Written answers

Tuesday, 21 May 2019

  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Medical Waste Disposal
      55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made with the relevant agencies and stakeholders to deliver the annual support of €75 for the...
    • Climate Change Policy
      61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his goals and targets to meet emissions targets for 2030 in view of the climate emergency that has been declared on an...
    • Citizens Assembly
      63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for implementing the outstanding recommendations from the Citizens' Assembly. [14251/19]
    • EU Directives
      64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of efforts to reduce single use plastics with reference to the new EU directive on the impact of certain...
    • Illegal Dumping
      65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions he is taking to assist county councils deal with incidents of illegal dumping and fly tipping; and if he...
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to put in place a payment for solar electricity in order that households and communities receive payment for...
    • Climate Change Policy
      67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the three most important actions he plans to take to address the issue of climate change and carbon reduction, including...
    • Bituminous Fuel Ban
      68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the introduction of a nationwide ban on smoky fuels; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role of companies (details supplied) in the national broadband plan. [21779/19]
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the provision of broadband in all areas nationally is progressing; if he anticipates the provision...
    • Broadband Service Speeds
      71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role the broadband connection points will have in the provision of high speed broadband during year one of the...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Ireland was approached in relation to the proposal put together by France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark,...
    • Bord na Móna
      73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has discussed with Bord na Móna plans to develop alternative energy sources into the future and to maintain...
    • National Broadband Plan
      74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on his announcement on the national broadband plan on 7 May 2019. [20552/19]
    • Climate Change Policy
      75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to support the Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018 to...
    • Online Safety
      76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the composition and function of the National Advisory Council for Online Safety; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Broadband Service Charges
      77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of initial capital expenditure required to connect a premises and-or dwelling under the national broadband...
    • Climate Change Policy
      78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider moving forward the date that Moneypoint is to stop coal burning operations in view of the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken as part of the national broadband plan to ensure that the broadband network is future proofed; and...
    • National Broadband Plan Data
      87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of forecasted first-time premises to be connected by year 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 of the national broadband plan...
    • National Broadband Plan
      88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the anticipated expansion of the digital economy in forthcoming years; the role the national broadband plan will play in...
    • Appointments to State Boards Data
      89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of members the State will appoint to the board of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Climate Change Policy
      90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a further call for applications for the climate action fund will be announced; the role the fund will have in...
    • Broadband Service Speeds
      91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the impact the provision of high speed broadband in rural areas will have in relation to remote working and flexible...
    • Online Safety
      92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that online safety is adequately covered in the school digital champion programme. [21707/19]
    • National Broadband Plan
      93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the cost-benefit analysis of the national broadband plan conducted by a company (details supplied). [21778/19]
    • North-South Interconnector
      94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the North-South Interconnector project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21717/19]
    • National Broadband Plan
      95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the impact the national broadband plan will have on transforming business here; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Reports
      96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he received, as requested, an update by 12 April 2019 on the actions the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...
    • National Broadband Plan Administration
      97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes in counties Sligo and Leitrim that are in the amber intervention area for the national broadband...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent on consultancy fees to companies (details supplied) since June 2015; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Census of Population Data
      99. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons that co-work or work from home weekly that have broadband access and are employed in companies based in the local authorities of each city (details...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      100. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent in fees to companies (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [21587/19]
  • Department of Defence
    • Public Sector Pensions
      101. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason abatement is being applied to the public service pension of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Issues
      102. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the plans being prepared to recruit additional Army personnel should they be necessary to patrol additional Border posts in a post-Brexit...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      103. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Army personnel serving at Custume Barracks, Athlone, County Westmeath. [21388/19]
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      104. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to ensure changes to the current regulations are made which would allow retiring Army personnel to take up roles within other State...
    • Defence Forces Pensions
      105. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if changes will be made to the Army pension system to allow retired personnel to work in more financially rewarding roles (details supplied)....
    • Army Barracks
      106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding St. Bricin's military facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21410/19]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      107. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent in fees to companies (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018, inclusive. [21577/19]
    • Civil Defence
      108. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to address concerns that the Civil Defence is being prevented from participating or assisting at community events and functions in...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      109. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps taken to ensure that all branches of the Defence Forces have ready access to pay and service conditions comparable to the conditions...
    • Military Medals
      110. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to address correspondence regarding the awarding of military medals to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      111. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel who entered and left, respectively, the Permanent Defence Force in each of the years 2017 and 2018 and to date in 2019,...
    • Foreign Naval Vessels
      112. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 61 of 8 May 2019, the action that will be taken against those involved in or permitting the exercises in...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • EU Declarations
      113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to implement the Sibiu declaration; and if this will involve an interdepartmental group or Cabinet committee. [21835/19]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an application for reconciliation fund grant aid has been received from an organisation (details supplied) in County Donegal; if so, when...
    • Passport Controls
      115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the confiscation of the passport of a person (details supplied) by the German authorities while under the care of their...
    • Passport Applications
      116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited and processed in time for them to travel on 5 June 2019 in view...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent in fees to companies (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018, inclusive. [21581/19]
    • Human Rights Cases
      118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made at EU level to address concerns about human rights abuses in Bahrain; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • EU Issues
      120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in Romania and planned legal changes which could undermine the rule of law; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in Rakhine State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21603/19]
    • Overseas Development Aid
      122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if funding will be maintained to the United Nations Population Fund in 2020 at current levels; if funding to the fund will increase between...
    • Passport Applications
      125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the timeframe for passport renewals for online applications and passport express; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21793/19]
    • Syrian Conflict
      126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the situation in Syria; the efforts being made at EU and international level to bring an end to this conflict; and if...
    • International Relations
      127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made at EU level to de-escalate tension between the US and Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21806/19]
    • International Bodies Membership
      128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration has been given to applying for observer membership of the Arctic Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Brexit Preparations
      129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Brexit contingency planning for all scenarios, including a no-deal scenario; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Consular Services Data
      130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of cases the consular division dealt with in each of the years from 2013 to 2018 regarding the death of an Irish citizen abroad,...
    • Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
      131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is still a commitment to reach the target of spending 0.7% of gross national income on overseas development assistance; when he...
    • Human Rights
      132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, through diplomatic channels, he can assist in the protection of environmental and human rights defenders in La Guajira in north Colombia...
  • Department of Finance
    • Insurance Costs
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the ongoing issue of returning immigrants being charged high car insurance due to their no claims bonus expiring, even though no claims...
