Written answers

Tuesday, 11 June 2019

  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Home Loan Scheme
      41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider amending the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme to allow persons who are not first-time buyers but who do...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Administration
      43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address the perceived inadequacies with the new housing assistance payment scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Election Management System
      50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a functioning electoral commission will be in place; the responsibilities it would have; if each local authority will be...
    • Housing Policy
      51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his housing strategy for County Donegal over the next five year period; the proposed number of units planned to be built in the...
    • Rental Sector Strategy
      52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the volume of cost-rental housing projects he expects to advance in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if children living in emergency and homeless accommodation will be provided with a travel card to allow them use public...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to increase the income eligibility limits for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he plans to reduce the social housing waiting lists in County Wexford; his plans to provide additional...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which research has been undertaken by his Department to ascertain the value of an invigorated local authority...
    • Planning Guidelines
      57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when new rural housing guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23881/19]
    • Housing Assistance Payment Administration
      58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will re-evaluate the HAP limits for Gorey, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24028/19]
    • Housing Estates
      59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the implementation of the national taking in charge initiative; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
      60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of the tenant purchase scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23879/19]
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure that Meath County Council has sufficient funding to meet the housing needs of the county; his views on...
    • Commercial Rates
      62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of plans to deal with the rising cost of business rates in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the social housing direct build target for 2019 for Galway city and county councils; the number of social homes constructed in...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent by each local authority to date in 2019 from its Traveller accommodation budget. [24033/19]
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some landlords or their agents are refusing to rent to HAP recipients due to...
    • Home Building Finance Ireland Establishment
      66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is still working with the Department of Finance on the HBFI loan scheme; if updates can be given about the...
    • Election Management System
      68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will bring forward measures to ban or severely restrict the use of posters during election campaigns in order to reduce...
    • Planning Guidelines
      70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to include a clear target date for the phasing out of both oil and gas boilers as part of the NZEB planning...
    • Rent Controls
      71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider introducing rent controls for Gorey, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24026/19]
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the individual, annual and weekly HAP targets set by his Department for Galway city and county councils for 2019; and if he...
    • Local Government Reform
      73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to hold further plebiscites on directly elected mayors in Waterford and Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      76. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units he expects to be built by each local authority in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Election Management System
      77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the recent extensive counting periods for the ballot papers in European and local elections will result in consideration...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the inspections of private and voluntary emergency homeless accommodation will commence; the person or body that will...
    • Election Management System
      80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a public information campaign or similar was not carried out in the run up to the 2019 local and European elections...
    • Water Services
      83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the talks between Irish Water, trade unions and his Department on the creation of a single utility for water...
    • Local Authority Housing
      84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he is taking to implement pillar 5 of the Rebuilding Ireland initiative relating to council owned homes; if there...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of council homes re-let in 2018 for each local authority in tabular form; the average time it took to re-let council...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the key recommendations of the report of the Ombudsman for Children on children’s experiences of family...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the affordable home scheme; the number of sites identified; the timeframe for delivery; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing
      89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider establishing generic housing designs for local authority housing in order to speed up the delivery of...
    • Vacant Sites
      94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the application of the vacant site levy and vacant site register is varying from county to county...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
  • Department of Defence
    • Postal Voting
      100. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of Army personnel did not receive their postal votes for the most recent elections and...
    • Departmental Properties
      101. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number, location and value of lands acquired by his Department by way of CPO in the past three years to date; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      102. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 21 May 2019, the number of personnel who entered and left, respectively, the Reserve Defence Forces...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      103. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of cook allowances and back pay agreed in recent years for the Army Ranger Wing of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      104. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the ratio of instructors to trainees at the Curragh Army camp transport section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23425/19]
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      105. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the vacancies among instructors in the Defence Forces across each section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23426/19]
    • Defence Forces Personnel
      106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding an application for a transfer within the Defence Forces by a person (details supplied). [23444/19]
    • Overseas Missions
      108. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the level of payment received by the State from the United Nations per soldier per day for Defence Forces personnel on peacekeeping missions...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      111. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff working in the procurement area for major State infrastructure projects in his Department; and if he will make a statement...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      112. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will address a matter regarding Army pay (details supplied). [23674/19]
    • Air Corps Operations
      115. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the necessary funding will be provided to ensure the air traffic control tower at Baldonnel Aerodrome is opened 24/7. [23768/19]
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      116. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of heavy recovery trucks purchased for the Permanent Defence Forces in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; and the...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      117. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Army personnel who left employment early in each year since 2010; the number who made a payment to the Defence Forces and-or his...
    • Naval Service Vessels
      118. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding the mid-life refit of LÉ Róisín; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24119/19]
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      119. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated full year cost if the security duty allowance of €23.81 per day for less than 24 hours was increased to €38.50 per...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Peace and Reconciliation Programme
      120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if funding is available for an event (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23184/19]
    • Passport Applications
      121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a passport for a child (details supplied) cannot be processed; the position in respect of the requirement for two years proof of...
    • Human Rights
      122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the increase in serious security incidents against members of an organisation (details supplied); his...
    • EU Enlargement
      123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania and Moldova joining the EU; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Consular Services
      124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he can assist an Irish person living in China (details supplied). [23564/19]
    • Syrian Conflict
      125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent urgent plea made by medics and an organisation (details supplied) regarding massacres in...
    • Northern Ireland
      126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position in respect of the talks with the political parties in Northern Ireland and the UK Secretary of State for Northern Ireland...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to have a bilateral meeting with the UN Secretary General. [24014/19]
    • Passport Services
      128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the target and actual turnaround time across all passports services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24070/19]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in Sudan; the EU position on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24071/19]
    • Visa Agreements
      130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made to secure surplus E3 visas for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24072/19]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to refurbish the embassy in Australia; when such works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24094/19]
    • Official Engagements
      132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the briefing supplied to the special envoy to the United States of America before he attended the dinner and-or a meeting...
    • Passport Applications
      136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a passport application by a person (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an affidavit...
    • EU Bodies
      137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to his officials in Dublin or Brussels regarding the future vacancies at head of the Commission or at Council level. [23899/19]
  • Department of Finance
    • Carbon Tax Yield
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance if the proceeds of the carbon tax are used for a particular purpose or fund or if they contribute to the general taxation fund. [23527/19]
    • Tax Credits
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance if there will be an increase in tax credits for civil servants; if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed in this regard; and if he will...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Data
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applicants who availed of the help to buy scheme in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • VAT Exemptions
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures taken by the Revenue Commissioners to publicise the change in VAT arrangements introduced in the Finance Act 2012 (details supplied); and if he...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance if clarification will be provided on a matter in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23239/19]
    • Excise Duties Yield
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance the fiscal monitor for excise duty receipts for April 2019, by category in tabular form; the increase or decrease of each category from April 2018 to April...
    • Mortgage Repayments
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance if payments made by direct debit to new owners require a written mandate from the borrower authorising such direct debits with regard to the transfer of...
    • Tracker Mortgages
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance if a bank (details supplied) will contact all customers with similar cases immediately and provide similar additional compensation or redress further to a...
    • Tax Exemptions
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered introducing an exemption for import tax for tools brought into the country by workers returning here to work; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the implementation of the options set out in the report of the working group on the tax and fiscal treatment of rental accommodation providers...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance if the motor tax relief and toll free relief available under the disabilities tax relief scheme continue to apply for vehicles being used as taxis; and if he...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance the concessions and-or incentives available to persons who wish to secure a motor vehicle which would accommodate their disabled partner who is invalided or...
    • Money Laundering
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value of cases of completed investigations in the area of anti-money laundering in the past number of years; the current investigations under...
    • Vehicle Registration
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a hold up with the Revenue Commissioners assigning the VRT code to a car model (details supplied)...
    • Credit Union Regulation
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance if a matter relating to the rules governing credit unions will be examined (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23549/19]
    • Tracker Mortgage Examination
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he has not intervened to address an ongoing issue in a financial institution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tracker Mortgages
      156. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Central Bank to explore the option of using the revenue from the recent tracker mortgage fines to establish a fund to support customers...
    • VAT Payments
      157. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly by which self-employed persons and businesses can avoid paying VAT on goods unrelated to their businesses...
    • VAT Rebates
      158. To ask the Minister for Finance the amounts refunded to travellers from countries outside of the EU under the retail export scheme in each of the years 2015 to 2018; and if he will make a...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      159. To ask the Minister for Finance if a review will be arranged of the disabled drivers and passengers scheme criteria in view of the perceived rigidity of the scheme and the concerns that have...
    • Insurance Coverage
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding insurance cover for adventure centres; the solutions that can be found; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Community Banking
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce community banking on a wider scale here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23743/19]
    • Tax Data
      162. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of investments in property or property-related assets here held by investment funds domiciled here by types of funds and types of investments, for...
