Written answers
Wednesday, 29 May 2019
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
19. To ask the Taoiseach if he spoke with Prime Minister May in relation to her upcoming vote on the withdrawal treaty Bill in June 2019 while in Paris. [22083/19]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Rural Transport Services
30. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to develop better rural connectivity through increased funding to the transport measures of his Department; and if he will...
- Departmental Programmes
31. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to help communities which require assistance in formulating proposals for funding from the various programmes under his...
- CLÁR Programme
32. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when successful applications under 2019 CLÁR funding will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22754/19]
- Community Enhancement Programme Funding
41. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of funding under the community enhancement programme for 2019 compared to 2018; the number of additional projects that will...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
42. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the projects delayed or shelved as a result of the financial burden created by the excessive costs of the national children's hospital...
- Town and Village Renewal Scheme
43. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will report on the town and village renewal scheme and the rural regeneration pilot scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
- Action Plan for Rural Development
44. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the consultations taking place with stakeholders for the next phase of rural policy post-2019; and if he will make a...
- Greenways Funding
45. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of funding for the SLNCR greenway and the Cavan and Leitrim greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22751/19]
- CLÁR Programme
47. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the 2019 CLÁR programme, the 2019 outdoor recreational infrastructural scheme and the walks scheme, respectively;...
- LEADER Programmes
48. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the roll-out of the Leader programme as at the end of April 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22722/19]
- Rural Broadband Scheme
49. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of discussions he has had with the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment with regard to broadband...
- Western Development Commission Remit
50. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the operations of the Western Development Commission and its role in the development of the Atlantic economic corridor;...
- LEADER Programmes Administration
51. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the response he received from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to his recent letter on treating community groups...
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
52. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he or his officials have been briefed by the board of Pobal in relation to its review of its charitable status; and if he will make...
- National Volunteering Strategy
53. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his proposals for the development of a national volunteering strategy and for the drawing up of a national social enterprise policy;...
- Local Improvement Scheme Funding
54. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to provide additional funding for the local improvement scheme in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Rural Broadband Scheme
55. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the implications for rural Ireland of the roll-out of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22720/19]
- Local Improvement Scheme
56. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the 2019 local improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22724/19]
- Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
58. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the spend to date in 2019 under the rural regeneration fund; the expenditure expected by year end; the value of the grant approvals to...
- Local and Community Development Programme Planning
60. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the mid-term review of local economic and community plans will be published; the extent to which each of the sustainable...
- Town and Village Renewal Scheme
62. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the reports in relation to the town and village pilot residential occupancy scheme from each of the six local authorities will be...
- Community Services Programme
63. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the community services programme; the number of groups in receipt of assistance; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Community Development Initiatives
64. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 1383 of 8 May 2019, the details of the types of information received from the call for input for...
- Appointments to State Boards
65. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress to date in appointing a CEO to the Charities Regulator and Pobal, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Local Improvement Scheme
66. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the local improvement scheme nationally; his plans to increase funding to clear backlogs on waiting lists for the scheme...
- Departmental Expenditure
67. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on expenditure in his Department up until the end of quarter 1 of 2019 with regard to 2017 and 2018 allocation made for...
- Local Development Companies Administration
68. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress of the training programme for procurement staff in local development companies and local authorities administering the...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Personnel Data
69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of athletes being sent to China for the CISM World Games 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22969/19]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Middle East Issues
72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Israel and Palestine issue was discussed at the recent EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. [22673/19]
- Election Monitoring Missions
73. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the name of the members appointed to the 2018 election observation roster; if all those placed on the roster had sought to be reappointed; if...
- Departmental Funding
74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason funding is only provided to UN youth volunteers for 12 months; his plans to extend the period of funding for volunteers in the...
- Passport Applications
75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 21 May 2019, the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); the...
- Department of Finance
- Economic Growth
76. To ask the Minister for Finance if his officials have received the recent OECD Economic Outlook Report published on 21 May 2019. [22681/19]
- Corporation Tax
77. To ask the Minister for Finance if the OECD report on corporation tax was discussed at recent EU Ecofin meetings or when he met his EU counterparts. [22677/19]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Flood Prevention Measures
78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the flood defences for Athea, County Limerick; and the location in Athea they will be carried out. [22988/19]
- Brexit Preparations
79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expenditure incurred to date by various Departments in acquiring and developing physical infrastructure for all possible Brexit...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects Data
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school building projects at an advanced stage of architectural planning stage 2(B) - detailed design; the number of school building...