    • National Broadband Plan Expenditure
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected budgetary impact of the national broadband plan from 2019 to 2024, or the latest available date; and the estimated way in which this will impact...
    • Connectivity Fund
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which his Department has used the funds the State received from the sale of its stake in a company (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Insurance Coverage
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance if measures will be introduced to prevent insurance companies from refusing insurance to family homes that are listed buildings; his plans for incentives to...
    • Tax Data
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue from tapering the personal, PAYE and earned income credits by 1.43% per €1,000 on an individual income between €100,000...
    • NAMA Operations
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the proposed sale by NAMA of the National Asset Residential Property Services DAC, NARPS, special purpose vehicle and the impact of a sale on the...
    • Tax Code
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason childminders working in domestic houses are treated as employees; the reason their employers must pay PRSI in respect of this employment; if tax...
    • Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is permissible under the codes of conduct and consumer protection of the Central Bank for a lender to charge legal fees to persons that are in arrears;...
    • Insurance Costs
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which his attention has been drawn to dramatic increases in insurance premiums affecting special needs and other schools, the result of which...
    • Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Data
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review a decision by the Revenue Commissioners to refuse the home renovation incentive, HRI, to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Home Building Finance Ireland Establishment
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of loans issued by Home Building Ireland Finance, HBIF, to date; the number of homes anticipated from the loans; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Credits
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made on introducing a simplified process by which small and medium enterprises can avail of the research and development tax credit; and if he...
    • Insurance Costs
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for insurance reform in relation to family adventure parks in view of the fact that insurance firms are repeatedly loading premiums ultimately...
    • Property Tax Data
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of abolishing the local property tax and replacing the funding with central funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21604/19]
    • Tax Data
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised by adding 50c of duty to a packet of 20 cigarettes with proportionate increases on other tobacco products. [21605/19]
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Data
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance the budgetary impact of freezing the phasing out of mortgage interest relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21606/19]
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of restoring trade union tax relief at the level it was at before its abolition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21607/19]
    • Tax Credits
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the earned income credit to the same level as the PAYE credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21608/19]
    • Tax Appeals Commission
      164. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases before the Tax Appeals Commission; the quantum in euro terms of the amount with the commission; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • NAMA Operations
      165. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact on the general Government balance of the transfer of the €2 billion National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, surplus for 2020 to the State....
    • Tax Data
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of companies that were involved in aircraft leasing assessed to tax in each of the years 2012 to 2018, in tabular form. [21667/19]
    • Company Data
      171. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated gross assets of companies that were involved in aircraft leasing in each of the years 2012 to 2018, in tabular form. [21670/19]
    • Film Industry Tax Reliefs
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance if Irish actors are required to be hired by a production company for a film to qualify for section 481 tax credit; if so, the status of the roles for the...
    • Insurance Coverage
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the situation regarding adults with autism being denied life insurance; his plans to address same to ensure that all...
    • VAT Rate Application
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a policy regarding VAT on public projects within his Department; if it applies to all Departments; if it is up to each Department to decide...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council was consulted on the budgetary impacts of the national broadband plan. [21857/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of additional customs officials that will be hired due to Brexit; the number of additional hires to date; and the number expected to be in place by...
    • Tax Code
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised by increasing capital gains tax by 3% on passive gains only excluding active gains through the sale of an active...
    • Real Estate Investment Trusts
      185. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected revenue from ending the capital gains tax exemption from the sale of property held within REITs. [21939/19]
    • Irish Real Estate Fund
      186. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected revenue from ending the dividend withholding tax exemption for non-resident IREF shareholders from dividends related to the sale of property held...
    • Tax Data
      189. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that could have been raised if intangible assets onshore between 2015 and 2018 were taxed at the current 80% cap; and if he will make a...
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      190. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional corporation tax that could be expected if the bailed out banks had applied to them a 25% limit on losses that could be carried forward in any...
    • Financial Services Sector
      192. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue that would be raised by increasing the bank levy by each of 10 percentage points and by 10%; and if he will make a statement...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      193. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated saving that would accrue from moving the entire cost of regulation of the financial sector onto the industry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Pensions Data
      194. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated savings that would be made by reducing the maximum tax relief available on private pension contributions to percentage rates (details supplied)....
    • Central Bank of Ireland Supervision
      199. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of instances each year in which the Central Bank has carried out inspections on lenders in relation to the code of conduct on mortgage arrears...
    • Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears
      200. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the impact of putting the code of conduct on mortgage arrears on a statutory footing either through primary legislation or secondary legislation...
    • Loan Books Purchasers
      203. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a legal obligation set out in legislation or in the codes of the Central Bank on a lender to transfer all documentation pertaining to the loan...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Garda Stations
      204. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for the now closed Kill O'The Grange Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21883/19]
    • Early Retirement Scheme
      205. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process of requesting correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21919/19]
    • Election Expenditure
      206. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the remuneration that returning officers receive for carrying out their duties in respect of the 2019 local and European elections; and...
    • State Properties
      207. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there has been a change of policy to change the use of lodges in the Phoenix Park from use by staff to short-term market rental; and...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will consider floodlighting Clare Abbey (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ministerial Functions
      210. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the ownership of lands at a location (details supplied) which may have been vested in him. [21555/19]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      211. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent in fees to companies (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [21585/19]
    • Garda Stations
      212. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which the new mobile phone mast will be installed at Buncrana Garda station. [21621/19]
    • National Broadband Plan
      214. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment requested a cost analysis of any of the alternative options to the...
    • National Children's Hospital
      215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projected budgetary impact of the national children's hospital project from 2019 to 2024 or the latest available date; and the...
    • National Broadband Plan
      216. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the planned capital spending which will be cut or reprofiled from other projects to account for new national broadband plan liabilities;...
    • Public Spending Code
      218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a practice of stating prices for public projects that exclude VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21831/19]
    • Official Travel
      219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the mileage rate for public servants using an electric car; the way in which it was calculated when it was introduced; and if he will...
    • Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory
      222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 10 April 2019, the deadline date for the return of tenders; the number of tenders received;...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      223. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 276 of 26 March 2019, if work has commenced on the detailed technical, hydrogeological assessment;...