    • NAMA Investigations
      166. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of complaints made under section 172 of the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009; the progress made on same; the conclusions of same; the...
    • Tax Reliefs Costs
      167. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of decreasing the floor at which the diesel rebate scheme becomes available for hauliers to 85 cent before VAT; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Credits
      168. To ask the Minister for Finance when a response to a query will issue (details supplied). [23833/19]
    • Tax Code
      169. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding changing tax regulations affecting self-employed fishermen; if he will consider changes to allow the taxes of self-employed fishermen...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Staff
      170. To ask the Minister for Finance the contact he or the Central Bank has had with authorities in New Zealand regarding investigations into the behaviour of the incoming Governor of the Central...
    • EU Regulations
      172. To ask the Minister for Finance the preparedness of his Department and NAMA to contribute to and comply with the European Union anti-money laundering beneficial ownership and corporate...
    • Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman
      173. To ask the Minister for Finance the processing times for complaints with the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman; if his attention has been drawn to the delays in investigating and...
    • Tax Credits
      174. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost if the earned income tax credit for the self-employed increased to €1,500 per year; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Credit Unions
      175. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to update the Credit Union Act 1997. [24121/19]
    • Departmental Staff
      176. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of recruiting 20 additional tax specialists at APO level. [24122/19]
    • State Banking Sector Regulation
      177. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank informs his Department about the sale of loans by the commercial banks; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that performing loans...
    • EU Issues
      178. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the statement of the EU Commission in COM(2019) 507 final (details supplied); his plans to remedy the issue; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Excise Duties Reliefs
      179. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be accrued if the excise duty exemption on aviation fuel was ended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24215/19]
    • Stability Programme Data
      181. To ask the Minister for Finance if the total expenditure figure in Table A10 of the stability programme update 2019 includes allocations from the national development plan; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      182. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield or cost to the taxpayer from the non-indexation of the tax system each year to 2024 according to current projections; and if he will make...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Staff
      183. To ask the Minister for Finance the fees paid to the recruiters appointed to run the selection process for the role of Governor of the Central Bank; the cost of the process; and if he will...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which refurbishment plans are in hand in respect of existing Garda stations throughout County Kildare or replacement in...
    • Public Parks
      186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timetable for the level of public funds expended by Fáilte Ireland on the strategic vision for the Phoenix Park exercise in...
    • Government Expenditure
      187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount to be allocated to demographics each year to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24219/19]
    • Departmental Properties
      188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter regarding an application by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23198/19]
    • Flood Risk Management
      190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a copy of each Natura impact statement and each appropriate assessment screening carried out by or for the Office of...
    • Coastal Erosion
      191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 11 December 2018, when funding will be provided for a matter (details supplied). [23358/19]
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the legislation the Office of Public Works operates with regard to the dredging of watercourses; and if dredging by the OPW requires...
    • Heritage Sites
      193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW is responsible for the maintenance of a car park (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures in place funded by the OPW to respond to repeated flooding in Buncrana, County Donegal, in view of the fact that the town...
    • Heritage Sites
      195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of tourism access to a heritage site (details supplied). [23551/19]
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      196. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 312 of 17 April 2018 and 75 of 28 May 2019, the status of a channel (details supplied). [23561/19]
    • Coastal Protection
      197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of coastal protection works at the Murrough in Wicklow town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23568/19]
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason key environmental stakeholders such as an organisation (details supplied) were not contacted regarding the consultation on...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      201. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of OPW residential properties vacant in County Kerry; the length of time these properties have been vacant; and if he will...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      202. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the lump sum a person (details supplied) received on retirement from the public sector in 2015 was a lesser amount due to FEMPI; if...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore grants for third level students to study Irish in the Gaeltacht as part of their undergraduate degree courses; and if he...
    • Physical Education
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the recommended time for physical education per week at all class levels is being complied with by all post-primary schools. [23305/19]
    • Oideachas Gaeltachta
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad é líon agus cad iad ainmneacha na scoileanna sna limistéir pleanála teanga Ghaeltachta atá rannpháirteach sa...
    • State Examinations
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any junior or leaving certificate examinations will be assessed by computers or online instead of by written scripts read by examiners in the...
    • Departmental Properties
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number, location and value of lands acquired by his Department by way of CPO in the past three years to date; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Services Staff
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to regularise the employment of school secretaries nationally; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that only 10% of school...
    • Legislative Programme
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the parent and student charter Bill; when he plans to progress the Bill; the reason for the delays to date; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on the planning and development of a new site for a college (details supplied) further to his visit to Edenderry, County...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision can be made for a person (details supplied) in an autism unit when the person transfers to secondary school in September 2020. [23287/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planned extension to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23299/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants employed in County Donegal; the estimated net increase for the next academic year; the number of SNAs...
    • Student Assistance Fund
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of the student assistance fund ring-fenced for specific groups of students; if it will continue to be ring-fenced; and if he will make...
    • Third Level Participation
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students enrolled in higher education in each of the years 2012 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23326/19]
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 28 May 2019, when funds will be released to a school (details supplied) for the summer works scheme...
    • School Staff
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the employment control framework as it relates to the appointment of staff in the primary, secondary and post-secondary education...
    • Points System Reform
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on recent proposals (details supplied) to grant CAO points for students' civic activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Student Data
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of asylum seekers and refugees in higher education and further education, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Qualifications Recognition
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a recognition of prior learning for asylum seekers and refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23352/19]
    • School Services Staff
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a matter will be examined regarding a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23356/19]
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23361/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the reduction of special needs assistants in a school (details supplied). [23373/19]
    • Physical Education Facilities
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available to second level schools and educators for gymnasium and physical education equipment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Childcare Services Provision
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the new inspection and regulatory environment introduced for childcare providers of school aged children is reducing the...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) has suffered a significant reduction in SNA numbers; and if he will...
    • SOLAS Expenditure
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of expenditure on travel and subsistence paid out by SOLAS to each ETB since the ETBs were formed in 2014; the allocated budget for...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new building for a school (details supplied) will be completed; the reason for the delays; and the number of labourers and tradesmen...
    • School Starting Age
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider increasing the age at which children start primary school; if he has considered the available research on this issue; the...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a successful grant application by a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23445/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will be given an appropriate ASD unit for the senior cycle of primary school; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) since revised stage 2 drawings and details were submitted in February 2019; and if he...
    • Capitation Grants
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the capitation grants for schools in budget 2020; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of schools are...
    • Scoileanna DEIS
      241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an féidir leis sonraí a chur ar fáil faoin dul chun cinn atá á dhéanamh aige chun clár DEIS a leasú...
    • School Services Staff
      242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the inequalities existing in the terms and conditions of primary school secretaries employed under boards of management; and...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional teaching positions which would be required in primary schools to restore the appointment figures for the third and...
    • Schools Data
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools which had a teaching staff of one, two or three teachers in 2010 and which have since closed following the increase...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if 18 national schools in County Donegal have experienced cuts in the number of special needs assistants allocated to their respective schools;...
    • School Staff Appeals Mechanism
      247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times in the past five years national schools that were in danger of losing a teacher due to a drop in pupil numbers won an appeal...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs assistant who has 13 years full service as a SNA and is undertaking job-sharing will, in the case of a redundancy occurring in...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new posts (details supplied) that are completely new posts and not extensions of existing posts; if he will provide a breakdown of...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when the special educational requirements will be facilitated in the case of the son of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation of SNAs by school for the September term in each of the years 2016 to 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23585/19]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23594/19]
    • Teachers' Professional Development
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary teachers who have participated in training and CPD on special educational needs since the introduction of the special...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23603/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the recent planning rejection for a school (details supplied); his plans regarding same; if he will meet the board of management;...
    • School Transport Provision
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be provided following approval of a transport place for a person (details supplied) in order that the person can be transported...
    • Irish Language
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter relating to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23652/19]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if grant or other funding is available to an Irish student (details supplied) undertaking postgraduate studies in the UK for the coming academic...
    • School Accommodation
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if a previous summer works...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a special needs assistant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23748/19]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to assist junior schools in Rathcoole, County Dublin, to provide required temporary classroom space for the 2019-20 school year; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have language units attached to them to support children with a diagnosis of developmental language disorder; if there...
    • School Staff
      265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangement he plans to put in place to address the urgent need of schools (details supplied) to each have a non-teaching principal position...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to fund two building projects at a school (details supplied); the original costs; the funding allocated; the details of the current...
    • Teachers' Panel Rights
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a teacher's probationary year and position on the salary scale in another EU country is not recognised for the supplementary panel; if...
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén dul chun cinn atá déanta chun féachaint ar an gcaoi is fearr le foráil a dhéanamh i bpolasaithe rollaithe...
