      698. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to assist women injured by vaginal mesh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18720/19]
    • Hospital Services
      701. To ask the Minister for Health the reason women suffering from vaginal mesh complications have recently been informed by a hospital (details supplied) that they must wait in excess of 52...
    • Health Services Data
      702. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints made in respect of the pathways programme which has the role of assisting women injured by mesh. [18724/19]
    • Respite Care Services Funding
      707. To ask the Minister for Health if individual weekly or monthly payments are being made to some carers in order to provide funding for independently obtained home respite service; if so, the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      708. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the children’s disability network manager’s posts advertised on 19 November 2018 that were filled and in place by the end of...
    • Ministerial Invitations
      712. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his officials or political staff were recipients of tickets and-or hospitality from an organisation (details supplied) during the term of office of a...
    • Genetic Data
      713. To ask the Minister for Health the legislative and regulatory framework governing the collection and use of patient genetic data under health research regulations; his plans to upgrade the...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      715. To ask the Minister for Health if extra home help hours will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18773/19]
    • HSE Staff
      716. To ask the Minister for Health the areas in which a recruitment freeze has been implemented in the Health Service Executive; the community health areas in which this applies; the grade and...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an alternative date for surgery has not been scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if the surgery will be expedited in view of the...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      718. To ask the Minister for Health if a refund will be ensured for a person (details supplied) under the cross-border directive. [18803/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      720. To ask the Minister for Health the amount owed to the Health Service Executive under the nursing home support scheme as a result of the deferral by applicants by way of a charge on the...
    • Ambulance Service
      721. To ask the Minister for Health if the circumstances of an ambulance service call-out in relation to a person (details supplied) will be investigated. [18813/19]
    • General Practitioner Contracts
      723. To ask the Minister for Health when details of financial emergency measures in the public interest reversals will be communicated to general practitioners, in particular to general...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Legislation
      724. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce legislation in relation to surrogacy that is inclusive of same-sex male couples (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospice Services Provision
      725. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can remain at a hospice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18830/19]
    • Hospital Services
      726. To ask the Minister for Health if the lack of ear, nose and throat services in the south east, specifically in University Hospital Waterford which has waiting lists of 24 to 36 months for...
    • Diabetes Strategy
      728. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a national diabetes register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18849/19]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      729. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff that have been recruited to operate the 40-bed modular unit proposed for South Tipperary General Hospital; and if he will make a statement...
    • Patient Data
      731. To ask the Minister for Health if records are kept on the number of patients who, after attending hospitals, subsequently went on to commit suicide while under the care of the hospital; if...
    • Transport Support Scheme
      732. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a scheme to replace the motorised transport grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18857/19]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      733. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding and support being offered to the Midland Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18865/19]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      734. To ask the Minister for Health if discretionary medical cards can be assessed on the basis of need rather than income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18869/19]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      735. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the criteria for long-term illnesses was decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18870/19]
    • Fibromyalgia Support Services
      737. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons with fibromyalgia can no longer access protocol 6 on the online Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection list; and if he will...
    • Health Services Funding
      738. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for funding for a service (details supplied) will be examined; the options available in order to retain same; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      739. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an appointment for a person (details supplied) in Letterkenny University Hospital, County Donegal, was rescheduled on two occasions; if it is...
    • Healthcare Policy
      741. To ask the Minister for Health if free sanitary products are being provided in all public hospitals; if not, his plans to do so; when they will be available; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospitals Discharges
      742. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with delayed discharges in hospitals; the volume of delayed discharges across all hospitals in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      743. To ask the Minister for Health if a moratorium on all clinical uses of human germline editing, that is, changing heritable DNA in sperm, eggs or embryos to make genetically modified children...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision
      744. To ask the Minister for Health if the use of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, CRISPR, gene editing technology is available or licensed here; and if he will make a...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      745. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a new anti-calcitonin gene-related peptide, CGRP, medication for the preventative treatment of chronic migraine; if the National Centre...
    • Gambling Legislation
      747. To ask the Minister for Health his responsibilities with regard to addressing gambling addiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18910/19]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
      749. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a new nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18914/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      750. To ask the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that a person (details supplied) is not left without a hoist, enabling the person to leave bed and access various appointments. [18923/19]
    • Home Care Packages Data
      751. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for home care by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18925/19]
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      752. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 403 of 9 April 2019, if the 13,485 children in target classes waiting for dental examination will receive an examination...
    • Dental Services Data
      753. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff allocated to deliver dental assessments in schools in County Louth; the grade of each; and the vacant staff positions within the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      757. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the four-year waiting list for ear, nose and throat, ENT, services at University Hospital Waterford; the number of persons...
    • Disability Services Data
      758. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will engage as a matter of urgency with persons (details supplied). [18948/19]
    • Hospital Facilities
      759. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to construct a facility to house the MRI scanner at St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny; if response will be expedited in...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      760. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be arranged at University Hospital Waterford, UHW, or St. James's Hospital, Dublin, as a matter of urgency for a person (details...
    • Disability Support Services
      761. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for funding to provide a shared residential placement for a person (details supplied); when a decision is likely to be made; the...
    • Hospital Procedures
      762. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have urgent cardiac surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18959/19]
    • Diabetes Strategy
      763. To ask the Minister for Health the policies the HSE has in place to inform and educate persons diagnosed with type 2 diabetes of the reversibility of the illness; and if he will make a...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      764. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the list of foods on the long-term illness scheme for patients of phenylketonuria, PKU; if the cross-border directive can be used to...
    • Health Services Provision
      765. To ask the Minister for Health if he has given consideration to the introduction of a scheme in which senior citizens living in remote areas would have a contribution to transport costs paid...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      766. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be admitted to Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18967/19]
    • National Children's Hospital
      767. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE commissioned a company (details supplied) to carry out an independent review into the escalation of...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      768. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the long-term illness scheme to include Crohn's disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18986/19]
    • Occupational Therapy Provision
      769. To ask the Minister for Health if an occupational therapy appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18987/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      770. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be brought forward for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18990/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      771. To ask the Minister for Health the impact of Brexit in regard to dental services provided between North and South; and the preparations taken to protect cross-Border dental services. [18991/19]
    • Medical Records
      772. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many women seeking to access files in a unit (details supplied) are experiencing difficulties, including not...
    • Maternity Services
      773. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide counselling for families that suffer a bereavement while using the maternity services in hospitals. [18993/19]
    • Health Services Reports
      774. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the review of the clinical assessments carried out by a psychiatrist (details supplied) on a dementia unit to the residents of the home and...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      780. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a letter sent to the Cathaoirleach of Roscommon County Council from the private secretary to the Minister for Health in...
    • Home Help Service
      781. To ask the Minister for Health if a person refusing home help hours or declining a particular home help staff member to care for them is entitled to alternative personnel or to reapply for...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      782. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary question No. 312 of 12 March 2019, his plans to recruit a consultant cardiologist to support the implementation of a heart failure...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      783. To ask the Minister for Health when he will establish a focused working group to develop proposals for a package of health and well-being supports for survivors of mother and baby homes as...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      784. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in providing a home care package for a person (details supplied); and if his attention has been drawn to the level of distress this is...
    • Health Strategies
      785. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the working group convened to consider the outputs from the stakeholder forum on the built environment and related recommendations has met;...
    • Disability Services Funding
      786. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19015/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      787. To ask the Minister for Health if a reimbursement programme for products such as CBD medicinal oil prescribed by consultants for treatment of severe epilepsy exists; the amount allocated to...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      788. To ask the Minister for Health the companies and-or organisations employed on a contract basis by the NMBI from June 2016 to date; the purpose of each engagement; the length of each...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility
      789. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be referred for treatment via the NTPF at a facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19024/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      790. To ask the Minister for Health if a service will be provided for a person (details supplied). [19044/19]
    • Autism Support Services
      791. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19055/19]
    • Hospital Facilities
      792. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the insufficient mortuary facilities at University Hospital Waterford (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      794. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment for scoliosis surgery will be provided to a person (details supplied). [19062/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      797. To ask the Minister for Health when a wheelchair with brakes will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19084/19]
    • Health Services
      798. To ask the Minister for Health if a suitably qualified nurse is made available for regular clinics at a facility (details supplied). [19087/19]
    • Hospital Services
      799. To ask the Minister for Health if the Department of Clinical Genetics will move from Crumlin Hospital to the national children's hospital; if not, if it will stay in place; and the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      800. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with representatives of a campaign (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are three endocrinologists here...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      801. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who has waited over two years for hip surgery under a consultant now has to wait an additional three years as a result of being...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      802. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made by the HSE to resolve the delays with children accessing the CAMHS service in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      803. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the HSE recruitment embargo that has been put in place; and if the moratorium will be lifted in June 2019 as stated. [19119/19]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      807. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical card holders must pay €15 per sample when getting bloods taken; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this cost is leading...