    • Coastal Erosion
      224. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to visit the Oranmore, Maree and Clarinbridge area of County Galway soon or to ask the Minister of State with responsibility...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Public Sector Pensions
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a teacher that is employed directly by the board of management of their school and is not a direct employee of his Department will be eligible...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school building programme at a school (details supplied); the estimated time for completion; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that the July provision scheme is meeting the needs of children with complex needs; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • European Court of Human Rights Judgments
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a report by a person (details supplied) to his Department will be completed; when the report will be published; and if he will make a...
    • Education and Training Boards
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to the appointment of a contractor for the construction of an education campus (details supplied) in County Cork; the...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Provision
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the home tuition grant application process to make it less cumbersome and onerous for parents of children with autism; if his...
    • School Transport Applications Data
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children that applied for a school bus from Quin to Tulla, County Clare; the number refused the service (details supplied); and if...
    • School Transport Administration
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way a conclusion has been reached that Quin, County Clare is closer to Ennis than Tulla, County Clare for the purposes of school transport;...
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén gníomhaíochtaí atá ar bun ag a Roinn chun buntáistí an Ghaeloideachais a chur chun cinn i measc an phobail...
    • School Transport Provision
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter regarding a person (details supplied); when Bus Éireann will be notified of a decision relating to a home pick-up; and...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the new ratio for SNAs to be allocated to schools (details supplied); the way in which it will be calculated; and the way in which it will work...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body that will provide the training to help SNAs deliver additional services (details supplied); and if SNAs will be issued with...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a circular will be issued to all schools with a clearly defined list of SNA duties during holiday periods in view of the difficulties posed to...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of applications for works submitted by a school (details supplied). [21438/19]
    • School Admissions
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the lack of places for secondary school students in Ennis for the academic year 2019/2020 will be investigated and addressed; and if he will...
    • School Transport Provision
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 8 May 2019, if a transport solution will be provided for pupils based on the fact that there is no...
    • Teacher Redeployment
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status in relation to the inclusion of a person (details supplied) on the supplementary panel for primary teaching; and if he will make a...
    • School Enrolments
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 340 of 8 May 2019, if two places will be provided at a school (details supplied) for two children whose...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to an education campus development (details supplied) in County Cork; the position in relation to planning permission...
    • Summer Works Scheme Eligibility
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school works and repairs qualify for the summer works scheme; and if not, the funding options available. [21507/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place will be sourced for a child (details supplied). [21510/19]
    • Insurance Costs
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his attention has been drawn to dramatic increases in insurance premiums affecting special needs and other schools, the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the project is on course for 2021; if new or replacement prefab accommodation is...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent in fees to companies (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [21578/19]
    • School Transport Availability
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is funding available to assist with the transportation of children from economically disadvantaged areas with low school completion...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of classes for children with special educational needs in Bray, County Wicklow; the nature of the classes; and if he will make a...
    • School Accommodation
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the construction of a new school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the lack of an outdoor play area,...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the forecast demand process for an area (details supplied) for primary and post-primary special classes has noted a rise in the number of...
    • School Staff
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if discretion can be given to a national school in circumstances in which pupil numbers drop below the required amount for a three teacher school...
    • Schools Building Projects
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in relation to provision of an extension at a school (details supplied); when plans are likely to progress further; and if he will...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a child (details supplied) with Down syndrome and a mild learning disability has been excluded...
    • School Curriculum
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce art therapy (details supplied) as part of the wider primary school curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Staff Retirements
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason €153 per fortnight is being withheld from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21823/19]
    • Schools Building Projects
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to appoint a clerk of works to all future major school building projects to enhance the oversight and inspection of works when they are...
    • Cruinnithe an Aire
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills má eagróidh sé cruinniú práinneach a eagrú le Teachtaí Dála Gaillimh Thiar maidir le scoil (sonraí...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options open to a person (details supplied) in order to undertake third-level studies; if DARE and CAO approval can be restored; and if he...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); the timeline for the delivery of a permanent school building; his...
    • National Council for Special Education
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) whose parents have applied to 42 schools and still cannot secure a placement for their child will be...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a permanent location for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21968/19]
    • Schools Establishment
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy on opening new schools without first identifying permanent locations for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21969/19]
    • School Accommodation
      273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the lease on the site of the temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied) ends in...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that children with autism in areas of Dublin city (details supplied) receive an appropriate education; if the necessary...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if full-time special needs assistant hours will be put in place for a person (details supplied). [22019/19]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total fee contributions, that is, annual student contribution, of apprentices in both higher education and consortia-led contexts; and if he...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 10 April 2019, if the project brief has been finalised; if so, the details of same; when a design...
    • School Accommodation
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of remedial works and the completion of external precautionary measures identified as required for a school (details supplied); and if...
    • Protected Disclosures
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in considering a protected disclosure (details supplied); when it is likely that the consideration of this matter will...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Probate Applications
      282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the long delays within the Probate Office; if assistance can be provided to speed up the...
    • Online Safety
      283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions he will take following Ireland's endorsement of the Christchurch call to action; and his plans to meet companies to...
    • International Protection
      284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if accommodation at a centre (details supplied) includes three bunk beds in one room for six applicants; the amount paid for...
    • Immigrant Investor Programme Applications
      285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the remaining formal decision letters regarding applications to the immigrant investment programme will issue to...
    • Citizenship Applications
      286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the delays in processing citizenship applications, which are taking in some instances in...
    • Asylum Applications Data
      287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the backlog of cases on the courts asylum list; the number of such cases; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Recruitment
      288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Public Appointments Service process for Garda recruitment does not accept a dyslexic exemption for languages;...
    • Garda Administrative Costs
      289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of rent that is being paid to a hotel (details supplied) by An Garda Síochána since January 2017; the...
    • Garda Vetting Applications
      290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21525/19]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent in fees to companies (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [21584/19]
    • Public Service Vehicles
      292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) who made an application has been refused. [21618/19]
    • Work Permits Applications
      293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 28 March 2019, if the person (details supplied) should apply for a work permit in...
    • Garda Stations
      294. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the issues in relation the Garda station in Clonmel, County Tipperary will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Coroners Service
      295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the statutory timeframe for holding an inquest into the death of a person. [21813/19]
    • Garda Stations
      299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to develop a new modern Garda station in district F on the site formerly earmarked for a new Garda station along...
    • Courts Service Data
      300. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of parental supervision orders made under section 111 of the Children Act 2001 in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and...
    • Probation and Welfare Service Staff
      303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of probation and welfare officers appointed to supervise parents or guardians in accordance with the Children Act...
    • Garda Youth Diversion Projects
      304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of juveniles and the age of each that have been assigned to Garda juvenile liaison officers in each of the years...