    • Gaelscoil Issues
      269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the enrolment numbers needed to establish a stand alone Gaelcholáiste with a roll number and principal. [23877/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the precise improvements planned for a school (details supplied); if a design team has been appointed under the ADAPT programme; and if he will...
    • School Transport Applications
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a remote area grant will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24074/19]
    • National Educational Psychological Service Data
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of recruiting 16 additional psychologists for the National Education Psychological Service. [24096/19]
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to continue the operation of the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund, Caranua, in view of the outstanding moneys due and owing from...
    • Schools Data
      281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools built prior to 2008 nationally. [24138/19]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools built prior to 2008 that applied to undergo a deep energy retrofit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24139/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision (1 comment)
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a number of issues of concern to special needs assistants (details supplied); the measures he plans to take to...
    • Teacher Training Places
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take in the case of a person (details supplied) who was refused access to a PME primary masters programme due to an...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person who has a teaching qualification and is registered with the Teaching Council but is teaching a subject that is not on that...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in acquiring land for a new building for a school (details supplied); the timeline for delivery; and if he will make a...
    • Digital Strategy for Schools
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools are required to have a digital learning plan; the position regarding schools not having such a strategy; and if the matter is...
    • School Equipment
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rules regarding preferred suppliers of computer technology in schools in cases in which only one supplier is allowed to be purchased from by...
    • School Textbooks
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether notes written by teachers and stored on databases such as (details supplied) are an adequate replacement for textbooks....
    • Junior Cycle Reform
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools involved as junior cycle technology leads from 2012; and the reviews that have taken place as a result. [24245/19]
    • Digital Strategy for Schools
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of reviews of schools involved as pilot or lead schools in the digital learning framework. [24246/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the start date for construction of an extension at a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow is July 2019; if so, the target completion...
    • School Transport Applications
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on a post-primary school bus application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24263/19]
    • School Staff
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address the unique grounds for the retention of a third mainstream teacher further to previous correspondence with...
    • School Equipment
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy regarding the particular tablet (details supplied) only policies in schools. [24283/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a school (details supplied) for special needs assistants will be granted; and if a special needs assistant review will be...
    • Special Education Review
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to review the eligibility rule in relation to special needs schools (details supplied); the steps he will take to ensure...
    • Education Grants
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the special rates of grants for disadvantaged students in which the income for the tax year January 2018 must not exceed €24,000; if the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Crime Prevention
      299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his strategy to prevent young persons entering a life of crime in view of the recent gangland killings in Dublin and the...
    • Garda Deployment
      300. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the Meath division in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [23230/19]
    • Garda Data
      301. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have retired in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [23231/19]
    • Garda Deployment
      303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Kildare drugs unit as of 24 May 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Administrative Costs
      305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full year cost of employing ten new front-line gardaí. [23257/19]
    • Courts Service Data
      307. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of increasing the Courts Service annual funding by 5%. [23259/19]
    • Garda Youth Diversion Projects
      308. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of establishing ten new Garda youth diversion projects; and the estimated full-year cost of running these...
    • Citizenship Applications
      309. 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...
    • Work Permits Applications
      310. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for a work permit by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Garda Transport Provision
      311. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding is available in 2019 to purchase extra Garda command and control vehicles; if so, when these vehicles will come into...
    • Garda Data
      313. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of instances of Garda firearms and less than lethal weapons being discharged in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to...
    • Witness Protection Programme
      314. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation to the Garda witness protection programme in each of the years 2017, 2018 and 2019, in tabular form; and...
    • Citizenship Applications
      315. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of on a citizenship application by a person (details supplied). [23297/19]
    • Crime Data
      316. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons convicted and arrested for drink driving by age, gender, county and Garda district in each of the...
    • Refugee Data
      318. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers and refugees here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23354/19]
    • Commencement of Legislation
      320. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline and status of the commencement of section 212 of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Deployment
      321. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the Donegal division; the number of gardaí based in the division in each of the years 2011 to...
    • Legislative Measures
      322. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the law will allow for a divorce to take place after the two-year separation period following the recent referendum...
    • Garda Training
      324. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding will be forthcoming for Garda mountain bike training in DMR north division in the second half of 2019; and when...
    • Legislative Measures
      325. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if amendments are expected from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport in respect of the Judicial Council Bill 2017;...
    • Garda Equipment
      326. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda mountain bikes attached to each district in the Galway Garda division in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in...
    • Proposed Legislation
      327. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the sale of alcohol Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23409/19]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      328. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the citizenship application number of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23446/19]
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
      329. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied with the turnaround times of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal and the staffing of the board of...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      331. 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...
    • Money Laundering
      332. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and value of cases of completed investigations in the area of anti-money laundering in the past number of years; the...
    • International Protection
      333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 15 May 2019, if a passport will be returned to such a person upon request. [23511/19]
    • Family Reunification Data
      334. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful applications for family reunification made by refugee sponsors under the INIS non-EEA family...
    • Gambling Sector
      335. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department considers loot boxes and mystery boxes in video games a form of gambling or e-commerce activity; and if he...
    • Court Accommodation Refurbishment
      336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of refurbishment works at Wicklow courthouse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23629/19]
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      337. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the issues regarding the provision of CCTV in local communities with regard to adherence to the GDPR rules; the steps he has...
    • Garda Deployment
      338. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the Kildare division. [23657/19]
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      339. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to commission existing CCTV cameras on motorways for the detection and prevention of crime. [23658/19]
    • Domestic Violence
      340. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of domestic violence to the economy per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23659/19]
    • Crime Data
      341. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of offences committed by perpetrators of all ages while on bail in each of the past five years to date; and if he...
    • Refugee Status
      342. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has the power to revoke the refugee status of a person if the person engages in serious criminal behaviour and has been...
    • Prisoner Data
      343. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of men and women, respectively, who were granted temporary release in 2019 in terms of days out by prison; and if he...
    • Garda Vetting
      346. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the dispute between Tusla and the Garda National Vetting Bureau which is causing delays in...
    • Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory
      347. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the new headquarters for Forensic Science Ireland. [23729/19]
    • Legislative Measures
      348. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation to legalise premarital agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23736/19]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      349. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a reference number will be issued to an applicant for naturalisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Deployment
      350. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to each divisional burglary response unit in 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form....
    • Garda Equipment
      351. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of ensuring all gardaí have a secure encoded USB device for compiling evidence. [23771/19]
    • Court Accommodation Refurbishment
      352. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the capital project at Roscommon courthouse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23775/19]
    • Witness Protection Programme
      353. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 26 of 16 May 2019, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the information...
    • Immigration Status
      354. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the determination of applications pursuant to section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended, in the case of...
    • Residency Permits
      355. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for residency status in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      356. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Investigations
      357. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      358. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons convicted for driving while using a mobile telephone in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in...
    • Direct Provision Data
      359. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of direct provision, emergency reception and orientation centres here; the number of women, men and children...
    • Garda Deployment
      362. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda public service vehicles inspectors attached to the Galway Garda division in each of the years 2017, 2018...
    • Garda Expenditure
      363. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of purchasing ten additional horses for the Garda mounted unit; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Inspector of Prisons
      364. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full year cost if the budget for the Inspector of Prisons increased by 50%. [24109/19]
    • Garda Transport Data
      365. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new marked and unmarked Garda vehicles attached to the Garda technical bureau in 2018 and to date in 2019; and...
    • Coroners Service
      367. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the circumstances surrounding the death and burial of a person (details supplied) who was...
    • Subsidiary Protection Applications
      371. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the attention of the relevant section has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if all relevant...
    • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
      372. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter regarding a complaint by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Gangland Crime
      373. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of his publicised meeting with An Garda Síochána in Coolock Garda station on 4 June 2019; the decisions...
    • Visa Applications
      374. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a visa will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24293/19]
    • International Protection
      375. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of employment declaration forms received from persons in the asylum process since June 2018, by types of occupations...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Health and Safety Authority Data
      376. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocation to the Health and Safety Authority in each of the years 2017 to 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • IDA Ireland Staff
      377. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA employees earning between €80,000 and €90,000, €90,000 and €100,000 and so on; and if...
    • State Bodies
      378. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funds held by the Personal Injuries Assessment Board; if there is a mechanism for withdrawing the funding to the...
    • Business Regulation
      379. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the regulatory framework that applies here to the accountancy and auditing profession; the roles of the different bodies involved in...
    • Health and Safety Inspections Data
      380. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspections carried out by the Health and Safety Authority on fairground and funfair equipment and roller coasters in...
    • Health and Safety Authority Data
      381. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of injuries reported to the Health and Safety Authority following the use of fairground and funfair equipment and roller...
    • IDA Ireland Site Visits
      382. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA visits to County Wicklow in each of the past five years; the location of each visit; and if she will make a...
