Written answers
Thursday, 16 May 2019
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Stations
8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the discussions he or his officials have had with the Office of Public Works or other agencies with a view to progressing the new...
- Combatting Cyberbullying
9. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to revise harassment laws here taking into consideration the impact of cyberbullying on the mental health of a person;...
- Prisoner Privacy
11. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when his attention was first drawn to unauthorised surveillance of prisoners meetings with their solicitors and or surveillance...
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Funding
14. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that GSOC is receiving all available support in terms of funding and support from his Department; and if he...
- Garda Misconduct Allegations
15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the fact that An Garda Síochána is conducting criminal investigations of its own members without the...
- Sexual Offences Data
16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects the Central Statistics Office to commence the sexual abuse and violence in Ireland survey; and when he expects...
- Policing Co-operation
17. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale for the proposed participation of Ireland in the EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation; the benefits of...
- Garda Corruption
21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has had discussions with the Garda Commissioner regarding the establishment of an internal corruption unit; and if he will...
- UN Conventions Ratification
22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he plans to ratify the optional protocol to the UN convention against torture; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Crime Prevention
23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to tackle cross-Border crimes, rural crime and serious crime in view of concerns raised in these areas by...
- Prison Service Data
24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of assaults on prison officers and staff working in prisons since 2016; the actions taken to deter these assaults;...
- International Conventions
25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the international agreement to prevent the sexual abuse of children known as the Lanzarote convention is to be ratified in...
- Witness Protection Programme
26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to correspondence sent to him on 1 March 2019 by this Deputy and further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 30 January...
- Prison Visiting Regulations
27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the protocols in place for parents, mainly fathers, in prison who have access to their children when they wish to speak with...
- Court Accommodation Provision
28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the work that has taken place to date in identifying a site for the planned courthouse in Navan, County Meath, as part of...
- Garda Policing Plans
29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position with regard to the roll-out of a dedicated transport police; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21104/19]
- Public Inquiries
30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an individual (details supplied) has met the family of a person; the progress of the scoping exercise; the likely date for...
- Public Sector Staff Sick Leave
31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of serving members of An Garda Síochána currently absent from work on sick leave due to stress-related...
- Gangland Crime
32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address recent events in Drogheda, County Louth, and the need for additional Garda resources; and if he will consider...
- International Time Zones
33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has discussed the proposal of the clock change with his EU counterparts recently. [15420/19]
- Motor Insurance Fraud
34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made in the establishment of a dedicated insurance fraud unit within An Garda Síochána; and if he will...
- Victim Support Services
35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that there are sufficient supports for those who come forward to report historic allegations of sexual...
- Department of Defence
- Civil Defence
36. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will address reports of licensing issues regarding the participation of the Civil Defence in festivals and public events (details...
- Air Corps Operations
38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if we will provide clarity on concerns that have been raised on the future operation of the aeromedical service based at Custume Barracks,...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Conflicts
39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in Venezuela; the position of the EU and Ireland on same; the efforts made and ongoing to resolve this crisis;...
- Syrian Conflict
40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in Syria; the position of the EU on Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21231/19]
- Human Rights
41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the persecution of Christians has been raised at the EU Foreign Affairs Council; the efforts made to address this at EU level; and if he...
- Northern Ireland
42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of talks to restart the Executive in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21233/19]
- Undocumented Irish in the USA
43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of efforts to resolve the issue of the undocumented Irish in the United States of America; the recent meetings held by the special...
- Human Rights Cases
44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 8 May 2019, if he will request the United Arab Emirates authorities to ensure conditions are...
- Department of Finance
- Insurance Data
45. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of household insurance policies, employer liability insurance policies and public liability insurance policies, respectively entered into in 2018;...
- VAT Rate Application
46. To ask the Minister for Finance if under the VAT directive it is possible to charge a different or reduced rate for the sale of apartments to the sale of other types of residential...
- Insurance Data
47. To ask the Minister for Finance the average flood insurance claim for households here; the number of household flood insurance claims in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Help-To-Buy Scheme
48. To ask the Minister for Finance if an application (details supplied) can be amended following a drawdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21322/19]
- Legislative Process
49. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects Report Stage of the National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018 to be held in Dáil Éireann; the timeline...