    • Maternity Services Provision
      808. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women on the gynaecology outpatient waiting list (details supplied) at Cork University Maternity Hospital in tabular form; the number awaiting...
    • Health Care Infrastructure Provision
      809. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the opening of the second gynaecology operating theatre at Cork University Maternity Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Facilities
      810. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary question No. 1309 of 20 June 2017, the status of plans for the redevelopment of this facility; the timeframe for same; and if he will...
    • HSE Properties
      811. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the disposal or regeneration of a site (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19147/19]
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
      812. To ask the Minister for Health the annual budget of a centre (details suppled); the breakdown of expenditure under the budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19154/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      814. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for a MRI to diagnose the level of pituitary edema; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19156/19]
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy
      815. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the development of neurorehabilitation supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19168/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      816. To ask the Minister for Health when legislation to give effect to the proposed changes in the fair deal scheme outlined in the media in February 2018 will come before the Houses of the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Payments
      817. To ask the Minister for Health when the nursing home subvention scheme for a person (details supplied) will be put into payment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      818. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for occupational therapy and physiotherapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19184/19]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      819. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times per year since 2008 that funding has been applied for to provide a residential placement for a person (details supplied) who has been...
    • Health Strategies
      820. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implementing the National Strategy and Policy for the Provision of Neuro-Rehabilitation Services in Ireland; if he will dedicate the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      821. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have cataract surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19197/19]
    • Health Services
      822. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered designating services in Nenagh, County Tipperary, and Ennis, County Clare to alleviate the pressures in University Hospital Limerick; and...
    • General Practitioner Services
      823. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a shortage of general practitioners in Limerick city or the greater Limerick, Clare and Tipperary area that is leading to the constant overcrowding...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      824. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide transport services for a person (details supplied). [19202/19]
    • General Practitioner Services
      825. 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. [19214/19]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      826. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to update the medicinal cannabis access programme to make it easier for pharmacies to import medicinal cannabis for medicinal cannabis prescription...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      828. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a hip replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19221/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      829. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a property (details supplied) for conversion to a respite care facility for persons residing in the catchment area. [19235/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      831. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to enable a person (details supplied) in County Donegal to purchase equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      832. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect an appointment at Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19247/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      833. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has eligibility for treatment benefit, including optical benefit, through the medical card scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Thalidomide Victims Compensation
      834. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding State support for those who suffered injuries resulting from Thalidomide use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19258/19]
    • Home Care Packages Eligibility
      835. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a homecare package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19259/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      836. To ask the Minister for Health if an application was received by the HSE in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if a decision has been reached on the provision of an...
    • Mental Health Services
      837. To ask the Minister for Health the occupancy rates in the Central Mental Hospital for each month in 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19266/19]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
      839. To ask the Minister for Health if promised developments of public nursing homes in Drogheda and Ardee in County Louth are progressing to plan regarding completion dates in 2021, as...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      840. To ask the Minister for Health if home help hours will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19281/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      841. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited in order for the person to be eligible for another surgery; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Facilities
      842. To ask the Minister for Health when his attention was drawn to the serious conditions at the mortuary at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19293/19]
    • Hospital Complaints Procedures
      845. To ask the Minister for Health the number of risk incident forms submitted by staff at the pathology department at University Hospital Waterford since 2004; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Services
      846. To ask the Minister for Health the number of incidents of decomposing bodies of deceased persons on hospital trolleys recorded at University Hospital Waterford since 2004; and if he will...
    • Hospital Complaints Procedures
      849. To ask the Minister for Health the action the management at University Hospital Waterford and the South-South West Hospital Group took when they received a letter from four consultant...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      850. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19304/19]
    • Hospitals Policy
      851. To ask the Minister for Health if the facilitator has been appointed for the consultation process on Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise; when the process will commence; and the expected...
    • State Claims Agency
      852. To ask the Minister for Health if the State Claims Agency will consider a claim (details supplied) that the Legal Aid Board is indicating is statute barred; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Service Capacity Review
      854. To ask the Minister for Health the full cost of implementing all of the recommendations of the 2018 capacity review of the health service, by recommendation and segments of recommendation;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      855. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be allocated an appointment for medical intervention. [19328/19]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      856. To ask the Minister for Health if home help hours will be allocated to a person (details supplied). [19335/19]
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      857. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19340/19]
    • Health Services Data
      858. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for plastic surgery appointments; and the length of time they have been waiting. [19354/19]
    • Health Services Staff Data
      860. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinicians nationally who undertake plastic surgery; and the locations in which they operate. [19356/19]
    • Medical Card Applications
      861. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card will be granted to a person (details supplied). [19357/19]
    • Drug Rehabilitation Clinics
      862. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on methadone treatment at a treatment centre (details supplied) on 1 February 2019; the number on a waiting list for methadone treatment...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      866. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an urgent hospital appointment; his views on whether it is satisfactory to keep older persons waiting for more...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      867. To ask the Minister for Health the services available for children with autism in the north Dublin area, including sensory gyms and other sports, recreational and social services. [19369/19]
    • National Children's Hospital
      870. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is fair that public funding is being used for the construction of private clinics to be used for private medicine at the new national...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      871. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the shortage of epilim chromospheres nationally and particularly in north County Dublin. [19375/19]
    • Hospital Car Parks
      873. To ask the Minister for Health the value to each hospital of the car parking charges system in each of the years from 2011 to 2018; the amount raised from car parking charges if the system...
    • Departmental Funding
      874. To ask the Minister for Health the State or EU funding streams available to an organisation (details supplied). [19378/19]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Legislation
      875. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the passing of the assisted human reproduction Bill. [19379/19]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      877. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans for a primary care centre at a location (details supplied); when the primary care centre will be developed; if a location for same has been...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      878. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE drugs group met to consider the revised pricing proposal from the manufacturer of Spinraza; if so, the recommendation of the HSE leadership team;...
    • Nursing Home Services
      879. To ask the Minister for Health the dedicated nursing support services available for persons with Parkinson's disease; the locations of same; his plans to expand services for persons in...
    • Nursing Staff
      880. To ask the Minister for Health the reason nurses who have trained in the United States must have regency of practice in order to register in the general division of nursing (details...
    • Patient Transport Provision
      881. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for a bus for a day care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19397/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      882. To ask the Minister for Health if speech and language therapy and occupational therapy services will be provided for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and the timeframe...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      883. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on the waiting lists for cataract operations at University Hospital Waterford; his plans to ensure that this type of operation is...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      884. To ask the Minister for Health if a cataract operation will be provided for a person (details supplied) at University Hospital Waterford; and if they qualify for the cross-border scheme in...
    • Hospital Services
      885. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of the proposed CSSD sterilisation unit at Sligo University Hospital; the reason it has not been developed to date; and if he...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      886. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment. [19415/19]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      887. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reopening of a ward (details supplied); when the ward will reach full capacity; the efforts being made for the reopening as soon as possible;...
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      888. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the recruitment competition initiated by St. Vincent's University Hospital to fill the post vacated in 2018 by a person (details supplied); and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      889. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment from the urology department at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      890. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on, and the planning permission status of, the €9 million 50-bed facility for St. Joseph's Hospital, Ardee, County Louth, as listed in...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      892. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hip operation in University Hospital Kerry for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19439/19]
    • Medical Card Drugs Availability
      893. To ask the Minister for Health if Versatis patches will be reinstated on the medical card scheme. [19443/19]
    • Nursing Staff
      894. To ask the Minister for Health if discretion can be shown in respect of a late registration payment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19447/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      895. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment for an orthopaedic procedure. [19455/19]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      896. To ask the Minister for Health if Crohn's disease is covered under the long-term illness scheme. [19457/19]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      897. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been denied access to the compassionate access programme; if persons have a right to access the programme when they...
    • Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme
      898. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims initiated against him and the HSE in respect of vaccine administration since 2011; the vaccine concerned in each case; and if he will make...
    • Dental Services Provision
      899. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive a further dental examination. [19466/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      900. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment for a cataract operation will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and the reason they were not called as promised at the time...
    • Home Care Packages
      901. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the purchase of medical equipment for home carers by CHO; the budget over the past five years by CHO; the amount spent in the past five years; if...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      903. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons living with dementia who are availing of the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19484/19]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      904. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will be called for specific treatment at the earliest date possible. [19487/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      905. To ask the Minister for Health when ocrelizumab will be available to persons with multiple sclerosis who were promised access to the drug in January 2019; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      906. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce or abolish the per-item prescription charges in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19512/19]
    • Hospitals Car Park Charges
      907. To ask the Minister for Health if hospitals will receive sufficient funding in budget 2020 to ensure they do not charge for parking for patients or visitors to the hospital; and if he will...