    • Work Permits Applications
      384. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a case (details supplied) will be reviewed with a view to introducing a flexibility in the labour market needs test to allow...
    • IDA Ireland Portfolio
      387. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the planning status of IDA-owned lands on the Sligo Road, Ballina, County Mayo; if it has planning permission for industrial...
    • Brexit Preparations
      388. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions she has taken to date to attract companies in the automotive industry that are closing operations in the United Kingdom...
  • Department of Health
    • Disabilities Assessments
      390. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting four years for an assessment of need in order to attend school will be examined; and if he will...
    • Direct Provision System
      391. To ask the Minister for Health the pre- and postnatal services being offered to women in direct provision centres and emergency reception and orientation centres; and if he will make a...
    • Transport Support Scheme
      393. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce a replacement scheme for the mobility allowance for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24182/19]
    • Health Services Funding
      394. To ask the Minister for Health the level of resources provided through Departments to support the work of an organisation (details supplied). [24264/19]
    • Home Care Packages Administration
      395. To ask the Minister for Health if there are insurance liability risks for recipients of home care supports if a care giver alleges he or she was injured on the property; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      397. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23177/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      398. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medication (details supplied) is not covered by the medical card; if he will review this situation in view of the cost of same; and if he will...
    • Nursing Staff Data
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalents of advanced nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists in psychiatry by CHO area. [23181/19]
    • HSE Investigations
      400. To ask the Minister for Health if employees in the HSE following the launch of a human resources investigation have a veto over the person who carries out that investigation; if proposals...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      401. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 306 of 5 March 2019, the number of deliveries of one carton of disposable incontinence products the contractor was paid...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      402. To ask the Minister for Health if a body (details supplied) will be included in negotiations for the next national medicine pricing agreement to take effect in 2020; and if he will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      403. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will receive the recommended intervention services of speech and language therapy, occupational therapy,...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      404. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [23212/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      405. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will be instructed to acknowledge the fact that ME can lead to disability from mild to profound and that the condition should be added to its list...
    • Disease Classification
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used here to diagnose the neurological disease ME as described under G.93.3 WHO international classification of disease, tenth revision (ICD-10)....
    • Disease Management
      407. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will be directed to develop guidelines for ME relevant to Ireland and reference contemporary research rather than rely on that from the UK. [23217/19]
    • Disease Classification
      411. To ask the Minister for Health if he will designate ME as a reportable health condition in order to obtain robust official collection of data on the number of children, young persons and...
    • Disease Management
      412. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will be instructed to upgrade its diagnostic and treatment procedures for persons with ME to reflect best international practice; if he will address...
    • Home Help Service
      413. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns (details supplied) relating to the provision of home help and carers; if the matter is due to the overspend on the national...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      414. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to have a hip replacement procedure carried out at Merlin Park Hospital, Galway; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23227/19]
    • Healthcare Policy
      416. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a national policy on ME; and if so, the timeline for the publication of such a policy [23233/19]
    • Medical Research and Training
      418. To ask the Minister for Health the reason ME is not on the medical school curriculum or included on general practitioner training; his plans to include ME as part of professional training in...
    • Disability Definitions
      419. To ask the Minister for Health if the need for the HSE to add ME to its list of disabilities will be addressed in order to reflect the recognition by the HRB of ME as a disability code E014,...
    • Health Strategies
      420. To ask the Minister for Health when the recommendations of the strategy for the design of integrated outpatient services 2016 to 2020 relating to the way and location in which the patient is...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      421. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if a referral for an inpatient procedure in Beaumont Hospital will be expedited; and if he will...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      422. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital bed will be allocated for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23256/19]
    • Hospital Procedures
      423. To ask the Minister for Health if bladder botox is a procedure that is carried out in Letterkennny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23261/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      424. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was referred from Galway University Hospital to Letterkenny University Hospital for a medical...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for a cataract operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23264/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      427. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will he expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23268/19]
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      428. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has recruited all the staff required to have a nationwide 24/7 mental health service; if not, when the outstanding staff will be recruited; and if...
    • Disability Support Services Funding
      429. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing 200,000 extra personal assistant hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23279/19]
    • Ambulance Service Staff
      430. To ask the Minister for Health the contingency plans and resources that were in place for the HSE and the national ambulance service to deal with a strike by a union (details supplied) on...
    • Home Care Packages Administration
      431. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an update on the person's application for funding in respect of a home care package application. [23286/19]
    • Hospital Equipment
      432. To ask the Minister for Health if the cryotherapy machine in University Hospital Galway is out of order; if so, the length of time it has been out of order; when it will be repaired; the...
    • Autism Support Services
      433. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been on the intervention waiting list for services with the Galway Roscommon autism spectrum disorder service for...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      435. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the appointment of key workers to mental health service users; the position regarding individual mental health service user care plans;...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      436. 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...
    • Patient Transport Provision
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the provision available for patients who cannot afford transport to hospital appointments, especially those with a disability who are travelling long...
    • Departmental Meetings
      438. To ask the Minister for Health if his officials will consider meeting with an organisation (details supplied) as key stakeholders with regard to the new oral health policy; and if he will...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      439. To ask the Minister for Health if respite care will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23319/19]
    • Hospital Transfers
      440. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) waiting for a transfer to the National Rehabilitation Hospital after a five month wait in Beaumont Hospital will be...
    • Health Services
      441. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the issue of services for patients with heart failure as set out by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      442. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been called back to have a hearing aid fitted following an examination in the primary care clinic in Athlone two...
    • Home Help Service Data
      443. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours being used in County Donegal; the details of the time delay in approving home help packages from the application date to approval...
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      444. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his plans to provide a second ambulance for south-west County Donegal; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that at present only one...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      445. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide alternative accommodation for an outpatients psychiatric unit at a location (details supplied) as an alternative to the current...
    • Care Services Provision
      446. To ask the Minister for Health if a meals on wheels service can be accommodated or facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Staff Data
      449. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant paediatrician neurologists with a special interest in migraine, in each of the children's hospitals; and the number of children on the...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      450. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to preliminary findings from the review of cervical cancer slides by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Home Help Service Eligibility
      453. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will be instructed to add ME to the list of disabilities, to reflect the HRB recognition of ME as a disability code, E014; if access will be allowed...
    • Physiotherapy Provision
      455. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of physiotherapy for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23395/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      456. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of glasses for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23396/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      457. To ask the Minister for Health if the amount awarded through the HSE optical voucher differs for children in County Meath compared with other counties; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Care of the Elderly Provision
      458. To ask the Minister for Health if a contingency plan is in place to avoid the almost certain closure of St. Joseph's Hospital community nursing unit, Ardee, County Louth (details supplied);...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      459. To ask the Minister for Health if St. Mary's Hospital community nursing unit, Drogheda, County Louth, is being considered for delivery as part of a bundle of facilities by public private...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      461. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be called for urgent eye surgery. [23407/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      462. To ask the Minister for Health if costs will be reimbursed to a person (details supplied). [23412/19]
    • Disability Services Data
      463. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels at a facility (details supplied) in County Donegal; the job title, staffing grade, working hours per week and so on of each employee; and...
    • Disability Services Provision
      464. To ask the Minister for Health the staff vacancies at a facility (details supplied) in County Donegal; the date when each vacancy first occurred; the efforts made to recruit to fill such...
    • Youth Services Provision
      466. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made on the establishment of a youth mental health pathfinder team under section 12 of the Public Service Management Act 1997. [23421/19]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      467. To ask the Minister for Health the status of home help provision for a person (details supplied). [23428/19]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      468. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an assessment for a child (details supplied). [23432/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      469. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [23433/19]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      470. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria for selecting private organisations for carrying out an assessment of needs in counties Cork and Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Patient Transport Provision
      473. To ask the Minister for Health if hospital transport can be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied); if this can be facilitated at an early date; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      474. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the reason surgery due on 5 June 2019 was cancelled on 29 May 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      475. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for a wheelchair for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23455/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      476. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23461/19]
    • Disability Services Provision
      477. To ask the Minister for Health if steps will be taken to ensure that a person (details supplied) will be provided with a place in the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dún Laoghaire...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      478. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive treatment for carpel tunnel syndrome in the person's hand. [23471/19]
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      479. To ask the Minister for Health the agreements in place with sporting organisations to provide ambulance coverage at large-scale sporting events; if a copy of all individual or collective...
    • Disability Services Funding
      480. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for future funding for the Rehab Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23476/19]
    • Disability Services Provision
      481. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive funding; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23483/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      482. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect an appointment in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin. [23493/19]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      483. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot return home; the reason home care support cannot be funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23494/19]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      484. To ask the Minister for Health the requirements for persons applying for a primary care certificate in order for their application to be successful; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Primary Medical Certificates Data
      485. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care certificates awarded on initial application from County Mayo in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will...