    • Garda Deployment
      305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of the most recent recruits from Templemore that are being stationed to County Cork; and if he will make a statement...
    • Immigration Status
      320. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of a case pursuant to section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 in the case of a person...
    • Policing of Events
      321. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount An Garda Síochána received from organisations (details supplied) in 2018 and to date in 2019 towards...
    • Student Visas Applications
      322. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for the 2005 to 2010 student scheme in the case of a person...
    • Earcaíocht sa Gharda Síochána
      323. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality cé mhéad iarratas a fuarthas sa trí bhabhta dheireannacha earcaíochta a bhí ag an nGarda...
    • Legislative Reviews
      324. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address the defamation laws; his further plans to introduce a serious harm test similar to that which is running...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      325. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) sent by post from Dáil Éireann on 28 March 2019...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      326. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is a basic rate of payment per hour for apprenticeships for electricians; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Expenditure
      327. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent in fees to companies (details supplied) by her Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [21574/19]
    • Brexit Supports
      328. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the uptake of all Brexit supports; the number of companies that have sought support and grants; the number of companies that have...
    • IDA Ireland
      329. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No 106 of 10 April 2019, the progress made in marketing the site in question; if there have been...
  • Department of Health
    • HSE Staff Remuneration
      330. To ask the Minister for Health the details of pay restoration for healthcare assistants (details supplied) in the HSE since the economic crash; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Help Service
      331. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Department has not paid the gratuity due to certain home help workers in lieu of pension payments in line with recommendations of the Labour...
    • Motorised Transport Grant
      332. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to open the disability car scheme to new claimants; his further plans to offer disability cars that are more than five years old and have been...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      333. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide respite care at another facility for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21356/19]
    • Health Services
      334. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the development of the remuneration and reimbursement scheme; if the scheme will reopen to new applicants; if so, when the scheme will...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      335. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [21363/19]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      336. To ask the Minister for Health if a full medical card is still in date in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21366/19]
    • Nursing Staff Remuneration
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking in conjunction with the HSE to increase levels of pay in the nursing sector; the steps being taken to increase the payscale for newly...
    • Health Screening Programmes
      338. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a report from an organisation (details supplied) on expanding the newborn screening process to include very rare diseases; if proposals are...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      339. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 18 April 2019, if a date for optical surgery will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [21386/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      340. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for surgery in Cappagh hospital. [21393/19]
    • Health Services Reports
      342. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the working group report on the model of care for lymphoedema; the actions that will be carried out following same; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Products Supply
      343. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 823 of 26 March 2019, the position regarding the provision of a drug (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      344. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme; the average waiting time; the number of persons awaiting placement by local health area,...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Payments
      345. To ask the Minister for Health the reason pre-fair deal hospital patients must pay an additional €2 of their €5 pension increase to the State; and if he will make a statement...
    • Ambulance Service Data
      346. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 624 of 8 May 2019, the mileage on each ambulance by location, in tabular form. [21428/19]
    • HSE Funding
      347. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding the HSE requested for the drugs budget for 2019; and the amount of new funding requested by the HSE. [21429/19]
    • Community Care
      349. To ask the Minister for Health the section of the HSE or his Department under which social prescribing falls. [21432/19]
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      352. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for funding under the cross-Border directive for a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      353. To ask the Minister for Health the status of freestyle libre being available on the long-term illness scheme for persons over 21 years of age and in the short-term making it exempt from VAT;...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      354. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to update the criteria for the long term illness card (details supplied). [21448/19]
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the submission of a business plan for additional staffing in a service (details supplied); the position of the HSE on same; when he...
    • HSE Properties
      357. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE property management division for Kilkenny city will examine its portfolio of properties to determine if it can assist an organisation (details...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      358. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for each of the services in CHO9 by periods (details supplied) in view of the fact that the HSE was contacted directly for this information...
    • Primary Care Centres
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a site for a primary care centre at Hassetts Cross, County Limerick was initially approved by the HSE and then rejected; if his attention has been...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      360. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment to attend the National Rehabilitation Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21461/19]
    • Health Services
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21462/19]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      362. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21472/19]
    • HSE Expenditure
      363. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid for nursing care services provided to the HSE from companies (details supplied) in each of the past five years; the amount paid by a centre...
    • HSE Staff
      364. To ask the Minister for Health if the staff located at a centre (details supplied) have agreed to a redeployment within the HSE; if each staff member has been given details of their original...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      365. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a child (details supplied) had to spend 110 days in hospital awaiting the provision of the correct type of...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      366. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be called for an urgent surgical procedure. [21489/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      367. To ask the Minister for Health if the number of outpatient appointments provided and then cancelled in respect of a person (details supplied) will be investigated with a view to clarifying...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      368. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with the Rehab Group on an ongoing basis to discuss its financial difficulties which could result in the ceasing of operations in 2020; if...
    • Healthcare Policy
      369. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received the report from the group set up to examine the public private mix in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21492/19]
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of consultants; if the overall vacancy rate is improving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21493/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      371. To ask the Minister for Health when he and his officials met following the most recent High Court judgment that required absolute certainty in the CervicalCheck screening programme; the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      372. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will receive adequate speech and language therapy and occupational therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21496/19]
    • Advanced Healthcare Directives
      373. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the multidisciplinary working group to assist in the development and preparation of the code of practice for the advance healthcare...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      375. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home care hours can be provided to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21519/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      376. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [21533/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding follow-up procedures for a person (details supplied). [21550/19]
    • Disability Services Funding
      378. To ask the Minister for Health the annual HSE budget for full-time residential care for persons with disabilities nationally. [21557/19]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      379. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the HSE to review the level of home help hours in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      380. To ask the Minister for Health if the healthcare assessment and needs of children suspected of having foetal valproate syndrome will be prioritised; if there will be no delays in diagnosis...