    • Medical Card Administration
      908. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some doctors are charging medical card holders for reports such as those needed to apply for a driving licence...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      909. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is available from the HSE for the refurbishment of the new premises for the Clondalkin adult mental health service; when work at the new location...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      910. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19517/19]
    • Public Health Policy
      911. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given from a public health perspective and to support lifelong healthy eating to funding a programme in which children are taught in...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      912. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be assessed in respect of the provision of home help. [19523/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      913. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) in University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19525/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      914. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the availability of the latest cancer drugs that are available through a company (details supplied) that are not available to citizens...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      915. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that requests for the improvement of pay and conditions of all healthcare support staff are urgently addressed; and if he will...
    • Hospital Acquired Infections
      916. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to address the incidence of carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae infections; the number of cases of this infection that occurred...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      917. To ask the Minister for Health the status of persons who are offered positions in the HSE but are affected by the recruitment ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19535/19]
    • Home Care Packages Data
      919. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved home care packages including home help hours applications for which no funding has been released by county across each county of CHO 1;...
    • Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme
      921. To ask the Minister for Health the level of liability of the pharmaceutical industry in respect of vaccine injury; and if it has been indemnified by the State with the Exchequer taking on...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      922. To ask the Minister for Health the number of retail outlets registered to sell tobacco with the National Register of Tobacco Retailers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19551/19]
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
      925. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing the exclusion of nicotine replacement therapy from the drugs payment scheme in a full year; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      926. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19563/19]
    • Patient Safety
      927. To ask the Minister for Health when unique health identifiers will be in place for all persons and healthcare providers; and the reason for the delay in their provision in view of the fact...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      928. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with a neurologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19574/19]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      930. To ask the Minister for Health the number of families with a ministerial licence to purchase CBD oil with THC; the number of families whose CBD oil with THC treatment is being funded under...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      931. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment in UHK for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19588/19]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      932. To ask the Minister for Health the clinical cover which will be in place to ensure that speech and language services provided at a hospital (details supplied) continue to be available to...
    • Disability Services Funding
      933. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the use of the €150 million provided in budget 2019 for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19594/19]
    • Nursing Home Services
      934. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the practice of nursing homes requiring separate new prescriptions for respite patients with associated extra dispensing...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      935. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which persons (details supplied) owe moneys arising from the care of a person in a nursing home under the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      936. To ask the Minister for Health when home support hours previously assigned to a person (details supplied) will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19610/19]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      938. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all those participating or involved in the cannabis working group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19612/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      939. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect a hospital appointment. [19619/19]
    • Ambulance Service Data
      940. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the HSE in 2018 and to date in 2019 for the use of private ambulance transport nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19621/19]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      946. To ask the Minister for Health when medical cannabis will go on sale here at licensed pharmacists; the way in which it will be distributed to pharmacists once approved; and the location from...
    • Civil Defence
      949. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the confusion over the licensing of Civil Defence volunteers by the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council to practice as...
    • Cancer Services Provision
      950. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE is not facilitating the availability and treatment of vitamin C intravenous treatment for recovering cancer patients in the north-west...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      951. 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. [19655/19]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      952. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to build a new oncology treatment facility at Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19657/19]
    • Nursing Staff Data
      953. To ask the Minister for Health the part-time and full-time nurse staffing levels at University Hospital Waterford compared to recommended sanctioned levels. [19668/19]
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      954. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for recruitment of additional nurses at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19669/19]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      956. To ask the Minister for Health if LGBTQI+ couples will be able to access IVF through the €1 million fund announced in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19688/19]
    • National Advocacy Service
      957. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of the national advocacy service for patients; when the service will commence; the budget for 2019; the proposed number of...
    • Appointments to State Boards Data
      958. To ask the Minister for Health if he has made State board appointments in the past three years in circumstances in which he has reappointed a person that has already served two full terms...
    • Healthcare Professionals
      959. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a legislative provision in the Dentists Act 1985, the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005, the Pharmacy Act 2007, the Medical...
    • HSE Staff Data
      960. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts vacant in the mid-Kildare network disability team; the number of posts the HSE is inviting applications for; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services Provision
      961. To ask the Minister for Health the locations in which persons in CHO area 9 can access hydrotherapy pool treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19775/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      962. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [19781/19]
    • Maternity Services Provision
      963. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received requests and proposals to increase the neonatal screening services provided here; his plans to consider doing so; if there is a group of...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      964. To ask the Minister for Health if a one-to-one occupational therapy appointment will be scheduled at the school of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Research Board
      965. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the health crisis in view of new figures from the Health Research Board indicating the year on year rise in cocaine use, with 1,500...
    • Primary Care Centres
      966. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the roll-out of primary care centres in mid-western areas of Dublin city since publishing the progress report on the primary care...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      967. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) must wait for another 18 months for an operation in view of the fact their condition was diagnosed over three years ago;...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      968. To ask the Minister for Health the correct procedure to be followed by an elderly person that potentially requires nursing home support but receives only a weekly pension and owns no...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      969. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when they can expect an appointment at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly....
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      970. To ask the Minister for Health when the criteria for the fair deal scheme will change in terms of family businesses to exclude working family businesses as part of the deal. [19847/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      971. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for the orthopaedic surgery list at Tallaght hospital with particular reference to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • HSE Properties
      972. To ask the Minister for Health if a site (details supplied) owned by the HSE will have improvement works carried out in view of the fact it is falling into a derelict state and is becoming...
    • Disability Services Funding
      973. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 309 of 9 April 2019, when a response will issue. [19850/19]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      974. To ask the Minister for Health if radiographer vacancies for DEXA scanning services at Naas General Hospital have now been filled further to a recent recruitment campaign; and if he will...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      976. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities in receipt of home support hours in each LHO area at the end of April 2019 or the latest date available; the number of...
    • Disability Services Data
      977. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities in receipt of personal assistance hours in each LHO area at the end of April 2019 or the latest date available; the...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      978. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for assessment by early intervention teams in each LHO area in CHO1 at the end of April 2019 or latest date available; and the...
    • Disability Services Data
      987. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential places for persons with a disability being provided at the end of April 2019 or the latest date available by CHO in tabular form....
    • Hospital Beds Data
      989. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 26 April 2019 or the latest date on which data for validated bed...
    • Ambulance Service Data
      991. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO incidents responded to by first responders in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less in each ambulance station in each...
    • Emergency Departments Data
      992. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 75 years of age or over who experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours to the end of April 2019; and the...
    • Home Help Service Data
      993. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided in each LHO area to the end of April 2019; the number of persons on the waiting list for home support hours in...
    • Ambulance Service Data
      994. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in April 2018; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes to...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      995. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients waiting less than four, four to eight and more than eight months, respectively for treatment at Our Lady’s...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      996. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care at the end of April 2019 or the latest date available; and the number...
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      1000. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for an oral health appointment in primary care at the end of April 2019 or the latest date available; and the...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
      1001. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a speech and language assessment in primary care at the end of April 2019 or the latest date available; and...
    • Occupational Therapy Data
      1003. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for an occupational therapy appointment in primary care at the end of April 2019 or the latest date available;...
    • Physiotherapy Provision
      1004. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a physiotherapy appointment in primary care at the end of April 2019 or the latest date available; and the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      1006. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 30 April 2019 or the nearest available date for an MRI scan in the Dublin Midlands hospital group for waiting periods...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1034. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children at the end of April 2019 or the latest available date that were awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
      1035. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list at the end of April 2019 or the latest date available; the number waiting...
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      1038. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy first time assessment waiting list; the number waiting less than four, four to 12 and more than 12 months,...
    • Cancer Services Provision
      1048. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for vital breast cancer assessment services following proposals to cut the existing five one-stop centres to three; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1049. 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. [19937/19]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      1050. To ask the Minister for Health if an illness (details supplied) will be considered as a long-term illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19940/19]
    • Cancer Services Provision
      1051. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an overspend to date in 2019 of €11 million at University Hospital Kerry, the measures in place to address this matter; the services that...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      1052. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase funding across the spectrum of mental health services. [19954/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      1054. To ask the Minister for Health the knock-on effects for the CervicalCheck system further to the announcement that the main Irish laboratory (details supplied) used by CervicalCheck is to...
    • Counselling Services Provision
      1055. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a counselling appointment in primary care at the end of April 2019 or the latest date available; and the...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
      1056. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each local health office area waiting for a child and adolescent mental health services appointment at the end of April 2019 or the...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      1057. To ask the Minister for Health if funding was approved in the estimates programme for 2019 to reduce the orthodontic treatment waiting list in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      1059. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive orthodontic surgical treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19966/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1060. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a date for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19967/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      1075. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanism to ensure that the referral system by which a general practitioner is required to write to request a hospital appointment for a patient will...