    • Hospital Services
      488. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to invest in neurology services in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23504/19]
    • Social Workers Recruitment
      489. To ask the Minister for Health when the post of social worker in County Westmeath will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23505/19]
    • Health Services
      490. To ask the Minister for Health when the general indemnity to section 39 service providers as clinically indemnified will be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23506/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      491. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting cataract surgery in Counties Cork and Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23510/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      494. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin. [23530/19]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      495. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to fund the necessary approval for three community hospitals (details supplied) in County Donegal; if all three community hospitals will form...
    • Home Care Packages
      496. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the establishment of a central national budget for sudden onset conditions to be operated independently of regular home care packages in...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      497. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of the mean, median and modal hours per week for home care packages for persons over 65 years of age by county; the percentage of...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      498. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for orthopaedic surgery in each of the CHO areas to date; the number for the previous three years; and if he will make a...
    • HSE Properties
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the sale of a building (details supplied); if the building can be kept in State ownership; if other Departments have indicated an interest in...
    • Nursing Home Beds Data
      500. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE nursing and care homes that have vacant beds; the numbers of vacant beds in each unit; the length of time they have been vacant; the reason for the...
    • General Practitioner Services
      501. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; if doctors can refuse to provide letters of refusal; if the HSE will accept alternative...
    • Hospital Services
      502. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the implementation of a formal pathway between hospitals (details supplied); when this agreement will be formalised; if a date for...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      503. To ask the Minister for Health when the care arrangements will be reviewed for patients who suffer from mental illness in a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      504. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for dental care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23581/19]
    • Hospital Services
      505. To ask the Minister for Health if a CT scanner will be provided and more radiographers hired for University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23582/19]
    • Disability Services Provision
      507. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a personal care assistant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23584/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      508. To ask the Minister for Health if the heads of the Bill to give effect to the proposed changes to the fair deal scheme will be published soon; the full extent of these proposed changes; and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      509. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent operation will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23595/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      510. To ask the Minister for Health when a communications device will be made available for a person (details supplied); the expected timeframe to receive such equipment; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Card Appeals
      511. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Provision
      512. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); the way in which the issue can be improved; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      513. To ask the Minister for Health if a mobility scooter can be provided and facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23623/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      514. To ask the Minister for Health when the three year cap in regard to farm assets and small business will come into effect under the nursing homes support scheme; the procedure thereafter; the...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
      515. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to introduce necessary supports for persons who have fibromyalgia; if his attention has been brought to the fact that such supports are available...
    • Maternity Services
      516. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 773 of 8 May 2019, if the HSE provides counselling for families who experience a traumatic experience while using the...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for home help hours by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23638/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      519. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence relating to CervicalCheck from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23651/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      520. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23653/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      521. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) is on an urgent hospital waiting list but will not be seen for at least 18 months;...
    • Health Services Provision
      522. To ask the Minister for Health when additional resources will be provided for home support services in view of the delays in providing the service in areas such as counties Cavan and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      523. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23673/19]
    • HSE Properties
      525. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 16 May 2019, when buildings works were completed; the reason for the time between completion of buildings works...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
      526. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times by county for a first appointment with child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS; and the frequency of subsequent visits...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      527. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a moratorium on recruitment in the HSE to all staff levels. [23734/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      528. To ask the Minister for Health if aids and appliances will be provided for a person (details supplied). [23735/19]
    • Home Help Service
      529. To ask the Minister for Health if a particular carer will be assigned to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23739/19]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      530. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical review of a family medical card will be finalised for a person (details supplied); if this will be processed as soon as possible in view of the...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      531. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for CAMHS. [23747/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      532. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [23761/19]
    • Home Help Service Data
      533. To ask the Minister for Health the details of home help approved and awaiting allocation of same by county. [23765/19]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      534. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the progression of capital projects at hospitals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23773/19]
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      535. To ask the Minister for Health the average ambulance wait times across counties Roscommon and Galway in each of the years 2016, 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Ambulance Service Provision
      536. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planned expansion of services at the Loughglynn ambulance base in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23778/19]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      537. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the delivery of a new primary care centre for Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23779/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      539. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [23783/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      540. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to significant delays experienced by persons referred to the Coombe Women and Infant University Hospital in respect of routine...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      541. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [23800/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      542. To ask the Minister for Health when a cataract operation will be arranged for a person (details supplied). [23804/19]
    • Disability Support Services
      543. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of the contract put in place by St. Patrick's Centre, Kilkenny, with an agency (details supplied); if the centre is being fined by the agency each...
    • Health Services Staff
      544. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the staff of St. Patrick's Centre, Kells Road, Kilkenny, cannot obtain full details of their pension contributions and entitlements from the SPC or...
    • Disability Services Provision
      545. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 874 of 26 March 2019 and the response from the HSE, the outcome of the meeting with the mother of a person (details...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      546. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels for the CAMHS team for County Meath; the way in which this compares with the recommended staffing levels in A Vision for Change; the number...
    • Disease Incidence
      547. To ask the Minister for Health if he and-or his officials gather baseline health data on cancers and pulmonary diseases for the affected districts in which industrial incineration licences...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      548. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the delivery of Spinraza for those with spinal muscular atrophy through the public health service; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      549. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 18 April 2019, the basis on which he stated that all protected disclosures must be treated as confidential when...
    • Abortion Services Provision
      562. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical and surgical abortions that have been provided by the HSE to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      563. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a request for glasses by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23873/19]
    • Disability Services Funding
      564. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for funding by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23874/19]
    • Hospital Acquired Infections
      565. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 629 of 26 March 2019 and 685 of 8 May 2019, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that HSE hospitals do not...
    • Hospital Beds Data
      566. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 31 May 2019 or the latest date on which data for validated bed...
    • Hospitals Discharges
      567. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges in each public and voluntary hospital at the end of May 2019, in tabular form. [23904/19]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost through delayed discharges in May 2019 in each public and voluntary hospital in tabular form. [23905/19]
    • Emergency Services Data
      569. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO incidents responded to by first responders in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less in each ambulance station in each...
    • Emergency Departments Waiting Times
      570. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients aged 75 years or over who experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours during May 2019; and the hospitals in...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      571. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided in each local health office, LHO, area to the end of May 2019; the number of persons on the waiting list for...
    • Ambulance Service Data
      572. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in May 2018; the number of ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes to hand...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      573. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients waiting less than four months for treatment in Our Lady’s Children's Hospital, Crumlin, and Temple Street...
    • Health Services Data
      574. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each local health office, LHO, area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care at the end of May 2019 or the latest date...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 31 May 2019 or the nearest available date for a MRI scan in the RCSI Hospital Group for less than three, three to six, six...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      621. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme at the end of May 2019 or latest date available; the average waiting time; the number of...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      622. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) with receive a hospital appointment. [23959/19]
    • Disability Services Data
      623. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities in receipt of home support hours in each LHO area at the end of May 2019 or the latest date available in tabular form;...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      625. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for assessment by early intervention teams in each LHO area in CHO 1 at the end of May 2019 or the latest date available; and...
    • Disability Services Data
      634. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential places for persons with a disability being provided at the end of May 2019 or the latest date available; and the breakdown by CHO...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      636. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children at the end of May 2019 or the latest date available who were awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005 for...
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      640. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy first-time assessment waiting list for each local health area at the end of May 2019 or the latest date...
    • Physiotherapy Provision
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the physiotherapy waiting list for each local health area at the end of May 2019 or the latest date available in tabular form; the...
    • Disease Management
      651. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 212 of 28 May 2019, the way in which sufferers of Lyme disease can access testing and treatment for the disease in all...
    • Counselling Services Provision
      652. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a counselling appointment in primary care at the end of May 2019 or the latest date available; and the...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
      653. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each local health office area waiting for a child and adolescent mental health services appointment at the end of May 2019 or the...
    • Psychological Services Waiting Lists
      654. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care at the end of May 2019 or the latest date available; and the number...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      655. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health units between 1 January 2019 and 31 May 2019. [24039/19]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
      656. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional staff appointed to child and adult mental health services in each CHO to date in 2019; and the net increase in staff numbers resulting...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      657. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health whole-time equivalents now needed to be recruited for the full implementation of A Vision for Change, taking account of demographic...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      660. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have received mental health services under the treatment abroad scheme in each of the past five years. [24044/19]
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the allocation of the posts from the 2015 funding of €35 million for mental health; the number of posts this allocation now supports; the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      664. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a neurology appointment at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Physiotherapy Provision
      666. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for persons in receipt of a medical card to be seen by and receive treatment from a physiotherapist by CHO region, in tabular form;...