    • Clinical Trials
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the clinical trials conducted on sodium valproate prior to its licensing in 1975; if no clinical trials were conducted here, the international clinical trial...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
      382. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the waiting list for speech therapy in County Meath from three years. [21566/19]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      383. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters regarding the appointment of staff (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21568/19]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      384. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent in fees to companies (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [21582/19]
    • Hospital Services
      385. To ask the Minister for Health his attention has been drawn to the fact that the management of Cork University Hospital has cancelled the contract for the bone densitometry unit in the...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      386. To ask the Minister for Health his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21593/19]
    • Hospital Facilities
      387. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce more beds in Kerry University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21594/19]
    • Home Care Packages Eligibility
      388. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the abolition of a clause (details supplied) in view of the difficulties arising for parents. [21595/19]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      389. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the situation affecting the availability of ambulances (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21623/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      390. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for surgery will be expedited for a person (details supplied); the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21633/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      391. To ask the Minister for Health the supports provided for children diagnosed with autism in Bray, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21642/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      392. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be assisted in securing an appliance. [21644/19]
    • Paediatric Services
      393. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the loco parentis rule within paediatric homecare packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21645/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      394. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed changes to the fair deal scheme taking into account the position of farming assets held by persons who are under the...
    • Medical Card Applications
      395. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to disallow an application for a medical card will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      396. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) can be admitted for surgery. [21660/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      397. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical intervention in respect of a child (details supplied) in County Cork. [21663/19]
    • Hospital Services
      398. To ask the Minister for Health if matters regarding University Hospital Kerry will be addressed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21684/19]
    • Respite Care Services Data
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the number of tenders received for the provision of respite services at a centre (details supplied) with respect to the most recent competition for the...
    • Information and Communications Technology
      400. To ask the Minister for Health if software (details supplied) is being used by the HSE; if not, the reason therefore; the cost breakdown for the software; if new software has been or will be...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff working in the health service in each of the years 2008 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by occupation. [21744/19]
    • Health Services Staff Training
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the reason student nurses are now being calculated as one full whole-time equivalent nurse in view of the fact that previously they were calculated as a 0.5...
    • Obesity Strategy
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the development of an annual bulletin or scorecard to evaluate progress in the national obesity plan further to a debate in Dáil...
    • Hospital Services
      404. To ask the Minister for Health if he or Ministers of State at his Department have visited University Hospital Kerry in view of the developing situation for patients who have had their scans...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      405. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to increase capacity in view of the continuous overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick; and if additional capacity in Ennis...
    • Dental Services Provision
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a dental procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21749/19]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      407. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the reduction in the income threshold for persons over 70 years of age applying for the medical card, which came into effect from 1 January...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      408. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE Leadership Team met on 14 May 2019 to consider additional information submitted by the manufacturer of the drug Spinraza; and when the team will...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      409. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical device (details supplied) is covered under the drug reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21756/19]
    • Medical Card Applications
      410. To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21758/19]
    • Physiotherapy Provision
      411. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for therapy; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21791/19]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      412. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to providing additional home help hours for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21798/19]
    • Home Help Service Data
      414. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for a home support service in each area of CHO2; the number of persons on a waiting list for an increase in home...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      415. To ask the Minister for Health if the funding for the proposed 50 bed unit for Portiuncula Hospital is ring-fenced in view of the overspend for the national children's hospital; and the...
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      416. To ask the Minister for Health the status in relation to the recruitment of a key worker for teenagers with physical sensory disabilities for County Donegal; and if he will make a statement...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      417. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for patients who are waiting on an appointment with the child and adolescent mental health services in County Kildare. [21816/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      418. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [21818/19]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a primary care centre for Tullow, County Carlow. [21842/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      421. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect a MRI scan to be carried out at Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      424. To ask the Minister for Health if reimbursement of FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring systems pursuant to recommendation 2 of the health technology assessment group advice note...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      425. To ask the Minister for Health if fibromyalgia will be included on the long-term illness card scheme in view of the fact that the condition is now recognised as same in Northern Ireland....
    • Departmental Communications
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the date and time of all meetings, consultations and correspondence, and the purposes of each, between Ministers or officials and a person (details supplied)...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      427. To ask the Minister for Health if suitable homecare hours will be made available to a person (details supplied). [21868/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      428. To ask the Minister for Health the 2019 current funding deficit for section 39 disability organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21870/19]
    • Disability Services Funding
      429. To ask the Minister for Health the amount in advance loans funding given to an organisation (details supplied) by the HSE in each of the past five years; the purpose of the funding; the...
    • Departmental Meetings
      431. To ask the Minister for Health the date, attendees and purpose of all meetings between his Department and RehabCare since 1 May 2016; and the date, attendees and purpose of all meetings...
    • Primary Care Centres
      432. To ask the Minister for Health the status of services in Cappoquin health centre since the departure of the regular general practitioner there; the status of all patient records in the...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      433. To ask the Minister for Health if a product (details supplied) will be placed on the list of medications that are covered under the medical card. [21878/19]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the centre of excellence promised for the Ennis region after the downgrading of Ennis and Nenagh hospitals has not been delivered; when it will be...
    • Hospital Services
      435. To ask the Minister for Health the process which was undertaken before the downgrading of Ennis and Nenagh hospitals to ensure that University Hospital Limerick would have the necessary...
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      436. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the research of a person (details supplied) which estimates that as many as 350 patients die each year as a direct result of overcrowding in...
    • Hospital Services
      437. To ask the Minister for Health if all additional capacity in the Limerick, Clare and Tipperary region will be considered to relieve the pressure on University Hospital Limerick (details...
    • Dietician Service Provision
      438. To ask the Minister for Health if access to a dietician will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21891/19]
    • Coroners Service
      439. To ask the Minister for Health the body to which concerned families can refer for accountability in circumstances in which a post mortem report contains serious inaccuracies; and if he will...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      440. To ask the Minister for Health the status of medical equipment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21918/19]
    • Hospital Acquired Infections
      441. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recent case of CPE on a children’s ward in University Hospital Limerick; and his views on the fact that the...
    • National Lottery Funding Data
      442. To ask the Minister for Health if funding from the National Lottery to organisations supporting polio survivors has been cut; if so, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Legislative Process
      443. To ask the Minister for Health when the national donor conceived person register will be established with regard to the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Products
      445. To ask the Minister for Health if the use of surgical mesh is suspended in view of circumstances in the UK; if he is considering launching a full inquiry into this issue; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      446. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 2 April 2019, when a person (details supplied) will be seen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21979/19]
    • Respite Care Services
      447. To ask the Minister for Health if the in loco parentis rule being applied by the HSE in respite care has been revised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21980/19]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      448. To ask the Minister for Health the services available in Mullingar, County Westmeath for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21982/19]
    • Emergency Departments Data
      449. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that visited the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; the timeframe for the...
    • HSE Complaints Procedures
      450. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure to be followed for clients or relatives that have had a poor care experience with an outsourced company; the department of the HSE which deals...