    • Patient Data
      1076. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full and partial lower limb amputations carried out in 2018; the number of these patients that had diabetes; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Data
      1085. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients availing of the type 2 diabetes cycle of care programme in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the cost of the programme to date; his plans...
    • Patient Data
      1086. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients with type 2 diabetes who had their feet assessed as part of the HSE type 2 diabetes cycle of care programme in each of the years 2016...
    • Hospital Consultant Remuneration
      1087. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to restore pay equality for hospital consultants appointed post-2012; if he will put in place a process to deal with this issue; and if he will make...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      1088. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met with an association (details supplied) recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20001/19]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1089. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who applied on 29 May 2018 for an early intervention assessment appointment is still waiting for that appointment and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1090. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for a cataract operation will be arranged for a person (details supplied) at University Hospital Waterford as requested by the person's general...
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      1093. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the provision of general practitioner services in Leixlip, County Kildare, in view of the fact that there are no doctors available out of...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Expenditure
      1094. To ask the Minister for Health the costs to nursing homes for general practitioners to call out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20012/19]
    • Autism Support Services
      1095. To ask the Minister for Health when a child with ASD (details supplied) in County Cork will receive specific intervention services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20018/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1097. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied) in being called for an urgent surgical procedure. [20031/19]
    • Medical Products
      1098. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to support and-or co-sponsor a resolution (details supplied) aimed at improving the transparency of markets for medicines, vaccines and other...
    • Hospital Procedures
      1099. To ask the Minister for Health the projections and commitment for the number of bariatric surgeries up to 2022; and if the service will be available in all of the hospital groups in view of...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1100. To ask the Minister for Health if vaccination for varicella zoster virus and chicken pox will be included as part of the national childhood immunisation programme in view of the fact that...
    • Clinical Indemnity Scheme
      1101. To ask the Minister for Health the role of the State in the indemnification of medical professionals (details supplied); and the cost of same in each of the years 2011 to 2018, in tabular...
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Services
      1102. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that will be provided for the implementation of the national neuro-rehabilitation strategy. [20038/19]
    • Community Pharmacy Services
      1104. To ask the Minister for Health the number of submissions received regarding broadening the scope of community pharmacists since 2011; his views on the submissions; and his plans to expand...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1105. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [20041/19]
    • Hospital Transfers
      1106. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be transferred from Clifden hospital to Bloomfield Hospital, Dublin, due to exceptional medical circumstances; the...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      1107. To ask the Minister for Health if efforts are ongoing to secure home care support in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20045/19]
    • Respite Care Services
      1108. To ask the Minister for Health if respite care and convalescence will be provided for a person (details supplied). [20046/19]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      1109. To ask the Minister for Health if a home care package will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20047/19]
    • Chronic Disease Management Programme
      1110. To ask the Minister for Health if rheumatoid arthritis has been added to the new chronic illness list for general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20051/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1111. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [20073/19]
    • Autism Incidence
      1112. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in south central areas of Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20080/19]
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      1113. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cross-border directive pro-forma application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20088/19]
    • Home Care Packages
      1114. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties in accessing home care packages and lengthy waiting lists for home care services in County Leitrim; and if...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      1115. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for a home care package in each area of CHO 1; the number of persons on a waiting list for an increase in home help...
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      1116. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce free general practitioner care for children under 12 years of age [20091/19]
    • Health Services
      1117. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter regarding a person (details supplied) in County Cavan will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20095/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1118. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he taking regarding the waiting times and trolley waits in Tallaght Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20120/19]
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      1119. To ask the Minister for Health if €24 million will be reallocated from the health capital budget in both 2019 and 2020 to address the overrun in the costs for the new national...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1120. To ask the Minister for Health the reassurance that can be offered to those concerned regarding the Zostavax vaccine for shingles in view of the litigation in the United States of America...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      1121. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure in place for children and adolescents who present at accident and emergency to a hospital (details supplied) in Cork city in need of mental...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      1122. To ask the Minister for Health his plan to provide CAMHS services to a child (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20153/19]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Brexit Supports
      1123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date when the request for a support package was made to the European Commission (details supplied); if the request was also...
    • Felling Licences
      1125. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are guidelines in place for the removal of mature trees from property surrounding a dwelling; if so, if there is a maximum...
    • Live Exports
      1126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the campaign to stop live animals being transported to Libya; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Fallen Animal Collection Scheme
      1127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the 125 km rule and the restriction on the removal of category 1 offal originated; the way in which the 125 km rule...
    • Forestry Sector
      1128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason submissions made by the public in respect of forestry planning applications are not accessible to the public; and if he...
    • Forestry Grants
      1130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated additional cost based on 2018 participation and planting rates of implementing a proposal over a full year (details...
    • Forestry Sector
      1131. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a forestry proposal as set out in a report has been examined (details supplied); and the associated full-year cost of introducing...
    • Woodland Improvement Scheme
      1137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual amount allocated and expended on the woodland improvement scheme in each year since it was established. [18486/19]
    • Sea Lice Controls
      1141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the urgent action he has or is taking to counteract out of control sea lice levels at organic salmon farms on the west coast in...
    • Forestry Management
      1142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to deal with the threat posed by the spruce bark beetle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18526/19]
    • Hen Harriers Threat Response Plan
      1144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the application process for new and existing participants in the hen harrier scheme (details supplied); the 2019...
    • GLAS Payments
      1145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 20 September 2018, when an outstanding GLAS underpayment will issue to a person...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      1146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18630/19]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      1147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the compulsory introduction of seaweed to the diet of cows in a bid to comply with the ordered reduction in air...
    • Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Pilot
      1148. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a €200 per cow suckler scheme in order to assist farmers to cope with the high costs and low prices in...
    • Brexit Supports
      1149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider extending the closing deadline for application to the Brexit loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • European Council Meetings
      1150. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the issues discussed at the recent EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting; the outcome of the discussions; and if he will make...
    • Brexit Preparations
      1151. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had recent discussions with the European Commissioner for Trade regarding difficulties that will arise for the agrifood...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      1152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if drainage work on land that is sanctioned by local authorities on health and safety grounds to prevent flooding to houses and...
    • Young Farmers Scheme
      1153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a young farmers scheme payment will be made to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      1154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a 2014 appeal under the single farm payment scheme by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • EU Funding
      1155. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding received from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development from 2017 to date; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      1156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the meetings he has had with the UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since 2017; and if he will make a...
    • Fishing Industry
      1157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when letters of grant approval under the FLAG scheme will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18858/19]
    • Milk Prices
      1158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if concerns that milk prices here continue to perform poorly when compared with prices offered across the EU will be addressed; and...
    • Felling Licences
      1159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the new procedure to be followed by private forestry owners when applying for felling licences; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Live Exports
      1161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions taking place on the EU's proposals on moving from live animal exports to meat-and-carcase and germinal products; and...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      1162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a payment to a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19018/19]
    • Animal Welfare
      1163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to complaints regarding cows loose on public roads in an area (details supplied); and his plans to...
    • Animal Identification Schemes
      1164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason it will be compulsory for farmers to tag all sheep and lambs with electronic tags from 1 June 2019 onwards but it will...
    • Animal Disease Controls
      1165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the furthest possible distance that a clinically suspect BSE cow can be transported on the island of Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      1167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if measures will be introduced to allow applications for funding to construct underpasses for the movement of livestock in view of...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      1168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payment under the national reserve will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Animal Welfare
      1169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legislation under which persons can obtain a licence to run a dog kennel. [19186/19]
    • GLAS Payments
      1171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS, payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • TAMS Appeals
      1172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, TAMS, II, tillage capital investment scheme, TCIS, review in the case of...
    • Beef Exports
      1173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the export of beef to China over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19251/19]
    • Agriculture Industry
      1174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to address the problem of generational renewal within Irish agriculture; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      1176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for recruitment within the fertiliser section within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19305/19]
    • TB Eradication Scheme
      1178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19317/19]
    • Horse Racing Ireland
      1179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the most recent contract for the collection of the foal levy was put up for tender by Horse Racing Ireland. [19329/19]
    • National Cattle Herd Data
      1183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of herd numbers registered here; the number of herd numbers registered solely to a female, male, female-only...
    • Fish Farming
      1184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the results of the competent authority acting on his behalf in respect of matters (details supplied); if harvesting was accelerated;...
    • Felling Licences Applications
      1185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a felling and planting licence will be issued to a person (details supplied); if the matter will be expedited; and the reason for...