    • Dental Services Provision
      667. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE dental services that will be available in Leixlip, Maynooth, Celbridge and Kilcock, County Kildare, when the current HSE dentist (details supplied) in...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      668. To ask the Minister for Health his strategy for the local and regional drug task forces to prevent more young persons entering a life of crime in view of the recent gangland killings in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for treatments from a physiotherapist in respect of persons in receipt of a medical card by CHO region in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      673. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a surgery appointment for a person (details supplied). [24153/19]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      678. To ask the Minister for Health if there are incidents in which the HSE in conjunction with an organisation (details supplied) provide speech and language therapy for children over six years...
    • Care of the Elderly
      680. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for older persons' services in County Waterford in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      681. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE waiting times for assessments of needs for children with additional needs to date over the past five years by CHO area in tabular form. [24176/19]
    • Dental Services Staff
      682. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists attached to the school dentistry programme in County Cork. [24177/19]
    • Dental Services Data
      685. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children seen by dentists; the number of appointments carried out; and the number of procedures carried out under the school dentistry programme...
    • Respite Care Services Data
      686. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite bed nights provided for adults in counties Louth and Meath in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the...
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      687. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the request made by this Deputy during Questions on Promised Legislation on 29 May 2019 to meet and assist the family of a person (details...
    • Disability Services Provision
      688. To ask the Minister for Health if the transport needs of a person (details supplied) will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24192/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      693. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an outpatient appointment for pain management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24214/19]
    • Medicinal Products Expenditure
      694. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 6 March 2019, the list of new drugs approved by the HSE each year since 2014, in tabular form; the cost in the...
    • Home Care Packages
      695. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE budget for home care packages in each of the years 2015 to 2019. [24223/19]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      703. To ask the Minister for Health his views on concerns relating to home care provision by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24233/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      704. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who has developed cervical cancer after she was given a false negative result by CervicalCheck can be given the supports and...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      705. To ask the Minister for Health the length of the waiting lists and times for women nationally waiting for a gynaecology appointment, assessment or treatment; and if he will make a statement...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      708. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the building of a primary care centre in Greystones, County Wicklow; if the initial contractor is still in place; if not, if a new contractor is...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      710. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied). [24255/19]
    • Home Help Service Data
      712. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to deliver the full complement of home help and support hours committed to in budget 2019; the number of hours allocated to and drawn...
    • Hospitals Funding
      713. To ask the Minister for Health if sufficient funding will be made available to a community hospital (details supplied) to ensure it is in compliance with HIQA requirements. [24312/19]
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      714. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait times for orthodontists in the south east in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by county in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Hospital Facilities
      715. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that the required funding is provided to enable the construction of an appropriate building to accommodate an MRI scanner for...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      716. To ask the Minister for Health the assurance that will be provided to a person (details supplied) attending RehabCare in County Cavan; the assistance that will be put in place to protect...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Retail Sector
      719. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to appoint an independent retail regulator further to the EU legislation on unfair trading practices; and if he will make a...
    • Foreshore Licence Appeals
      720. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process of appeal when there is a dispute with regard to foreshore licence applications; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Laboratory Facilities
      721. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the relocation of laboratories under the aegis of his Department; and the timeframe for completion of the...
    • Departmental Properties
      722. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number, location and value of lands acquired by his Department by way of CPO in the past three years to date; and if he will make...
    • Harbours and Piers Funding
      723. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to an application by Waterford City and County Council for funding under the harbour and coastal...
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      724. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the improvement works and pier extension at Killybegs fishery harbour centre; when works will commence; the stage the...
    • Statutory Instruments
      725. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a commitment will be given to the representative bodies of the entire seafood sector in addition to the spokespersons for marine...
    • Single Payment Scheme Appeals
      726. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the decision to disallow an SPS application by a person (details supplied) from 2014 on the grounds of land not recently farmed,...
    • GLAS Applications
      727. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23389/19]
    • GLAS Payments
      728. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a payment for a person (details supplied); if same will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals
      729. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on the 2019 ANC appeal submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      730. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) to the reconstitution scheme (windblow); and if he will make a statement...
    • TAMS Data
      731. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of grant aid funding requested from TAMS II applicants that submitted their applications prior to 5 April 2019. [23481/19]
    • TAMS Applications
      732. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when applicants under the TAMS II category, which closed on 5 April 2019, will be given initial approval in order that relevant works...
    • Brexit Supports
      733. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if other avenues of supporting beef farmers will be examined through the upcoming €50 million to €100 million aid by...
    • TAMS Applications
      734. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a TAMS application by a person (details supplied). [23531/19]
    • Agriculture Scheme Penalties
      735. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if payment of a fine can be made in instalments in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Brexit Supports
      736. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer (details supplied) will be able to avail of funding through the €100 million pledged in additional support for...
    • Felling Licences Applications
      737. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the licence associated with an application will issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23677/19]
    • Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
      738. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an AEOS appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23688/19]
    • EU Directives
      739. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to comply with three conditions laid down by the European Commission for further use of glyphosate (details...
    • Greyhound Industry
      740. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a copy of a document which was prepared by a company (details supplied) was sent to his Department; if his officials received it;...
    • Veterinary Inspection Service
      741. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale for the changes to the veterinary inspection scheme at meat factories; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      742. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when decisions will be made on an aquaculture licence application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Brexit Supports
      743. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when details of the scheme to assist the beef sector will be announced; if the total funding will be €100 million; when...
    • Horse and Greyhound Fund
      744. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence from a person (details supplied); and his further views on the issues raised regarding the levy in...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      745. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a director's review of an agriculture appeals decision in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals
      746. 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...
    • Beef Industry
      747. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the beef grading technology trial has included a new carcase grading equation; the reason this was included; the basis for this...
    • Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
      748. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding entitlements in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Brexit Supports
      749. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to release the submissions made to the European Commission seeking a €100 million Brexit fund as an aid...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland
      750. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the Inland Fisheries Ireland-OPW instream enhancement programme for 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Air Pollution
      751. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the dangers of air pollution from sources such as exhaust emissions, soil and road...
    • Broadcasting Legislation
      752. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to update the Broadcasting (Major Events Television Coverage) Act 1999; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Exploration Licences Applications
      753. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of exploration and drilling licences granted between 4 June 2007 and 23 January 2011; and if he will make a...
    • Postal Codes
      754. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has completed a cost-benefit analysis and review of Eircode; the uptake of Eircode; and if he will make a...
    • National Broadband Plan
      755. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a cost to the State for withdrawing preferred bidder status if assurances in the final contract for the...
    • Renewable Heat Incentive
      757. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the support scheme for renewable heat will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23400/19]
    • Exploration Licences Approvals
      758. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rationale for the issuance of the oil exploration licence off the coast of County Kerry in view of the declaration...
    • National Broadband Plan
      759. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the term, the bidder, in the third paragraph of the context of options outlined in the 2019 national broadband...
    • Building Energy Rating Compliance
      760. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a scheme for retrofitting private dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23491/19]
    • Broadband Service Provision
      761. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated time for broadband connection to an area under the national broadband plan; and if a property (details...
    • Recycling Policy
      762. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to repeat the tyre recycling scheme in 2019 or in early 2020; if so, the amount he envisages would be...
    • Electric Vehicles
      763. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the changes he will introduce to prevent sleepers staying at electronic charge points over and above the time...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland
      765. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the 16 instream and enhancement project contracts signed in 2017 under the National Strategy for Angling Development...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      766. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 517 of 21 May 2019, when broadband will be delivered to all houses in...
    • Litter Pollution Fines
      767. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of fines given to persons who did not remove dog fouling by county. [23663/19]
    • Broadband Service Provision
      769. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when fibre broadband will be rolled out at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      770. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated capital cost of retrofitting the State building and capital stock needed to achieve this sector's targets...
    • National Development Plan Funding
      771. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding earmarked in the National Development Plan 2018-2027 for retrofitting homes and the capital...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      772. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total fines the State will be made to pay due to failure to reach the EU 20% emissions reduction targets by 2020;...
    • Exploration Industry Data
      775. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of licences he and-or his predecessors have issued to domestic and international companies in respect of oil...
    • Trading Online Voucher Scheme
      776. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated full-year cost if the budget for the trading online voucher scheme increased by 50%. [24123/19]
    • National Broadband Plan Data
      777. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide the cost estimates provided for the national broadband plan by companies (details supplied); the...
    • Climate Change Policy
      778. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on his Department's involvement in achieving climate change targets; and if he has specialists...
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      781. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his position on a company (details supplied); and his views on the use of hardware and software built by the company...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Penalty Points System Data
      782. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of penalty points issued by age, gender, county and Garda district in each of the previous three years to date; and if he will...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      783. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of decarbonising the national transport system in order to reach the sectoral targets for the total 2020 and 2030 EU...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      785. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to examine making grants available to sports clubs that use an organic product (details supplied) when constructing grass...