    • Health Services Provision
      451. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a free foot assessment service for persons with diabetes has been withdrawn from north County Dublin; and the steps he will take to reinstate same....
    • Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
      453. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to a mechanism to force a doctor already struck off the register for offences and misconduct to present themselves to answer new...
    • Disability Definitions
      454. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to acknowledge that ME can lead to disability from mild to profound; if the HSE will add ME to its list of disabilities (details...
    • Disease Management
      455. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used here to diagnose the neurological disease myalgic encephalomyelitis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22023/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      462. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied). [22041/19]
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      463. To ask the Minister for Health if doctors involved in the general medical scheme can charge patients for a routine blood test in circumstances in which they have a medical card; and if he...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      464. To ask the Minister for Health the services available to a person (details supplied) for respite physiotherapy and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22098/19]
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      465. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a full-time general practitioner service in areas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22114/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      466. To ask the Minister for Health the intervention services available to a child (details supplied) in County Cork; his plans to provide services for them; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Deer Culls
      467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to deal with the increasing population in the deer herd here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21355/19]
    • Agrifood Sector
      468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of support for the agrifood sector from the EU as a Brexit mitigation measure; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Herd Number Applications
      469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the herd number of a person (details supplied) was ceased; and when the process to deem the herd number dormant commenced. [21365/19]
    • Felling Licences Applications
      470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a felling licence will be issued to a person (details supplied). [21380/19]
    • Beef Industry
      471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total kill of steer and heifers for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21466/19]
    • Ash Dieback Threat
      477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of efforts to combat ash dieback; if an assessment of the economic cost of the disease has been undertaken; and if he will...
    • Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme
      478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the operation of the beef environmental efficiency pilot scheme; if there has been broad national interest in the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the valuation of pedigree bulls (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21508/19]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent in fees to companies (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [21573/19]
    • Afforestation Programme
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a forestry application (details supplied) in County Clare; when it is likely to be finalised; and if he will make a...
    • Hardship Grant Scheme Applications
      483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a hardship payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21624/19]
    • Beef Industry
      484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding assistance to beef farmers in respect of funding in view of the difficult trading situation; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding increasing the payment under the suckler cow scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21648/19]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Review
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the review of the disadvantaged areas and the terms of reference of this review; when this review is expected...
    • Agriculture Industry
      487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a request for support and exceptional aid has been made to the European Commission in the context of additional funding being...
    • Electronic Tagging
      488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if plans have been put in place to have all the necessary EID readers in situ in marts and factories in time for the mandatory...
    • Beef Industry
      490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to seeking protected geographical indication status exclusively for suckler beef rather than the...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Payments
      491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding farm payments in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Wild Fires
      492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of significant wildfires that have occurred in forested areas under his aegis since 1 January 2018; his plans to undertake...
    • Brexit Supports
      493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Brexit-related supports available under the remit of his Department; the uptake of each support; the expenditure to date in...
    • Trade Agreements
      494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meat plants here that have applied for certification by the Chinese Certification and Accreditation Agency since April...
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if medical evidence in support of a withdrawal from the beef data scheme has been reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied)...
    • GLAS Applications
      496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made in relation to an application for GLAS by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • National Broadband Plan
      497. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the liability of companies (details supplied) for the execution of the national broadband plan contract; and if he will...
    • Planning Issues
      499. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason stakeholders require planning permission to repair habitat that has been damaged by OPW arterial drainage,...
    • Inland Fisheries
      500. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the point at which instream fishery work became a matter for local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      501. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason Inland Fisheries Ireland is doing nothing to prevent raw sewage continually running into the waterways that...
    • National Broadband Plan
      502. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has been advised as to the likely rate of take-up under the national broadband plan of high-speed broadband by...
    • Social Media Regulation
      503. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce legislation to provide independent oversight of the social media sector to ensure that it...
    • Online Safety
      504. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to establish a digital commissioner; and his plans to meet the companies to discuss same. [21774/19]
    • Waste Management Regulations
      505. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has powers or responsibility to ensure a road with four individual properties is serviced by a refuse collection...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      506. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of plans for broadband to be installed at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Inland Fisheries
      507. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1225 to 1228, inclusive, of 8 May 2019, the angling federations and stakeholders...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      509. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the lack of involvement by Inland Fisheries Ireland in the Bandon flood relief scheme; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Communications
      510. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of briefings by phone or in writing given by officials of his Department to a person (details supplied); the...
    • Postal Codes
      511. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason Eircode postcodes are only updated four times per year; if his attention has been drawn to a situation by...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      512. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the provision of broadband to a property (details supplied). [21412/19]
    • Fish Farming
      518. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the long-term plans for Cullion fish farm, Mullingar, County Westmeath. [21500/19]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      519. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent in fees to companies (details supplied) and to private audit and advisory firms by his Department in...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      520. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the efibre broadband roll-out with reference to a location (details supplied). [21597/19]
    • National Broadband Plan
      521. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if companies (details supplied) provided confirmation of support for another company as part of the tendering process...
    • National Broadband Plan Expenditure
      525. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent to date in 2019 on the national broadband plan; the amount expected to be spent in 2019 on the plan;...
    • National Broadband Plan
      526. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the costed alternatives that were considered in relation to the national broadband plan; and the amount each...
    • National Broadband Plan Administration
      528. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the state aid implications of a new State agency being tasked with delivering the national broadband plan; and if he...
    • National Broadband Plan
      529. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the costs arising in the national broadband plan from connecting new fibre assets to metropolitan area networks in...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      531. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if and when high speed broadband services will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Biofuel Obligation Scheme
      536. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level in volume of biofuel in the fuel mix of the transport sector; his views on whether the target of 11% by 2020...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      537. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the work of the Action Plan for Rural Development specifically relating to the roll out of broadband; and...
    • National Broadband Plan Data
      539. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the unit price of cable per kilometre in the context of the national broadband plan; the number of optic strands per...
    • Public Spending Code
      540. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is normal practice for his Department to quote costs of projects as excluding VAT; and if he will make a...
    • National Broadband Plan Data
      542. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated equity value of the national high speed broadband network in the national broadband plan upon its...
    • National Broadband Plan
      543. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises that will not be provided with fibre connections under the national broadband plan; and the...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      545. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the power stations at Lanesboro and Shannonbridge. [22031/19]
    • Landfill Sites
      546. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 10 April 2019, when tenders will be invited for the remediation project;...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      547. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if plans are in place to increase the use of wind energy as a means of meeting targets in line with decarbonisation...