    • Fishing Industry
      1186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to incidents occurring between Ireland's Eye and Lambay Island on 16 April 2019 which caused damage...
    • GLAS Eligibility
      1187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position when a farmer enters into a GLAS contract on leased lands and during the GLAS contract period a new lease is issued by...
    • Haulage Industry
      1188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position in relation to TASCC certification for the haulage sector in the event of Brexit; and if a new scheme will be put in...
    • Fish Farming
      1189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the stocking, losses escapes, diseases, mortalities and harvested fish by number of fish and weight at a farm (details supplied) in...
    • Farmers Charter
      1190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the beef plan not been added to the farmers' charter review group covering CAP; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Animal Identification Schemes
      1191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the NBAS31B form has been removed from use by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19656/19]
    • Trade Agreements
      1192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of negotiations with the Chinese authorities over the past four months on the 12 CNCA licences that are currently...
    • GLAS Payments
      1194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the GLAS 2 scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Brexit Staff
      1195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans of the Forestry Service to recruit inspectors to deal with Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19950/19]
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      1196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase the number of staff in his Department in view of the significant waiting times being experienced by farmers...
    • Agriculture Scheme Penalties
      1197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a TAMS 2 scheme penalty in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Fish Landings
      1198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of landings at Renard Pier, County Kerry, in each of the years 2016 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Achomhairc Talmhaíochta
      1199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh ar achomharc atá déanta ar son feirmeoir i gContae na Gaillimhe (sonraí...
    • Animal Welfare
      1200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to strengthen the laws on animal welfare and to improve the powers of animal welfare groups to rescue animals that are...
    • Felling Licences
      1201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legislation in place to protect wildlife habitats and to cease tree felling during summer months; the circumstances in which...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff Scheme
      1202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the establishment of a feed-in-tariffs scheme will be investigated similar to that in operation in the UK by which...
    • Electric Vehicles
      1203. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of electric vehicle charge points in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mining Licences
      1204. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a mining licence will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      1205. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for the completion of the roll-out of the national broadband plan for County Louth in view of recent...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Reports
      1207. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will adopt the key recommendations of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission report published 28...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      1208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has met with representatives of commercial operators that have announced plans to roll out fibre infrastructure...
    • National Broadband Plan
      1209. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the national broadband plan is a different type of proposal to another project also named the...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1210. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a number of properties (details supplied) have not been included in the fibre roll-out of a company due to...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      1212. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the annual support of €75 has been introduced to help with the costs of bin charges for those that need it;...
    • Renewable Heat Incentive
      1213. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for the opening of the support scheme for renewable heat to all elements including biogas and biomass;...
    • Departmental Records
      1214. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if files have been stolen from his Department in the past six years; and if so, if the matter has been reported to An...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1215. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high-speed fibre broadband will be available to areas in the vicinity of Tullyallen, County Louth (details...
    • National Broadband Plan Expenditure
      1216. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the figure of €3 billion cited as a cost for the national broadband plan represents the total cost or the...
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      1217. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the safety of 5G technology. [18684/19]
    • EU Programmes
      1218. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of his recent application to the European Commission coal regions in transition platform; if he has...
    • Energy Schemes Data
      1219. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes upgraded as part of smart technology energy saving scheme since its launch in 2016; the number of...
    • Medical Waste Disposal
      1222. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the legislative and regulatory framework governing medical waste here; the legislation or regulation governing the...
    • Ministerial Invitations
      1224. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he, his officials or political staff were recipients of tickets and or hospitality from an organisation (details...
    • Inland Fisheries
      1225. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason there was no national angling forum from April 2018 to January 2019 in view of the availability of a person...
    • Planning Issues
      1229. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an organisation (details supplied) can avail of a class 35 planning exemption. [18821/19]
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      1230. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the grants available to support the construction of solar energy farms; his plans to introduce further grants in the...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1231. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the provision of broadband to a property (details supplied); and the coverage provided through phase 1...
    • Environmental Protection Enforcement
      1232. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the persistent breaches of environmental legislation by a number of companies; if...
    • Environmental Protection Agency Governance
      1233. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will amend the legislation to remove the immunity from civil action provided to the EPA in section 15 of the...
    • Postal Codes
      1234. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an Eircode postcode will be issued to a person (details supplied); and the reason for the delay in the process....
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      1235. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when an announcement will be made for the State-led intervention. particularly in the case of a person (details...
    • Exploration Licences
      1236. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of all exploration and drilling licences issued to a company (details supplied) or pending following...
    • Energy Efficiency
      1237. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the updated SEAI grant measures will be announced; and if these measures will include the replacement of windows...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      1239. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a property will receive a broadband connection as part of phase 1 of the national broadband plan (details...
    • National Broadband Plan Administration
      1240. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rationale for the awarding of the main State broadband contract to a company (details supplied) in such a way that...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1241. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of efibre broadband roll-out in an area (details supplied). [19089/19]
    • Waste Management Regulations
      1245. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to update or amend the Waste Management Act 1996 during the current legislative programme; and if he will...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      1246. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when an estate (details supplied) is due to be included in the roll-out of the national broadband plan; and if he will...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1248. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to extend high-speed fibre broadband to a household (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will...
    • Communications Market Regulation
      1251. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a national risk assessment of technologies and equipment used in the roll-out of 5G networks; the status...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1252. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be rolled out at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electricity Grid
      1255. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the plans by the ESB for new smart meters in homes nationally; the cost to the customer for same; and if he will make...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1256. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if broadband will be reviewed for a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19527/19]
    • Fuel Poverty
      1257. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the stage the proposed review of the impacts of increasing carbon tax on fuel poverty within households is at; and if...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1258. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the reason provided by a company (details supplied) for not including...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      1259. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when an estate (details supplied) will be supplied with fibre broadband as part of the national broadband plan; and if...
    • Energy Efficiency
      1260. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the additional supports provided for older persons applying for energy saving grants in view of the fact that most of...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      1263. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of broadband in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20082/19]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Free Travel Scheme Administration
      1264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the road passenger service routes that are operated under the LocalLink funded scheme for which the operator receives a direct payment...
    • Ferry Services
      1265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 570 of 28 September 2005, if he will furnish a copy of this study; and the cost of same. [19429/19]
    • Roads Maintenance
      1266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if guidelines have been provided to Transport Infrastructure Ireland on the use of weed killer on national roads; and the policy in this...
    • Driver Test
      1267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a driver retest for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18424/19]
    • Olympic Games Ticketing Arrangements
      1268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the costs incurred regarding the 2016 Olympic ticketing issue to date in 2019, by year; the breakdown of costs; if a person (details...
    • Motor Tax
      1269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allow for a refund of motor tax to include all full months remaining in cases in which a vehicle is taken off the road, as...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      1270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the delay in the payment of the sports capital grant for a club (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      1271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the grant allocation to each local authority in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date 2019 for each of the three main grant...
    • Rail Passengers Data
      1273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of rail passengers using the train at locations (details supplied) in County Kildare in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to...
    • Irish Aviation Authority
      1274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to have a bilateral meeting with the CEO and chairperson of the Irish Aviation Authority. [18610/19]
    • Road Safety
      1275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is compulsory for cyclists and walkers using rural roads to wear high-visibility safety gear; if not, if he will consider a change...
    • Driver Test
      1276. 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. [18656/19]
    • Bus Services
      1277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if real-time passenger information signs will be provided on the northbound bus routes in Lusk, Rush and Skerries; if a similar sign on...
    • Trans European Transport Network Programme
      1278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date on the EU motorways of the sea initiative; the specific actions taken to date under the TEN-T guidelines to achieve...
    • Taxi Regulations
      1279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the advertising or public information available to make persons using taxis aware of an application (details supplied). [18729/19]
    • Road Safety
      1280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason most rural sections of road are marked with speed limit signs of 80 km/h when the roadways are not capable of supporting such...
    • Public Transport Provision
      1281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consideration being given to extending the Luas to serve western areas of Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Brexit Issues
      1283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the implications of Brexit for the case of persons (details supplied); the options available to them regarding same; and if he will make...
    • National Car Test
      1284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the national car test, NCT, service no longer accepts a passport as a valid form of identification; if the matter will be...
    • Driver Licence Applications
      1285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) can apply for a full driving licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18812/19]
    • Sports Funding
      1286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be granted to a local authority (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18880/19]
    • National Car Test
      1287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a passport is an acceptable form of identification for national car test, NCT, centres; if not, the reason it is not accepted; and...
    • Cycling Policy
      1288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has undertaken a review of the national cycling policy framework; and if so, if he will provide a copy of same. [18905/19]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      1290. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next round of sports capital grant funding is opening to new applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18953/19]
    • Driver Licences
      1291. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce changes to the law or regulations regarding driver licences; if he will address the matter of more than 120,000...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      1292. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to regulate push and motorised scooters and other similar vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19060/19]
    • Bus Services
      1294. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate with the National Transport Authority if the ongoing review of the Sligo bus network will be open for public...