- Home Loan Scheme
50. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on expanding the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; the extra amount he is prepared to authorise; if the funding borrowed to fund the scheme is...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works Data
51. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of OPW annual visitor cards sold in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [21252/19]
- Office of Public Works Expenditure
52. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding provided to each OPW heritage site in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [21253/19]
- Garda Station Refurbishment
53. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of Garda stations in County Kildare due for or in the course of refurbishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Drainage Schemes Status
54. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if proposed works are due to be carried out on a glasha (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21206/19]
- Public Sector Pensions
55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason a person (details supplied) has not received increases to the person's pension. [21265/19]
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Admissions
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a situation in which a child (details supplied) has been denied access to a school; and if he will make a...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to open an autism unit in a school (details supplied); the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects Applications
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when planning permission will be submitted to Meath County Council for the development of temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied);...
- Emergency Works Scheme Applications
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the difficulty facing a school (details supplied) regarding a retrospective application for emergency funding due to a serious...
- Student Grant Scheme Reform
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review and amend the income disregards for student grants to take account of flood relief payments received from the Department of...
- Autism Support Services
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 8 May 2019, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that initial building work is already...
- School Services Staff
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21224/19]
- Childcare Education and Training Scheme
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the childcare supports available to a person (details supplied) participating in an ETB course in circumstances in which there are no available...
- School Transport Appeals
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to correspondence of 7 May 2019 regarding an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- School Accommodation Provision
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has contractual arrangements with companies to provide school prefabs; the details of companies or organisations that own the school prefabs...
- Schools Building Projects Status
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the short-listing of contractors for a school (details supplied) has been completed; if firms or contractors in County Donegal have been...
- Teachers' Remuneration
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a qualified teacher (details supplied); if the teacher is paid in line with point one of the teaching pay scale in spite of...
- Emergency Works Scheme Appeals
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a decision made to refuse funding under the emergency works grant for toilet facilities at a school (details supplied); and if...
- Insurance Costs
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure that a school (details supplied) is not forced to close due to rising insurance costs; and if he will make a...
- Protected Disclosures
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he took when a protected disclosure from a teacher in an education and training board (details supplied) was received; and if he will...
- Departmental Circulars
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 206 of 19 February 2019, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an education and training board...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Residency Permits
73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21303/19]
- Garda Overtime
74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda overtime budget has been cut; if so, the areas of operation affected; if such overtime cuts apply to the Louth...
- Prison Service Staff
75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to improve the wages and conditions of nursing staff in prisons; if he will address the anomaly in which they have not...
- Judicial Appointments
76. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the number of justices to alleviate the lengthy delays in the High Court between a criminal case being...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
77. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Residency Permits
78. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Naturalisation Applications
79. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to achieve naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Residency Permits
83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which education and rehabilitative training in the prison system is offered to all first-time offenders, with...
- Prisoner Data
86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners on bail in respect of more than one offence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21309/19]
- Prison Accommodation
87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison places available in prisons nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21310/19]
- Garda Strength
88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí available for duty on a given day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21311/19]
- Gangland Crime
89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which An Garda Síochána has at its disposal all the necessary provisions to deal with organised crime in...
- Criminal Assets Bureau
92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the Criminal Assets Bureau successfully continues to pursue organised crime; and if he will make a statement...
- Garda Training
94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which ongoing training is available to An Garda Síochána, with particular reference to the need to...
- Legislative Process
95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects the report stage of the Judicial Council Bill 2017 to be held in Seanad Éireann; the timeline for...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Corporate Governance
96. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the role her Department plays in ensuring that multinationals here operate according to the principles laid down in the Tripartite...
- Work Permits Eligibility
97. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a person (details supplied) qualifies for a work permit in view of the fact that the person has resided here for several years; and...
- Department of Health
- Disability Services Funding
98. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that every effort will be made to resolve the funding anomalies regarding the Rehab Group in view of the fact that it employs 1,500 staff...