    • Electricity Generation
      548. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of electricity being generated from onshore wind, offshore wind, hydro and solar sources; the extent to...
    • Climate Change Adaptation Plans
      549. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the degree to which potential signs for failure to meet carbon reduction targets can be set against the cost of...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      550. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the degree to which micro-generation accounts for reliable electricity generating capacity; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Production
      551. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the cost of producing electricity here compares with other countries throughout Europe with particular...
    • National Broadband Plan
      552. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the degree to which he expects broadband to meet the requirements of industry and the domestic sector over the next ten...
    • Post Office Network
      553. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the postal services, including counter services and the network of offices nationally, can be utilised to deliver...
    • Waste Management
      554. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which he can encourage an accelerated programme to discourage the use of single-use plastics; and if he...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      555. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which mobile telephony services can be upgraded to ensure the availability of improved coverage and...
    • Bioenergy Strategy
      557. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the degree to which anaerobic digesters contribute to energy production and carbon reduction; the extent to which this...
    • Waste Management
      560. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which reliance on landfill waste disposal facilities continues to be monitored with particular reference...
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      561. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the additional resources put in place to implement the renewable electricity support scheme in view of it being three...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      562. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will direct ESBN and EirGrid to deploy additional resources to connect renewable generators to the grid faster in...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Penalty Points System
      565. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regularity with which communication is received by Garda headquarters from the Road Safety Authority informing it of drivers that...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      566. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available to Meath County Council to progress the initial stages of identifying a preferred option for the...
    • Greenways Development
      567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposed west Clare greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21446/19]
    • Tourism Industry
      569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the decision of Dublin Port to restrict the number of cruise ships visiting from 2021; his views on whether implementing...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      570. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of wheelchair access and related supports available on public transport; if he is satisfied that they meet the needs of service...
    • Penalty Points System Data
      571. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of penalty points issued in each county in respect of each offence in the past year in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Transport Services Provision
      572. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a review will be conducted into the provision of the Local Link service in north County Leitrim to seek to improve the levels of...
    • Road Projects
      573. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding is being provided to allow for the completion of the Athy southern distributor road; and if the funding will be affected by...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      574. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent in fees to companies (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [21588/19]
    • Rail Services Provision
      575. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the ongoing issue that passengers travelling from counties Westmeath and Longford are experiencing with overloaded...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      576. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any of the documents submitted with an application for a sports capital grant for an applicant (details supplied) invalidate the...
    • Driver Test
      577. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times driver instructors have to sit their test; the reason for the frequency of tests; the cost of the test; and if he...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      578. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to planned changes to the 126 bus route in order to address the issues with unreliability on the route....
    • Bus Services
      579. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications made to the NTA by an organisation (details supplied) for new bus routes which are awaiting a decision; the...
    • Driver Licences
      580. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason drivers who hold a manual driving licence in the B category and an automatic licence in a bus or truck category cannot have...
    • Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
      581. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the substantial cuts imposed on members of a scheme (details supplied) in advance of the sale of the...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the 2019 capital sports grants scheme will be published to enable sports and community groups and associations to apply for much...
    • Air Services Provision
      583. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to or if he has had discussions in relation to introducing direct flights between Ireland and Brazil in...
    • Motor Tax
      584. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of abolishing a charge (details supplied). [21957/19]
    • Bus Services
      585. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure that there is an adequate bus service on the Borris-in-Ossory and Mounthrath to Portlaoise route; and...
    • Road Projects Status
      586. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the completion of the N7 motorway road widening works. [21961/19]
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      587. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the rise in anti-social behaviour such as intimidation, vandalism, assault and theft on Irish Rail,...
    • Public Transport Provision
      589. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which he can improve the transport service for the area of North King Street and Bolton Street and in particular link...
    • Public Service Vehicles
      590. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which he can improve the turnaround time for applicants for public service vehicle licences; and if he will make a statement...
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      591. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the cost of car insurance particularly for persons that operate taxis; his further views on whether the recommendations from...
    • Swimming Pool Programme
      592. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received an application for funding from Kildare County Council for the provision of a swimming pool at Maynooth, County...
    • Rail Network Expansion
      593. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of expressions of interest received from contractors by the closing date of 13 May 2019 for the DART expansion...
    • Community Involvement Scheme
      595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to reducing the financial contribution in respect of the community involvement scheme from 15% to 5% or 10...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      596. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to each Dublin local authority for road improvement works in 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Data
      598. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of ECCE places available; and the number of ECCE eligible children by county in tabular form. [21543/19]
    • Recreational Facilities Provision
      601. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of playgrounds developed annually since 2012 under the capital grant scheme for play and recreation; the details of new or...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      602. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of refuge places available in Tusla funded accommodation in each of the years 2013 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [21547/19]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Data
      603. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of AIM applications made in each county since 2015, by AIM level and year in tabular form. [21548/19]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      604. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent in fees to companies (details supplied) by her Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [21575/19]
    • Domestic Violence Services Funding
      605. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding allocated to domestic violence emergency refuges and step down accommodation for 2019. [21631/19]
    • Residential Institutions
      606. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of teenage girls that became pregnant in residential care in each of the years 2015 to 2018. [21653/19]
    • Child and Family Agency Investigations
      607. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there will be a formal investigation into a person (details supplied) and their work with Tusla. [21685/19]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      608. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason she has not made herself available to receive a petition in person from a service provider (details supplied) in County Donegal;...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      609. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an outreach worker has been appointed to a refuge (details supplied) to specifically deal with County Carlow; and if so, when this post...
    • Domestic Violence Services Funding
      610. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if additional funding has been provided for a refuge (details supplied). [21849/19]
    • Child and Family Agency Payments
      611. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of Tusla payments for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21926/19]
    • Child and Family Agency Policy
      612. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to request Tusla to maintain a record of the number of girls in residential care that become pregnant while in care in view of...
    • Child Safety
      613. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views in regard to the safeguarding of children in residential care in view of the fact that young boys and girls are regularly housed...
    • Youth Services Funding
      614. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to provide enhanced funding to a group (details supplied) to carry out youth counselling work; and if she will make a statement...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Expenditure
      615. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent in fees to companies (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [21586/19]
    • Departmental Communications
      616. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which persons can source information in relation to a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter in relation to community employment scheme supervisors (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Social Insurance Rates
      618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of an increase in bands of employer's and employee's PRSI to reflect a minimum wage of €11.80 per...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      620. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      621. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied). [21421/19]
    • Widowed Parent Grant
      622. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a spouse does not receive a widowed parent grant after the death of their partner in circumstances (details...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      623. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) which is now under appeal will be expedited and...