    • Road Network
      1295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will initiate a grant scheme for the provision of cattle underpasses in view of the fact health and safety for all parties...
    • Road Safety Authority Reports
      1296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Road Safety Authority report on electric scooters; when this report is due to be published; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Transport Services
      1297. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a recent presentation to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport (details supplied). [19171/19]
    • National Transport Authority Expenditure
      1298. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the person or body that authorised the use of public funds by the National Transport Authority for its publicity campaign on...
    • Wild Atlantic Way Project
      1299. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate with Fáilte Ireland the new plans it has to invest further capital funding in flagship projects along the...
    • Tourist Accommodation
      1300. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulations in place for owners of caravan parks regarding facilities and rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19391/19]
    • Heavy Goods Vehicle Levy
      1301. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason lorries registered here must pay a toll entering Northern Ireland in view of the fact that lorries registered in Northern...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      1302. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria and requirements to licence and register electric bikes, electric scooters and electric pedal assisted bicycles; the...
    • Public Transport Fares
      1303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value of student fares or equivalent fare types sold in 2017 and 2018 by the main public transport providers. [19450/19]
    • Bus Services
      1305. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of fitting a real time information display unit for bus services. [19452/19]
    • Parking Provision
      1308. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an association (details supplied) does not accept that autism is a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sports Funding
      1309. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding is available to sports clubs seeking to install a defibrillator; the value of such funds; and the amount drawn down in each...
    • Rail Passengers Data
      1312. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers travelling to and from Castlebar using Castlebar train station in 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make...
    • Road Projects
      1313. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress in delivering the Dunkettle roads upgrade project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19538/19]
    • State Bodies Expenditure
      1316. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount expended by Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland respectively in engaging influencers and their associates in the past...
    • Dublin Bus Fleet
      1317. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if new buses ordered by Dublin Bus will be fitted with technology to allow account based and contactless debit card payment. [19637/19]
    • Public Transport
      1318. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of efforts to create a new accessibility application for public transport users with disability. [19638/19]
    • Taxi Regulations
      1319. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the new small public service vehicle, SPSV, strategy; and the timeline for its publication. [19639/19]
    • Bus Services
      1320. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the piloting of evening and night-time services of LocalLink buses; the extent of these services; and if he will make a...
    • Bus Éireann
      1321. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of occurrences in which private bus operators have been contracted in order to provide Bus Éireann bus services owing to...
    • Bus Services
      1325. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a service (details supplied); and the plans of the NTA to continue the service. [19944/19]
    • Railway Stations Upgrade
      1329. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans by Irish Rail to carry out works on a railway station (details supplied) in County Limerick. [19960/19]
    • Hedge Cutting Season
      1330. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to reports of hedgerow destruction on the part of Irish Rail, including severe hedge trimming and hedge...
    • Road Safety
      1332. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce legislation or regulations to make it mandatory for motorists to have headlights on at all times while driving;...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      1333. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he plans to announce the allocation of grants under the sports capital programme in respect of the applications already submitted;...
    • National Transport Authority
      1334. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been give to a report (details supplied) commissioned by his Department; if he has requested the National Transport...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child and Family Agency
      1335. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the electrical upgrading and other remediation works carried out on the Tusla refuge in Rathmines, Dublin 6; the reason for the long...
    • Childcare Qualifications
      1336. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a plan that regularises the teaching and education status of persons who provide early childcare education will be formalised to...
    • Preschool Services
      1337. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18760/19]
    • Childcare Services Funding
      1338. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which the new childcare scheme which will commence in June 2019 will affect funding for community run childcare facilities; and...
    • Childcare Costs
      1339. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures being considered in order to assist middle income earners that do not qualify for State subsidies, payments or assistance...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1340. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is an appeals process in cases in which a family has been served with a school attendance notice from Tusla; and if she will make...
    • Residential Institutions
      1341. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a person (details supplied) has completed their examination into the legal and scientific considerations relating to the collection of...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      1342. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to investigate adoptions in circumstances in which the mother consenting was a minor. [18551/19]
    • Registration of Births
      1344. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the circumstances of a third delay to the publication of the final report of the scoping exercise into incorrect birth registrations; and...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      1345. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional resources that will be made available to social workers in the HSE area of County Westmeath. [18568/19]
    • Foster Care
      1346. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 4 April 2019, the reason three times as many children are put in foster care in Dundalk rather...
    • Childcare Services Provision
      1347. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the severe shortage of childcare places in the Dublin 15 area; the efforts under way to address these...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1348. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if funding is in place for same; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Children in Care
      1349. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the length of time the 337 children missing from care in 2018 were missing. [18835/19]
    • Family Support Services
      1350. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the family resource centres in each of the 17 Tusla geographical areas that will be allocated funding to employ a family support worker;...
    • Residential Institutions
      1351. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to consult with the broader survivor community in addition to the collaborative forum membership regarding the recommendation of...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      1352. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects to appoint a new chairperson of the Collaborative Forum; the process by which this appointment will be made; and if she...
    • Foster Care Data
      1353. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of foster children placed in care in 2017 and 2018 that were placed by for-profit foster care agencies; the names of the...
    • Foster Care Expenditure
      1354. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the spend on foster care in 2017 and 2018; the percentage of this allocated to for-profit agencies; and the amount paid to each individual...
    • Adoption Legislation
      1355. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the progress of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016 (details supplied); when she expects same to be finalised; and...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1356. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has met formally with the interim chief executive officer, CEO, of Tusla (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
      1357. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the programmes funded by her Department in the early learning and care sector. [19436/19]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1358. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if persons employed by the early childhood care and education programme will continue to be described as providing early years education;...
    • Registration of Births
      1360. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider a scoping exercise into a legal birth registration to be expanded beyond those cases which are already held by Tusla...
    • Childcare Services Staff
      1361. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to address the poor level of pay and conditions being experienced by graduate workers in the childcare sector; and...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1362. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a case in which a child (details supplied) meets the minimum age requirement of 2 years and 8 months for the early childhood care and...
    • Youth Work Projects Funding
      1363. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the expenditure funding provided to youth organisations and youth work provision in each of the years 2007 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in...
    • Youth Services
      1367. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the reform of the youth service grant scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19710/19]
    • Youth Work Projects Funding
      1368. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the youth employability scheme announced on 31 October 2018; the projects selected; the funding allocated; and if she will...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      1369. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has made State board appointments in the past three years in circumstances in which she has reappointed a person who has already...
    • Youth Work Projects Funding
      1370. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the value for money and policy review of youth work funding programmes report and the recommendation...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      1371. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the expenditure by her Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • LEADER Programmes Administration
      1372. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if consideration will be given to requesting from the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform that the threshold for the...
    • Local Improvement Scheme Administration
      1373. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there have been changes to the local improvement scheme, LIS, scheme in view of the fact that a person (details supplied) is no...
    • Grant Payments
      1374. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to consider streamlining the criteria required for small grants applications, for example, LEADER and CLÁR; and his...
    • Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation
      1375. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the Action Plan for Rural Development commitment to developing a pilot scheme to encourage increased residential...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      1376. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the provision of WiFi calling; the preparedness of each provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18982/19]
    • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
      1377. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the scoring marks of the unsuccessful applicants to the 2018 rural regeneration scheme for County Sligo; and if he will make a...
    • LEADER Programmes
      1378. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding is available for regattas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19302/19]
    • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
      1379. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding can be provided under rural regeneration for small schools schemes for a bus service (details supplied); and if he will...
    • CLÁR Programme
      1380. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will address a matter regarding a CLÁR funding application by a service (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Walks Scheme
      1382. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a walking trail (details supplied) in County Leitrim can be given special consideration to be allocated funding for expansion...
    • Community Development Initiatives
      1383. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the development of a national strategy on volunteering; when he will publish the strategy; when he plans to appoint the...
    • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
      1384. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the allocation of funding to date by county under the rural regeneration and development fund in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Philanthropy Initiatives
      1385. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures he is taking to support and promote philanthropy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19762/19]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      1386. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has made State board appointments in the past three years in circumstances in which he has reappointed a person that has...
    • Community Enhancement Programme
      1387. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be provided to a club (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19800/19]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Civil Registration Legislation
      1388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason no clearance has been allocated to a person (details supplied) by the HSE certificate section to allow them to...
    • Employment Rights
      1389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce legislation to regulate remote working in order to protect both the rights of workers and interests...