- School Transport Provision
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available in terms of transport provision for children including children with special educational needs not attending their nearest...
- Special Educational Needs Data
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school places for students with autism in both primary and secondary schools in Dublin by location; and the steps he is taking to...
- Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason secondary school SNAs work during the month of June in view of the fact that only State exams are taking place; and if he will make a...
- Schools Refurbishment
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to expand and add additional resources if needed to carry out energy efficient retrofits of schools nationally in view of the fact that...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Citizenship Applications
88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Witness Intimidation
89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 218 of 2 April 2019, when the information will issue (details supplied); and if he will...
- Immigration Status
90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and possible residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Data
92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to each community policing unit in the Coolock Garda District as of 20 May 2019; and...
- Garda Resources
93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the number of Garda vehicles in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23034/19]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Trade Union Membership
94. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to revise legislation regarding trade unions with particular reference to if it is possible for persons to be in multiple...
- Department of Health
- Departmental Policy Functions
95. To ask the Minister for Health if officials in his Department work with officials in other Departments on the formulation of health policy. [22679/19]
- Autism Support Services
96. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assessments of need carried out by the ASD team located in Waterford city and county in each of the years 2016 to 2018, by age groups of zero to...
- Audiology Services Data
100. To ask the Minister for Health if the audiologist working with the HSE to screen and monitor persons with hearing impairments in counties Westmeath, Roscommon, Laois and Offaly is no longer...
- Audiology Services Provision
101. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address concerns of parents with children with hearing impairments in counties Westmeath, Roscommon, Laois and Offaly that have had their...
- HSE Planning
102. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 15 May 2019, the recommended medical, infrastructural and accessibility designation criteria for a major trauma...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
103. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE plans to provide pembrolizumab to public cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22940/19]
- Medicinal Products Availability
104. To ask the Minister for Health if pembrolizumab has received marketing authorisation here and in the EU, respectively, for the treatment of cervical and colorectal cancer. [22941/19]
- Services for People with Disabilities
105. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be given an urgent date for an appointment for an assessment of need, early intervention, genetics and neurodevelopment....
- Hospital Appointments Status
106. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive cataract surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22947/19]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
107. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the building of a new HSE nursing home (details supplied) in Dublin 24 has caused significant issues for...
- Paediatric Services
108. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint a new consultant to the diabetic paediatric service in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22954/19]
- Hospital Consultant Recruitment
109. To ask the Minister for Health the reason another consultant has not been allocated to the diabetic adult services team in Cork University Hospital in view of the fact that one consultant...
- Hospital Staff
111. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allocate more dieticians to the diabetic services team in Cork University Hospital in view of the fact that there is one and a half dieticians at...
- Health Services Provision
112. To ask the Minister for Health if and when occupational therapy and an appointment for a child psychologist will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
113. To ask the Minister for Health if medical equipment can be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22964/19]
- Vaccination Programme
114. To ask the Minister for Health if the HPV vaccine is to be extended to boys; when the report of the health technology assessment being carried out by HIQA in respect of the HPV vaccine for...
- Health Services Provision
115. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses employed to assist with persons who have Parkinson's disease; his plans to employ more nurses in the area; and if he will make a statement...
- Hospital Admissions
117. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the outcome of a review in relation to admissions policy for a psychiatric hospital (details supplied); if the review has yet commenced; and if...
- Mental Health Services
118. To ask the Minister for Health if it is policy not to provide low or medium support hostel accommodation for persons with mental health issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Services
119. To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek funding in budget 2020 to provide resources for the establishment of a dedicated department at a university hospital here to treat persons with...
- Medical Conditions
120. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the needs of persons with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and hypermobility spectrum disorders; his plans to improve services for...
- Hospital Appointments Status
121. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment with an orthopaedic surgeon at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [22981/19]
- Hospital Procedures
122. To ask the Minister for Health the number and types of surgical procedures and treatments carried out in 2018 and to date in 2019 by each public and private hospital under the NTPF scheme;...
- Hospital Appointments Status
123. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22991/19]
- Health Services
124. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take regarding the new in loco parentis rule which means that parents who are carers cannot leave their children with a qualified nurse...
- Home Care Packages Provision
125. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 5 February 2019, the progress he has made in examining the disparity of home support services for the elderly in...