    • Greenways Funding
      786. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an announcement will be made on the next round of greenway funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24249/19]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      787. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a club (details supplied) was unsuccessful in its application for funding under the sports capital programme 2018 for...
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      788. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the licensing and regulation of horse-drawn carriages can be managed while the Dublin Carriage Acts are still in force;...
    • Rail Services Provision
      789. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the capacity of DART services on the north side of Dublin will be increased, particularly during the morning peak time; and if he will...
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      790. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether a driver who has had his or her licence suspended for two years should continue to pay higher than normal insurance...
    • Public Transport Expenditure
      791. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of the €28.94 million allocated for the sustainable transport measures grant programme in 2018 that was drawn down....
    • Railway Stations
      792. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will visit Thomastown train station, Killucan, County Westmeath, in view of a commitment given in Dáil Éireann in order...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      793. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the 2019 sports capital grants will be allocated; the budget allocated for the 2019 round of sports capital grants; and if he will...
    • Wild Atlantic Way Project
      794. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Grianán of Aileach in County Donegal has not been identified as a discovery point on the Wild Atlantic Way despite its...
    • Road Projects
      795. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the next phases of the N56 in County Donegal; if contractors have been appointed for the next sections of this...
    • Maritime Safety Regulations
      796. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to update the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) Act 2000. [23382/19]
    • Road Projects
      797. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a joint bid to hold a fundraising event on a new road will be supported (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
      798. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) was denied the ability to exchange the person's Australian full driver licence for an Irish full...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      799. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 383 of 28 May 2019, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, on 18 April 2019, a person...
    • Fáilte Ireland Expenditure
      800. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided by Fáilte Ireland to tourism providers for product development or tourism projects and for marketing plans and...
    • Taxi Licences
      801. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of taxi licences that have been withdrawn from drivers since 2011, by year and location of licence. [23466/19]
    • Tourism Ireland Funding
      802. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided to Tourism Ireland by year since 2009; the percentage of the funding by year provided by the State as opposed to the...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      803. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allocate further funding for the R232 in County Donegal; if his attention has been drawn to the critical importance of the...
    • Autonomous Vehicles
      805. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the need for legislative change to facilitate the testing of autonomous cars. [23576/19]
    • Concussion in Sport
      806. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to implement a standardised mandatory education training programme for all sports coaches in respect of concussion. [23614/19]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      808. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is an appeals process for clubs that were unsuccessful in the sports capital equipment funding round announced in May 2019; and...
    • Rail Services Staff
      809. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of fully qualified DART and diesel train drivers by gender, respectively, in Irish Rail; if they are DART or diesel train...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      810. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he met the chief executive officer of Iarnród Éireann most recently; and when he will next meet the CEO. [23772/19]
    • Taxi Licences
      811. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of licences issued for Kilkenny city and county for the purpose of providing a taxi or hackney service; the number approved...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      812. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status on an application for funding from a sports organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Projects
      813. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the awarding of the contract for the upgrade of the Dunkettle interchange has been delayed; the expected cost of the project;...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      814. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on reduced rates for children and for groups of children such as siblings in public sports facilities such as the National...
    • Rail Services Data
      815. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason no response has issued from the National Transport Authority to Parliamentary Question No. 1059 of 26 March 2019; and if he...
    • Transport Infrastructure Provision
      817. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA has agreed with the developer of the site above the proposed Charlemont Street metro station to provide the underground...
    • Dublin Bus Fleet
      818. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the exact low emission technology for the future purchasing of Dublin buses has been determined; the work being prepared for the...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      823. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects to make an announcement on allocations for the sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      824. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available to run cabling underground on main streets of towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24238/19]
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      825. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of women's refuge centres in each county; the number of the centres that have capacity for children; the number of the centres...
    • Childcare Services
      826. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position with regard to publishing the childminding action plan; if the concerns of a person (details supplied) about the impact it may...
    • National LGBTI Strategy
      827. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a progress report on each action outlined in the LGBTI+ National Youth Strategy 2018-2020, in tabular form; and if she...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      828. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps taken to ascertain the level of LGBT youth homelessness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23349/19]
    • Youth Work Projects Funding
      829. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports and grants available to local organisations wishing to establish and run a youth centre in their community; and if she will...
    • Adoption Services Provision
      830. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether Tusla’s information and tracing service for adopted persons is sufficiently well resourced; and if she will...
    • Foster Care Data
      832. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the percentage of children over 18 years of age who were fostered and in receipt of aftercare allowance given to those in college in each...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      834. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason there has been no chair of the forum established alongside the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes for more...
    • Garda Vetting
      835. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the dispute between Tusla and the Garda National Vetting Bureau which is causing delays in persons...
    • Foster Care Expenditure
      836. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount Tusla is paying to an organisation (details supplied) for each child it places in a foster home. [23720/19]
    • Childcare Services Regulation
      837. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the new regulations which came into force in February 2019 are causing difficulties for...
    • Children in Care
      838. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in care who do not have a social worker. [23762/19]
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      839. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the average post-qualification experience of each social worker under the remit of Tusla. [23763/19]
    • Children in Care
      840. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the transfer of the registration and inspection functions for non-statutory children’s residential centres from Tusla to the...
    • Child Safety
      841. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will implement the recommendations of a report (details supplied). [24149/19]
    • Childcare Services Funding
      844. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding options available for childcare providers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24181/19]
    • Child Abuse Reports
      845. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the response of Tusla to the findings of the HIQA investigation into the way in which it manages child sexual abuse referrals...
    • Child Abuse
      846. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which Tusla is managing and retaining information in respect of adults of concern and adults who make retrospective referrals of...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Funding
      848. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the volume of funding by county allocated across funding programmes since the inception of his Department (details supplied). [23468/19]
    • CLÁR Programme
      849. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated for the CLÁR programme in 2019; the expenditure to date under each scheme by county; and if he will make a...
    • Community Services Programme
      850. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if documentation, including a business case plan, submitted as part of an application by an organisation (details supplied) in County...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      851. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to provide funding to an organisation (details supplied) to establish a full volunteer centre for County Kilkenny in line...
    • Local Development Companies Funding
      852. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 18 April 2019, the amount paid out to date of the amount allocated to each local...
    • Departmental Funding
      853. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding provided to agricultural and industrial shows (details supplied) in County Roscommon in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Living Wage Introduction
      856. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on implementing a living wage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23398/19]
    • Civil Registration Legislation
      857. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when persons will be able to retrospectively register as parents as per the Civil Registration Act 2019; and if she will make...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      858. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that community employment supervisors have not received a pay rise since 2007; if...
    • School Meals Programme
      859. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter regarding school meals (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24144/19]
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Applications
      860. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an application for treatment benefit and optical benefit by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare was...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      861. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      862. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address the perceived unjust system under which carers do not receive qualifying stamps in order to qualify for...
    • Child Benefit Rates
      863. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost if child benefit increased by €10 per month per child; and if she will make a statement...
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      864. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending child benefit to those aged 18 and 19 years of age in 2020. [23308/19]
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      866. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position on the reintroduction of the household benefits package to recipients of carer's allowance who do not live with...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      868. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details...
    • Statutory Retirement Age
      869. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provisions in place for persons who are obliged to retire at 65 years of age but will not be eligible to receive a...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      870. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and when a decision will issue on same. [23411/19]
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      871. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a child who reaches 18 years of age before leaving second level school can continue to receive child benefit; and if she...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      872. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • JobPath Programme
      873. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if referrals to Turas Nua and Seetec are to cease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23437/19]
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      874. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views as to whether it is equitable that widows and widowers are unable to collect illness benefit while sick due to the...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      875. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance claim by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      876. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      877. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider restoring the household benefits package for carers who do not live with the people for whom they care,...
    • Disability Activation Projects
      878. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the EmployAbility national contract for 2019 does not provide for budgetary measures for pay increments for...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      879. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be finalised on an invalidity pension claim by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [23542/19]
    • Unemployment Data
      880. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current unemployment rate in County Wicklow by town or local welfare office; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      881. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal for invalidity pension can be reviewed for a person (details supplied). [23580/19]
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      882. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision on an illness benefit claim can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [23588/19]
    • Disability Activation Projects
      883. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of companies that have availed of the disability awareness training support scheme in each year since its...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      884. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be included in the contributory pension review; if so, when they will be contacted; and...
    • Employment Support Services
      885. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the closure of a jobs club (details supplied); if there are alternative sources of funding...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Data
      886. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the weekly State pension by €9 per week to build towards achieving the commitment in...
    • Bereavement Grant
      889. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of restoring the bereavement grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23642/19]
    • Social Welfare Schemes Expenditure
      891. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of removing income barriers to older persons getting online by creating a digital support allowance of...