    • Living Wage
      1390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the concept of a living wage for workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19141/19]
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme
      1391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address perceived discriminatory measures (details supplied) under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      1392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will introduce a change to the calculation for the State pension (contributory) for those that are unable to avail of...
    • JobPath Programme
      1393. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can be excluded from JobPath having already completed a previous JobPath course and reaching...
    • Employment Support Services
      1394. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to hold a full review of community employment, rural social and Tús schemes including employment conditions,...
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Data
      1395. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of non-contributory pensions and persons on qualified adult payments awaiting a review...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      1396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the first year and full year cost of a proposal as set out in a report (details supplied). [18485/19]
    • Fuel Allowance Applications
      1397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied); the outstanding...
    • Fuel Allowance Eligibility
      1398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered automatic transfer of entitlement to fuel allowance for those widowed in circumstances in which it was...
    • Parental Leave
      1399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date from which the two extra weeks paid leave for parents of a child in their first year announced in Budget 2019 will...
    • Pensions Reform
      1400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the pension review will be completed; and the percentage of same that resulted in an increase. [18559/19]
    • National Minimum Wage
      1401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the provisions of the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018 to ensure that the training rate of...
    • Industrial Development
      1402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if assistance will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) in implementing a national strategy to support the...
    • Carer's Benefit Eligibility
      1403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a review of the decision not to grant them carer's benefit;...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a review of the rate of carer's allowance for 2018 by a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Social Welfare Schemes Expenditure
      1405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 533 of 15 May 2018, the estimated cost of a €1 increase in schemes (details...
    • Carer's Benefit Data
      1406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of extending the number of weeks carer's benefit is paid from 104 weeks to 156 weeks; and if...
    • Water Services Data
      1407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she signed into law section 11 of the Water Services Act 2014; the data collected prior to the signing of this...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Data
      1408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in counties Laois and Offaly in receipt of the farm assist payment in each of the years 2014 to 2018...
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      1409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason child benefit is not paid for those over 18 years of age that remain in second-level education; and if she will...
    • Guardian's Payment Applications
      1410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a guardianship payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      1411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons on illness benefit for a number of years prior to the two year limit being introduced go on partial capacity...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      1412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a domiciliary care allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied). [18822/19]
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      1413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a weekly payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18831/19]
    • Child Poverty
      1414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an assessment has been conducted on the level of child poverty or children at risk of poverty in counties Laois and...
    • Pensions Legislation
      1415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the fact that the European Commission has now launched infringement proceedings against Ireland for failure to...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18882/19]
    • Working Family Payment Applications
      1417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for the working family payment by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Gender Recognition
      1419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which and the location the most recent public consultation conducted as part of the review of the operation of...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for family income supplement by a person (details supplied) which was lodged in early February 2019;...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1421. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      1423. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears of invalidity pension will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Meals Programme
      1424. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 636 to 641 of 12 March 2019, the criteria used to determine the way in which the 367...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      1426. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19021/19]
    • Departmental Communications
      1427. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 350 of 25 October 2018, the reason freephone numbers are not used exclusively for her...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1428. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      1429. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer's benefit application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      1430. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Working Family Payment Applications
      1431. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a working family payment application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      1432. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a hearing aid by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Applications Waiting Times
      1433. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting time for disability allowance claims which have been successfully appealed to the social welfare appeals...
    • Fuel Allowance Data
      1434. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual cost of increasing the fuel allowance payment by €1.50 per week; and if she will make a...
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      1435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the review of eligibility for child benefit will be complete in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Applications
      1436. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a contributory pension review for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      1437. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) has had their jobseeker's allowance suspended...
    • Wage Subsidy Scheme
      1438. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if assistance will be offered to a person (details supplied) in allowing them to secure the wage subsidy scheme; and if she...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      1439. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review for disability allowance will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied). [19301/19]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Appeals
      1440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a pension review will take place for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19308/19]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Applications
      1441. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on a homecaring claim by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Carer's Support Grant
      1442. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carer's support grant appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      1443. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19440/19]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      1444. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether a decision has been made on an application for an invalidity pensions by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1445. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied). [19465/19]
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      1446. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive illness benefit. [19469/19]
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      1447. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is not in receipt of a full payment. [19470/19]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      1448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a review of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      1449. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer's allowance in respect of a period will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Invalidity Pension Reviews
      1450. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an invalidity pension review will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Tús Programme
      1451. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to amend the Tús scheme to address the recruitment difficulties due to the significant decrease in referrals...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Applications
      1452. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if jobseeker's allowance can be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      1453. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if jobseeker's allowance payment can be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Working Family Payment Payments
      1454. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the level of a working family payment can be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      1455. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for an increase for qualified adult on their invalidity pension payment in respect...
    • Invalidity Pension Reviews
      1456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an invalidity pension will be awarded to a person (details supplied) following review. [19599/19]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      1457. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      1458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs application form has been returned and is being processed in the case of a person (details...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Data
      1459. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of pensioners who had their pensions assessed under the homecaring periods scheme; the number who received a back...
    • Working Family Payment Appeals
      1460. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for the working family payment by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Data
      1461. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procedures for a self-employed person that is signing for jobseeker's allowance on a casual basis; the number of days...
    • Back to Education Allowance Data
      1464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 26 years of age who are participating on the back to education scheme by county in tabular...
    • JobsPlus Scheme
      1466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who have been supported to date by the JobsPlus youth scheme by county;...
    • Youth Employment Initiative
      1469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the implementation of the youth employment support scheme; the proposed number of participants in 2019; the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Data
      1471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 26 years of age participating in the community employment scheme on or before July 2017,...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      1472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if eligibility to the community employment scheme for young persons under 21 years of age who have been on the live register...
    • Tús Programme
      1476. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 26 years of age who commenced a Tús programme in each of the years 2015 to 2018, in...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Data
      1479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average cost per young person and cost to the Exchequer in a calendar year of increasing the jobseeker's allowance to...
    • Social Welfare Schemes Data
      1482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 26 years of age that have been in receipt of jobseeker's allowance, jobseekers’...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Data
      1484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 26 years of age that are in receipt of €112.70, €157.80 and €203...
    • Disability Allowance Data
      1485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 26 years of age in receipt of disability allowance at the end of each of the years 2013 to...
    • One-Parent Family Payment Data
      1486. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 26 years of age in receipt of the one parent family payment at the end of each of the...
    • Youth Unemployment Measures
      1487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures she is taking to address youth unemployment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service Data
      1488. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of new clients presenting to the Money Advice and Budgeting Service, MABS, in the first three months of 2017,...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      1489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for supporting and funding the dedicated mortgage arrears service provided by MABS in the medium-term (details...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service Data
      1490. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of both full-time and part-time staff delivering the dedicated mortgage arrears service provided by MABS in each...
    • Pensions Reform
      1491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the report arising from the consultations on the auto-enrolment pensions scheme will be published; and if she will make...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      1492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has made State board appointments in the past three years in circumstances in which she has reappointed a person that...
    • Budget Consultation Process
      1493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the date for the pre-budget forum has been decided; if so, when it will be held; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1494. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for disability allowance and or invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); when payment...
    • Fuel Allowance Data
      1495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost if the fuel allowance payment period was increased from 27 to 30 weeks; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      1496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a matter (details supplied) will be reviewed; her views on the issues raised; if policy changes are planned regarding...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      1497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance
      1498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct rate of jobseeker's allowance payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Working Family Payment Applications
      1499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a working family payment application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Working Family Payment
      1500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is due arrears concerning a working family payment following a social welfare appeal that was...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      1501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an illness benefit payment can be changed to a local area in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Community Employment Schemes Administration
      1502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a reply will issue to queries by a person (details supplied) on an extension of a community employment scheme; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Delays
      1503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding lengthy delays processing successful social welfare appeals when returned to the relevant social...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      1504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a change of address in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • National Minimum Wage
      1506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the widespread practice of contracted private companies providing homecare packages under...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Irish Water
      1507. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an exemption from state aid rules has been sought from the EU for Irish Water and its assets; the reason he has not sought...
    • Local Authority Finances
      1508. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount issued annually over the past five years in compensation for malicious damage to property under the compensation...
    • Commissioner of Valuation
      1509. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a matter (details supplied) will be reviewed; his plans to address the concerns raised; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Local Authority Rates
      1510. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the rates bar set in Kingscourt, County Cavan, will be reviewed; if he will address concerns raised (details supplied);...
    • Fire Service Staff
      1511. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason fire-fighters who are healthy, fit and have a good understanding of their job must retire at 58 years of age while...
    • Irish Water
      1512. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he approved the significant increases in the cost of domestic connections which came into effect on 1 April 2019. [19362/19]
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      1513. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when wind energy guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19446/19]
    • Energy Efficiency
      1514. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes in each local authority that have availed of the free energy efficiency improvement scheme in tabular...