    • Public Services Card
      624. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the legal basis of the Public Services Card; her views on the concerns persons may have in relation to data protection; and...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      625. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the method of calculation conducted in the 2012 pension review of a person (details supplied); if this method of calculation...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      627. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent in fees to companies (details supplied) by her Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [21579/19]
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      628. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer’s benefit application by a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      629. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 1413 of 8 May 2019, if the level of funding or support or lack thereof has been...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      630. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to engage with community employment supervisors to find a satisfactory pathway to address the pension issues for...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting on a decision on a carer's allowance application; and if she will make a...
    • Superannuation Schemes
      632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will establish an independent review group within her Department to assess the level and impact of cuts suffered by...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      634. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      635. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Postal Services
      636. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will accept the address point service offered by An Post which is given to homeless persons for use in the...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      637. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position in relation to a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Appeals
      638. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) for a non-contributory old age pension; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Fraud Data
      639. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons prosecuted for social welfare fraud in 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make...
    • Child Benefit Reform
      640. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend child benefit to children over 18 years of age who are in full-time second-level education in view of the...
    • Farm Assist Scheme Eligibility
      641. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person whose entire farm landholding is under forestry would be considered to be a farmer for the purposes of applying...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Water Quality
      642. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the drainage system at a location (details supplied); the measures taken or being taken to address the cause of...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      643. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has conducted a review of the enhanced long-term social housing leasing scheme; if so, the details of the...
    • Vacant Sites Levy
      644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated additional revenue that would be raised by each extra one percentage point on the vacant site levy. [21616/19]
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Eligibility
      645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grants or other funding available for a sensory room in newly built houses for children with non-verbal autism; and if he...
    • European Parliament Elections
      646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the restrictions on content applied to the freepost election literature to which each European candidate is entitled. [21659/19]
    • Planning Issues
      647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person (details supplied) may install a windmill for personal use without planning with a view to expanding in the...
    • Housing Policy
      648. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to tackle the problem of derelict premises and housing in towns, villages and rural areas nationally; his further...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      649. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of income limits for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21504/19]
    • Housing Issues
      650. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of proposals for a housing passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21526/19]
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      651. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the threshold for discretionary spending on housing by local authorities above levels set in budget...
    • Land Development Agency
      652. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the protocols put in place between local authorities and the Land Development Agency in respect of the co-ordination of land...
    • Mayoral Election
      654. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the funding of the difference in cost between the current annual cost of the Lord Mayor of Cork including salary, office,...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent in fees to companies (details supplied) by his Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [21583/19]
    • Rental Sector
      656. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for regulations under section 38 of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018; and if he will make a...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the borrowing amount authorised for each local authority for the second tranche of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan in tabular...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      658. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the exits and preventions of the 5,100 households (details supplied) that exited emergency accommodation into HAP properties...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      659. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of providing a Traveller specific accommodation unit funded via the local authority Traveller accommodation...
    • Housing Data
      661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of delivering a social housing unit through the buy and renew scheme in 2018. [21627/19]
    • Local Authority Funding
      662. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated to each local authority for rental property inspections in 2018 and 2019; and the projected increase in...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Data
      663. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding allocated and drawn down for housing adaptation grants in each local authority in 2018 and to date in...
    • Housing for People with Disabilities Provision
      664. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units allocated to persons with disabilities in 2017 and 2018; and the detail of the allocation...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      665. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to local authorities for the purposes of energy efficiency retrofitting of social housing stock in each...
    • Planning Issues
      666. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of planning exemptions for solar panels; and when he expects the review to be published. [21847/19]
    • Home Loan Scheme
      667. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loans drawn down in each local authority area at the end of the first quarter of 2019,...
    • Repair and Leasing Scheme
      668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes brought into use in the first quarter of 2019 via the repair and lease scheme. [21921/19]
    • Housing Agency Data
      670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes acquired via the Housing Agency in the first quarter of 2019; and the average cost of each unit. [21923/19]
    • Traveller Accommodation
      671. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Traveller accommodation allocations for each local authority for 2019; and the drawdown for the first quarter of 2019 for...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in sections 10 and 32 funded services; the number of adults and children in each; and if he will make a...
    • Seaweed Harvesting Licences
      673. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a copy of the notice that was placed in a national newspaper regarding a licence that was issued to a...
    • Election Management System
      675. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the remuneration that returning officers receive for carrying out their duties in respect of the 2019 local elections; the...
    • Commemorative Medals
      676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 542 of 9 October 2018, the status of the awarding of medals to staff of the Dublin Fire...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      677. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to remediation packages and compensation available for homeowners that recently purchased...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      678. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1353 of 26 March 2019, the terms and conditions of URDF support; the work to be...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      679. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason income from the working family payment is not taken into account as reckonable income under the Rebuilding Ireland...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants
      680. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grant funding available to householders that cannot connect to the public water mains or a group water scheme to upgrade a...
    • Emergency Accommodation Data
      681. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost to each local authority to provide emergency accommodation for the homeless in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to...
    • Planning Issues
      683. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional resources he plans to provide to local authorities to speed up the planning process for renewable generators...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Limistéir Pleanála Teanga
      684. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén líon pleananna teanga a dhíríonn ar na Limistéir Pleanála Teanga atá ceadaithe ag an...
    • Wildlife Protection
      685. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if research was carried out in relation to possible side effects of new and brighter LED street lights on wildlife and...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      686. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the mechanism for the compensation of a landowner that is prohibited from planting their lands with forestry due to its...
    • Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
      687. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén gníomh a dhéanfar maidir leis an méadú 44% ar líon na ngearán a rinneadh leis an...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      688. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent in fees to companies (details supplied) by her Department in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [21576/19]
    • Turf Cutting
      689. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if matters in relation to a bog (details supplied) in County Kerry will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      690. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the grants available for the development of bands specifically pipe bands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21643/19]
    • National Museum
      691. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has received representations from a group (details supplied) in relation to the allocation of funding to the National...
    • National Monuments
      692. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding a location (details supplied) in County Wexford; if funding to secure this unstable site will be allocated;...
    • Licence Applications
      693. 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...

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