- Ministerial Meetings
126. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met the new Director General of the HSE since their appointment. [22675/19]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme
127. To ask the Minister for Health if there are circumstances in which a refund can be sought by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23050/19]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Animal Disease Controls
128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the procedures in place to detect disease on imported bees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22924/19]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Postal Codes
129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps a person (details supplied) can take in order to receive an Eircode; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Broadband Service Provision
130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if fibre broadband will be installed at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Public Transport Provision
131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which assistance is available to facilitate localised transport with particular reference to areas not covered by public...
- Mechanically Propelled Vehicles
132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Road Safety Authority will carry out research into the way in which e-scooters and other such vehicles are regulated in other...
- Bus Services
133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the commitment under the BusConnects plan to provide accessible buses for wheelchair users; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Public Service Vehicles
134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the targets and timelines he has set out in order to increase the number of accessible taxis in the fleet; and if he will make a...
- Public Transport Provision
135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to invest in accessible coach stop infrastructure in Bus Éireann under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of...
- Bus Services
137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to plans to introduce a bus service linking Caragh village to Naas town and Sallins train station. [22923/19]
- Road Projects
138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of progress on the Macroom bypass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22939/19]
- Bus Services
139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vehicles in the Dublin Bus fleet and a company (details supplied) to date; and the number in the Dublin Bus fleet in each...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Childcare Services Regulation
142. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the new regulations under the Childcare Support Act 2018 have forced crèches to...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Local Authority Functions
143. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if legislation or powers are available to allow local authorities to CPO land for the provision of burial grounds; if so, the details...
- Community Development Initiatives
144. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will report on the national community weekend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23020/19]
- Community Services Programme
145. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the review of the community services programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23021/19]
- Recreational Facilities
146. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of his proposal to introduce an indemnity scheme for landowners with regards to the use of their land for recreational...
- Comhairle na Tuaithe
147. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the restructuring of Comhairle na Tuaithe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23023/19]
- Dog Breeding Industry
148. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the review of dog legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23024/19]
- Library Projects
149. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the roll-out of the 2019 libraries programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23025/19]
- Local and Community Development Programme
150. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the review of the operation of the local community development committees and the national public participation networks...
- LEADER Programmes Funding
151. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which LEADER funding is available to communities and bodies in County Kildare; the amount available for distribution in...
- Departmental Schemes
152. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which he expects various supports administered by his Department to benefit persons, groups or bodies throughout County...
- Departmental Funding
153. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next tranche of grant aid will be awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23030/19]
- Departmental Projects
155. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an application by a school (details supplied); when a decision will be made on the application; and if he will make a...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied). [22945/19]
- Departmental Schemes
157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to expand the carer’s leave scheme or to introduce more flexibility into the scheme or introduce a new...
- State Pension (Contributory)
158. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the basis on which earned homecare credits appear to have been reduced within the calculation for a State pension resulting...
- Civil Registration Legislation
159. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position in relation to the commencement of section 13 of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014; the position that...
- Social Welfare Benefits
160. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the reintroduction of the fuel allowance and household benefits package will be considered for carers who do not live with...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing for People with Disabilities Provision
161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure a percentage of all social housing projects supported by capital funding deliver a percentage...
- Home Loan Scheme
162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the situation faced by many persons who are ineligible for social housing or HAP and...
- Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of income eligibility for social housing supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Fire Service
165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of requests received from Dublin City Council seeking funding for the purchase of additional fire appliances to...
- Housing Provision
166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on low or medium support hostel accommodation for persons with mental health issues; and if he will make a statement...
- Election Management System
167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if legislation will be brought forward outlawing election posters and replacing them with equal access to a public space in...
- Postal Voting
168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if electoral legislation will be revised in order that persons working abroad at election time in public service roles can be...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a review of the tenant incremental purchase scheme will be published; if tenants of Part V housing will be allowed to...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
170. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the basis on which he has made the decision to amend the regulations to provide that a household that refuses two offers in a...
- Local Authority Housing
171. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to direct all local authorities to acknowledge the climate emergency and to take the necessary urgent action to deal...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Eligibility
172. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a person (details supplied) is eligible for inclusion in the turf cutting compensation scheme; and if she will make a statement...
- Creative Ireland Programme
173. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated full year cost if the budget for the Creative Ireland programme was increased by 25%. [22960/19]