- Palliative Care Facilities
99. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a unit (details supplied); if the location of same has been decided upon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21189/19]
- Disability Services Funding
100. To ask the Minister for Health the status of talks being held between the HSE and the Rehab Group over funding; his plans to avoid the possible withdrawal of services for persons with...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
101. To ask the Minister for Health if medication will be provided to a person (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21196/19]
- Disability Services Funding
103. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be released to an organisation to allow a person (details supplied) avail of a residential care placement in one of its homes. [21198/19]
- Hospital Appointments Status
104. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent surgical appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied). [21200/19]
- Health Services
105. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter (details supplied) will be investigated and referred to the hospital for an update; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21204/19]
- Services for People with Disabilities
106. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21205/19]
- Medical Card Applications
107. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on a medical card application by a person (details supplied); if the application will be finalised without delay; and if he will...
- Services for People with Disabilities
109. To ask the Minister for Health if transport to and from an initiative will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21209/19]
- Hospital Appointments Status
110. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [21210/19]
- Speech and Language Therapy Staff
111. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation at a centre (details supplied) in which there is a vacancy for a speech and language therapist since January...
- Hospital Appointments Status
112. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect knee surgery at Croom orthopaedic hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21219/19]
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
113. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 826 and 827 of 8 May 2019, if a person can have cannabis-based oil produced by a company (details supplied) collected by...
- Medicinal Products Regulation
116. To ask the Minister for Health if a doctor (details supplied) in a remote area will be provided a licence to dispense medicines as was previously the case due to the only pharmacy in the...
- Home Help Service Provision
117. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home help cover for elderly persons when the regular home help is on annual leave; if home help cover is provided in these...
- Hospital Appointments Status
118. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a cataract surgery appointment. [21237/19]
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
119. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the opening of a facility at a location (details supplied); when the facility will be available for use by patients; the purpose for which the...
- Dental Services Staff
120. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a HSE orthodontist at a location (details supplied); if efforts are under way to establish the post as a full-time position; and if he...
- Medicinal Products Regulation
121. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by master medical herbalists regarding the Treatment of Cancer (Advertisements) Bill 2018 and the...
- Drug Treatment Programmes Policy
122. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he will be taking to address the significant drug-related activity that has escalated in Drogheda and its surrounding area; the actions he will...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
123. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if an endocrinologist will be provided to Cavan general hospital for local women in counties Cavan...
- HSE Governance
124. To ask the Minister for Health if the Accounting Officer of the Health Service Executive has implemented the recommendations (details supplied) of the 2012 annual report of the Comptroller...
- Medicinal Products Regulation
125. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21283/19]
- Hospital Appointments Status
126. To ask the Minister for Health if an orthopaedic procedure will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21285/19]
- Disability Services Funding
127. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the serious financial difficulty being experienced by RehabCare; his plans to ensure that the necessary additional funding...
- Hospital Appointments Status
128. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [21290/19]
- Medical Card Eligibility
129. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a full medical card was not renewed in the case of a person (details supplied); if the matter will be urgently examined with a view to restoration;...
- Medical Card Applications
130. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21297/19]
- Home Care Packages Funding
131. To ask the Minister for Health when necessary financial resources will be allocated to the HSE to eliminate the delays in providing home support for persons already approved for home help...
- Health Strategies
132. To ask the Minister for Health his views of claims by an organisation (details supplied) that the funding being proposed for the new oral health policy is completely inadequate. [21328/19]
- Dental Services Expenditure
133. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of a reversal of FEMPI fee cuts for dentists. [21329/19]
- Home Help Service Data
134. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons approved for home help in CHO 1 and CHO 2 areas and awaiting provision of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21330/19]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Coillte Teoranta
135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the disposal of Coillte telecommunications infrastructure in 2015 to a company (details supplied) was approved; the discussions...
- Food Labelling
136. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if fish produced at a farm by a company (details supplied) that was in excess of the permitted harvest limit has been awarded organic...