    • Mayoral Election
      1515. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the upcoming plebiscite on the mayoral elections. [19820/19]
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      1516. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason tenants who wish to purchase their local authority houses under the tenant purchase scheme are excluded from the...
    • Disability Support Services
      1517. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans in place across County Louth to ensure there is clear access and sharing of information to persons with...
    • Architects Register
      1520. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he receives reports from an organisation (details supplied) on complaints regarding poor performance by architects; if...
    • Building Regulations
      1521. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider consumer friendly and cost-effective redress and dispute resolution for homeowners dealing with defects;...
    • Construction Industry Register Ireland
      1522. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will introduce a regulatory system for builders that is independent of the industry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Development Contributions
      1523. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the value of development levies accrued in each local authority in each of the years 2016 to 2018, in tabular form. [18573/19]
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
      1524. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the revaluation of commercial rates process will commence for County Donegal; if he has considered expediting the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      1525. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to having his Department as the lead agency in the provision of a new funding programme for...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      1526. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a Rebuilding Ireland home loan which was approved on 1 October 2018 for a person (details supplied) in County Clare will...
    • Housing Policy
      1527. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being put in place to introduce legislation to ensure the fluidity of the housing market and the transparency of...
    • Energy Conservation
      1528. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes upgraded as part of the smart technology energy saving scheme since its launch in 2016; the number of...
    • Vacant Properties
      1531. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the large number of vacant or potential residential units that are above retail units,...
    • Ministerial Invitations
      1533. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or his officials or political staff were recipients of tickets and-or hospitality from an organisation (details...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      1534. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the two and a half year backlog for applications for DPG grants for council houses in...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      1536. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to Kickham Barracks, Clonmel, County Tipperary; the proposed funding that he plans to allocate; and if...
    • Planning Guidelines
      1537. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the new rural housing guidelines; when they will be published; if they will be open for public consultation...
    • Planning Issues
      1538. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the circumstances and-or differences in which a Part 8 planning process is decided by a decision of a full council as opposed...
    • Water Quality
      1540. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to recent reports that lead concentration levels well above the legal limit have been found...
    • Unfinished Housing Developments
      1541. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if grants are available for completion of a house that never finished construction and was never occupied. [18853/19]
    • Pyrite Issues
      1542. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to assist homeowners who have been assessed for level 1 pyrite damage and who are not currently eligible for...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      1543. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the 2018 review of income eligibility levels for social housing will be finalised and published; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
      1544. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether adequate funding is provided to local authorities for disability adaptations to council housing stock;...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      1545. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied that the recent recruitment of a chairperson for an organisation (details supplied) was in line with the...
    • Register of Electors Administration
      1548. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Acts under which the authority or remit is given to a local authority or remit is given to local authority rate...
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
      1549. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will investigate the anomaly whereby a convenience store valuation is radically less than the convenience store element...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      1550. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the provision made for older persons who are renting properties and whose tenancies are terminated following the transfer of...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      1551. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if discretion can be shown in the application of the terms and conditions of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan and county...
    • Rental Sector Strategy
      1552. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional resources will be provided to local authorities in order to allow them to effectively enforce short-term...
    • Water Services Infrastructure
      1555. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the next steps in the process and the timeframe for the development of a water treatment facility at Lough Talt, County...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      1556. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to consider changing the criteria in condition 1 of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme (details supplied)....
    • Planning Guidelines
      1557. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the planning guidelines for solar development at large scale ground mount level will be published; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Charges Application
      1558. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on standardisation of development charges by local authorities for grant of planning permission for solar farms;...
    • Commercial Rates
      1559. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Valuation Office has a policy on standardisation of rates applicable to solar farms; and if he will make a statement...
    • Housing Data
      1560. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of Part V acquisitions for 2017 and 2018, by local authority, of the number of homes acquired as new homes,...
    • Fire Service Staff
      1562. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of front-line staff in Dublin Fire Brigade in each of the years 2014 to 2018; the number of new recruits in each...
    • Election Management System
      1563. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of blind or visually impaired templates made available nationwide for both the presidential election and recent...
    • Residential Tenancies Board
      1567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if in all HAP and RAS tenancies and leasing arrangements between local authorities and landlords the properties are...
    • Legislative Measures
      1568. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will progress the maritime area and foreshore (amendment) Bill; the reason for the delays in its progression to date;...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      1569. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a person with a stamp 4 visa is excluded from accessing the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; and if he will...
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      1570. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to allow former tenants to lodge a complaint with the RTB if the cost of the rent of their former home has...
    • Building Regulations
      1574. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a scheme (details supplied) will be approved; his plans to ensure that there are no further delays in having such a...
    • Housing Data
      1575. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated average all-in cost of building a new social home. [19671/19]
    • Traveller Accommodation
      1577. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated average all-in cost of accommodation for members of the Traveller community. [19673/19]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      1578. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated average all-in cost of an affordable home for rent. [19674/19]
    • Electoral Register
      1580. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will issue a report on responses received further to the consultation process to modernise the electoral registration...
    • Electoral Commission Establishment
      1581. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will issue a report on responses received further to the consultation on a regulatory impact analysis on the...
    • Ministerial Appointments
      1582. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 588 of 11 December 2018, if the relevant statutory committee appointments by him will...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      1583. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has made State board appointments in the past three years in circumstances in which he has reappointed a person that...
    • Register of Electors
      1584. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he has taken to address the report by the EU Commission in January 2014 that Ireland was disenfranchising Irish...
    • Vacant Sites
      1585. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites included on the vacant site register under the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 by Galway City...
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      1586. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if rent pressure zones in Cork are to include the Ballincollig-Carrigaline municipal district as revised; and if the southern...
    • Rental Sector
      1587. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of enforcement of standards and rent books in 2018 of rental property inspections carried out in each local...
    • Local Authority Housing
      1588. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing applicants in each local authority that have refused more than one offer of a home in the past three...
    • Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection
      1591. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position in relation to amounts outstanding on the non-principal private residence charge; the amount outstanding; the...
    • Departmental Funding
      1592. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce an assistance package for those who lost their homes and other property in the recent wildfires in...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants
      1594. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when changes to grant schemes for private wells and septic tanks under the multi-annual rural water programme will come into...
    • Planning Issues
      1595. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the review by a person (details supplied) into certain planning matters in respect of Donegal County...
    • Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
      1596. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the proposed Naas inner relief road satisfies the objectives of the LIHAF fund from which it is receiving funding;...
    • Election Material
      1598. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on factually inaccurate information being printed and distributed on election material; and the remedy in place for...
    • Irish Water
      1599. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason he has chosen to replace Irish Water commercial debt with State-funded debt; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta Data
      1600. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of new jobs created by Údarás na Gaeltachta client companies in 2018, by county in tabular form; the number...
    • Archaeological Sites
      1602. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which she plans to protect a site (details supplied) until a detailed investigative report can be carried out on its...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Eligibility
      1603. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a proposal by a person (details supplied) to be included in the turf cutting compensation scheme will be considered in respect...
    • Departmental Funding
      1604. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the correspondence she has received from Cork City Council in respect of a funding proposal for an event centre. [18468/19]
    • Turf Cutting
      1605. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding turf cutting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18626/19]
    • Comhar Naíonraí na Gaeltachta
      1606. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the annual capital allocation to Comhar Naíonraí na Gaeltachta in each of the years 2016 to 2018, in tabular form; and...
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      1610. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to assist the development of better marine facilities on Clare Island, including the extension of the pier and the...
    • Air Services Provision
      1612. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to seek permission from the EU for the provision of a public service obligation air service to Cleggan airport and to...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta Funding
      1613. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the budget allocation for Údarás na Gaeltachta in 2018 and 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19347/19]
    • Museum Projects
      1614. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent of funding for museums (details supplied); and her plans to take over the running and financing of another museum....
    • State Properties Data
      1615. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the properties that remain under the ownership of the State within the area of a site (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and the...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta Funding
      1616. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding from Údarás na Gaeltachta provided to a company (details supplied) in 2018. [19679/19]
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
      1618. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Architectural Heritage
      1619. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address the perceived decades of neglect that has led to the deterioration of the Market House, Castleblayney, County...
    • Deer Culls
      1620. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of an application for a section 42 licence by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Gorse Burning
      1621. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the recent gorse fires that destroyed hundreds of acres of land around the villages of...
    • Hedge Cutting Season
      1622. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to reports of hedgerow destruction on the part of Irish Rail, including severe hedge trimming and...
    • Gorse Burning
      1623. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to put in place an information and support system for landowners in order that they will not engage in the burning of...

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