    • Public Services Card
      892. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who had a social protection payment withheld and-or suspended for failure to produce and-or apply for a...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      893. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      894. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her engagement with stakeholders, as required under section 19 of the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      895. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      897. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Working Family Payment Applications
      899. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a working payment will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the reason for the delay; and if...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Applications
      900. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a jobseeker's benefit application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will...
    • Legislative Measures
      901. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will bring forward measures to standardise payslips across all employment in view of the fact that some employers...
    • Paternity Benefit
      902. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of new fathers who have availed of paternity benefit across counties Roscommon and Galway since it was introduced;...
    • Child Benefit Eligibility
      903. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend child benefit in circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23784/19]
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      904. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a rate band review of the rate of State pension being paid to a person (details supplied) in...
    • JobPath Data
      905. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount withheld in the context of sanctions imposed on persons who failed to fully comply with their referrals to the...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      906. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be included in the review of pensions under the total contributions...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      907. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied). [23803/19]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      910. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Offices
      911. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is considering amalgamating her Department’s services in Dundalk, County Louth, which would involve the closure...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      912. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the entitlement to carer's allowance of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23836/19]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      913. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on a disability allowance appeal; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Insurance Payments
      914. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person receiving a State pension (contributory) over 66 years of age while still working in a full-time position and...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      915. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be included in the contributory pension review; if so, when the person will be contacted;...
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Eligibility
      916. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding payment of partial capacity benefit in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      917. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      918. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24011/19]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      919. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      920. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      922. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for an invalidity pension will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      924. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the household benefits package will be restored for those in receipt of carer's allowance that are not living with those...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      925. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      926. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      929. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application in relation to a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      930. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for disability allowance will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications Data
      931. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of invalidity pension applications received in 2018 and to date in 2019; and the number of applications that have...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      932. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      933. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Pension (Contributory) Data
      935. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the savings made from 2013 to 2018 and the estimated full year savings in 2019 arising from changes made to the calculation...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      936. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost in 2019 and projected cost in 2020, exclusive of arrears, of reassessing persons for entitlement...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      937. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24174/19]
    • State Pensions
      938. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a pension by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      939. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for a disability allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Data
      940. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the increases provided to those who have to date had their entitlement to a contributory pension reviewed; the number to date...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      941. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are circumstances under which a person may have an extension granted to the duration of their participation in a...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Data
      942. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have had their entitlement to a contributory pension reviewed to date that are now in receipt of...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • River Basin Management Plans
      943. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the surveys being carried out under the water framework directive in the south east of the country; the expected...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme
      944. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if mortgage to rent mortgages are exempt from being sold to private equity firms; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Wild Fires
      945. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider putting in place new protocols in the instances of the Air Corps being unable to supply air cover to fight...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      946. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date on which a budget for the running of the Tipperary task force was approved; the amount approved; the way in which it...
    • Housing Issues
      948. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of restoring the housing aid for older people scheme budget to 2010 levels; and if he will make a statement...
    • Fire Safety
      950. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to establish a remedial fund for fire safety issues in apartment blocks; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Estates
      951. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a fund available at national level for local authorities to address outstanding matters in residential...
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      952. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position in relation to the application of the rent pressure zone limits to landlords that are in a RAS contract with a...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      953. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 14 May 2019, if the internal review has been completed; if so, the details of...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
      954. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are circumstances in which a council tenant who inherits a sufficient sum to purchase outright the rented council...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
      955. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter in relation to an assessment of income of a person (details supplied) under social housing...
    • Local Authority Funding
      956. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the response given to the local Government funding review submission 2018 by Meath County Council (details supplied); the...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      957. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the regulations regarding termination notices and voluntary housing associations; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Urban Development
      959. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if progress is being made in relation to the provision of the necessary funding to Westmeath County Council to carry out a...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Applications
      960. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of an application to have a stair lift installed in their home by a person (details supplied); and when...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      961. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an adjudged bankrupt that has lost all property in bankruptcy proceedings and subsequently arranged their divorce or legal...
    • Register of Electors
      963. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for more effective compiling of the Register of Electors; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      965. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to cases in which an approved housing body has bid on a property or properties in competition...
    • Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks
      966. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the proposed MICA redress scheme; the date in 2019 from which homes will begin to be repaired under the scheme;...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      967. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected timetable for the commencement of each individual section or provision of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment)...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      968. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons registered homeless by county in tabular form; when they were registered as homeless; and if he will...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      969. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the specific actions taken and progress made since he indicated that his Department is reviewing its role in...
    • Election Management System
      972. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of ballot papers by constituency for the local and European elections and the referendum deemed invalid due to the...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      973. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP inspections undertaken to date; the number outstanding beyond the eight month deadline by local authority;...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      974. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the criteria for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme will be changed to include non-first time buyers such as those...
    • Local Authority Staff Data
      975. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of additional staff he has provided to councils to enforce the new short-term letting planning regulations which...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      976. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the figures for Rebuilding Ireland home loan approvals to date in counties Laois and Offaly; the number of applications...
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      977. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding and approval will be given to Donegal County Council for phase 2 of a programme (details supplied); and if he...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants
      978. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grant schemes available for private wells and septic tanks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23780/19]
    • Seanad Reform
      979. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position in relation to the extension of voting rights for the NUI panel in Seanad Éireann elections to graduates of...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      980. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation regarding towns and villages without sewerage systems; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Local Authority Staff
      981. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to open voluntary redundancy schemes in local authority offices in the future; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Planning Guidelines
      982. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a house which is zoned commercial and on the grounds of a hotel in a rent pressure zone will be subject to short-term...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      983. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address issues with regard to the caps on the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme (details supplied); and if he...
    • Housing Issues
      984. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason no physical masterplan or draft masterplan has been presented to the community or relevant groups in view of the...
    • Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
      985. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government cad iad na rialacha atá i bhfeidhm maidir le cumas Gaeilge na n-oibrithe a oibríonn sna hionaid vótála a...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      986. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of oversight his Department will have on local authority flood plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Loan Scheme
      987. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to enhance the criteria for persons qualifying for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme to make the option more...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      988. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 678 of 21 May 2019, the level of related URDF funding demands expected to arise for 2019...
    • Local Government Reform
      989. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reintroduce town councils; if so, the process he plans to follow; the timeframe he is following; if there will be...
    • Housing Estates
      990. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the redress available to residents in instances in which a developer has gone out of business and the management company is...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      991. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications made in 2018, by county for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; the number of applications...
    • Rental Sector Strategy
      992. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the roll out of choice based letting for Galway city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24115/19]
    • Rental Sector
      993. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of his plans in relation to tenancies of indefinite duration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24132/19]
    • Planning Guidelines
      994. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he can address the concerns of residents living in SDZs that the new guidelines on height will have a...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      996. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he has investigated the possibility of providing a State backed loan scheme similar to the old local loans...
    • Housing Policy
      997. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all housing support schemes available will be examined with a view to assessing their efficacy and possible replacement in...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      998. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which his Department has examined the local authority housing waiting lists with a view to devising a system to...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      1000. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if credit will be given to applicants in rental accommodation when assessing their eligibility for Rebuilding Ireland home...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      1001. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants on the various local authority housing waiting lists who have been housed in the past 12 months; and...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      1003. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding spent on rent support, HAP or other housing assistance schemes in lieu of local authority housing in...
    • Homeless Persons Data
      1004. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons registered as homeless by the various local authorities throughout the greater Dublin area; the number...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
      1005. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which funding earmarked for the provision of affordable or local authority houses has been spent under various...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      1006. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority houses under construction; when they are likely to be ready for occupation; and if he will make...
    • Planning Issues
      1007. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which particular attention can be given to ensure that the rural indigenous population is able to obtain...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      1008. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of emergency housing units available for use by each local authority to meet the growing housing requirements by...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Firearms Licences
      1009. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a derogation will be sought for a proposal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23620/19]
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta Elections
      1011. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to announce elections for the board of Údarás na Gaeltachta; when this will be carried out; if not, the...
    • National Archives
      1012. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a matter regarding census records will be examined (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23754/19]
    • Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge
      1013. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na strúchtúir eagraíochtúla atá i bhfeidhm chun monatóireacht a dhéanamh ar...
    • National Concert Hall
      1016. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the procedures in place to appoint persons to the board of the National Concert Hall; when vacancies will next arise on the...
    • Oideachas Gaeltachta
      1017. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndearnadh aon dul chun cinn maidir leis an bhféidearthacht cáilíocht shaincheaptha a sholáthar san...
    • World Heritage Sites
      1018. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications received requesting to be included on the 2010 tentative list for nomination as a UNESCO World...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
      1021. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if steps will be taken to ensure that a person (details supplied) is paid the appropriate compensation for cessation of turf...
    • Natural Heritage Areas Designation
      1022. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a natural heritage area order will be de-designated as communicated to affected property owners (details supplied) in which...

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