- Grant Payments
139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grants awarded to a company (details supplied) since 2012. [21181/19]
- Aquaculture Regulation
140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the salmon farm sites operated by a company (details supplied) that are being investigated for breaches of licence conditions. [21182/19]
- Departmental Agencies
141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will remove the governance of the Marine Institute and the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority from the marine division of his...
- Aquaculture Licence Administration
142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will initiate discussions with Inland Fisheries Ireland to strengthen his role in salmon farm licensing in view of his recent...
- Aquaculture Regulation
143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will conduct an investigation into the reason it took the licensing division of his Department three years to conclude its...
- Fisheries Offences
147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of his efforts to resubmit an acceptable system of penalty points for serious fishing infringements, which Ireland is...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Broadband Service Provision
148. 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 make...
- Bord na Móna
153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which redundancy packages are in hand for Bord Na Móna employees likely to lose their jobs in the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Bus Services
154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, will consider a bus shelter for an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Transport Costs
155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that transport costs rose 3.7% in April 2019 compared to 1.7% average consumer price inflation; and if he will make...
- Bus Services
156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the installation of a bus stop on the R148 Mullingar Road to Kinnegad at a location (details supplied). [21263/19]
- Road Projects Status
157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a special allocation to fund the entire replacement of Fintra Bridge on the R263 in Killybegs, County Donegal, and...
- Road Projects Expenditure
158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budgeted cost of the M7 motorway upgrade; the actual cost of the project; the original estimated completion date; when it will be...
- Road Traffic Legislation
159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of legislation to regulate the operation of rickshaws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21336/19]
- Crime Prevention
160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to ensure taxi driver safety and prevent anti-social behaviour and attacks on taxi drivers; if legislation is being...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
161. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to provide specific units (details supplied) in north and east County Cork. [21239/19]
- Care Orders
162. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 4 April 2019, the reason there are substantial variations in the amount of children being...
- Autism Support Services
163. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding mechanisms available for organisations such as an organisation (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
164. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the recent sale of a former mother and baby home (details supplied); and the action she will take to...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
165. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a matter regarding the operation of the ECCE scheme will be investigated (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Ministerial Meetings
166. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the advocacy organisations, survivors groups and stakeholders she has met or plans to meet to discuss draft amendments to revise elements...
- Childcare Services
167. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the childcare supports available to a person (details supplied) participating in an ETB course in circumstances in which there are no...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- CLÁR Programme
168. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an application for funding for a car by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21266/19]
- Departmental Expenditure
169. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount expended with respect to promoting and carrying out the Rural Opportunity roadshow campaign to date; the costs associated...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
170. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a graduate of a level 7 course is not entitled to apply for the back to education allowance for a level 8 course...
- Back to Education Allowance Expenditure
171. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost to expand back to education allowance-approved postgraduate courses in line with...
- School Meals Programme
172. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the provision of a service at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21240/19]
- Illness Benefit Payments
173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the illness benefit payment of a person (details supplied) has been suspended; when same will be reinstated; and...
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
174. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions, including meetings between her and or her officials and community employment supervisors and-or their...
- Widow's Pension Eligibility
175. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a spouse of a recently deceased person who is in receipt of an invalidity pension cannot qualify for a...
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance Appeals
176. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in deciding an appeal for supplementary welfare allowance in the case of a person (details...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
177. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when rent support will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied); if the matter can be urgently investigated with...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
178. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct level of rent support payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
179. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if required dental benefit for the purpose of orthodontic treatment will be offered in the case of a person (details...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks
180. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses in County Donegal affected by mica; if this includes council houses, State buildings, retaining walls,...
- Fire Service
184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when Sligo Fire Service will receive two new fire units for its Sligo and Tubbercurry fire units; if this allocation will be...
- Local Authority Staff Data
185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities that employ and do not employ, respectively, a full-time Irish language officer in tabular form; and the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants
186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of all grant payment schemes available for private well owners in tabular form; the number of private wells that...
- Home Loan Scheme
188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme will be expanded; if so, the amount by which; and if he will make a statement on...
