Written answers

Thursday, 13 June 2019

  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      4. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the pay disparity between members of the Defence Forces and An Garda Síochána during the recent visit by President Donald...
    • Defence Forces Representative Organisations
      11. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the work carried out in his Department and the progress made to increase the level of industrial relations support for serving personnel in the...
    • Civil Defence
      16. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the decision which will prevent the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council from issuing medical certificates to Civil Defence personnel from...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      17. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Lariam medical advisory group, the establishment of which was recommended in the 2017 report of the Lariam working group, has been created...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      18. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his recruitment plans for the Defence Forces in 2019; the steps he is taking to address retention of personnel in the Defence Forces; and if he...
    • Defence Forces Retirements
      19. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason his Department declined to participate in the review by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform carried out in 2017 on the...
    • Defence Forces Medical Services
      20. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a psychiatrist has been appointed to the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24361/19]
    • Defence Forces Strength
      21. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel serving in the Permanent Defence Forces; his plans to increase the number of personnel; and if he will make a statement...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      22. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel from the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps who took part in protection duties for the visit of President Trump; the total...
    • Postal Voting
      23. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Defence Forces personnel entitled to postal voting in recent elections were all able to do so in time; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      25. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has considered the establishment of a standing armed forces pay review body similar to that established in the UK as has been requested by...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      27. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to address the fact that the Defence Forces lost over a third of their strength between 2014 and 2018 with the result that basic...
    • Defence Forces Medicinal Products
      31. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on whether fewer parliamentary questions and representations are one of the key performance indicators of the Lariam report...
    • Naval Service Data
      33. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of applications by members of the Naval Service to come ashore under the standing two year out, two year in policy; the number of...
    • Defence Forces Data
      34. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 26 March 2019, the number of former members of the Defence Forces who have been awarded damages in...
    • Naval Service
      35. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the location in which Naval Service staff have been undergoing fire safety training in recent months; the arrangements being put in place...
    • Army Barracks
      36. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the interaction he has had with the Department of Education and Skills in respect of the possibilities for a site for a new school (details...
    • Overseas Missions
      37. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which an adequate number of Irish troops scheduled to go abroad on UN and-or EU missions are numerically strong enough to ensure...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current strength of each branch of the Defence Forces; the extent to which numbers have been augmented to ensure maintenance of adequate...
    • Defence Forces Data
      39. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of members of the Defence Forces who retired or resigned in each of the past three years; the number of replacements recruited; and if...
    • Overseas Missions
      41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if, in the context of proposed overseas deployment of the Defence Forces, an opportunity may be taken to improve and upgrade training in line...
    • Defence Forces Resources
      42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which supply and transport throughout the Defence Forces are sufficiently upgraded and renewed to meet threats; and if he will make...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which pay and conditions throughout the Defence Forces remain under review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24749/19]
    • Defence Forces Resources
      44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which he remains satisfied that adequate resources remain available to the Air Corps and Naval Service to meet security or search...
    • Overseas Missions
      45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the degree to which payments for overseas services by the Defence Forces are up to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24751/19]
    • Defence Forces Reserve Training
      47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Reserve Defence Forces receive annual training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24753/19]
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the degree to which old or obsolete equipment continues to be upgraded and replaced throughout all branches of the Defence Forces including the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the staff numbers in his Department in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24803/19]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Northern Ireland
      50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he discussed the arrests of journalists involved in the making of a documentary (details supplied) with the UK Secretary of State for...
    • Human Rights
      51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he has taken regarding the conditions in detention camps in which refugees and migrants are being detained in Libya. [24649/19]
    • Fisheries Protection
      52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his officials have spoken with their Scottish counterparts about Rockall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24759/19]
  • Department of Finance
    • Central Bank of Ireland Staff
      53. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the appointment of the new Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24614/19]
    • Departmental Legal Costs
      54. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to date of legal fees incurred in the case being pursued by the State relating to the decision of the European Commission regarding the alleged grant...
    • Credit Ratings
      55. To ask the Minister for Finance if a mortgage holder who enters into a split mortgage arrangement and honours that arrangement in full and who has never missed loan repayments is deemed to...
    • Property Tax Collection
      56. To ask the Minister for Finance if an anomaly (details supplied) relating to the payment of the local property tax will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24660/19]
    • NAMA Operations
      58. To ask the Minister for Finance if NAMA is prevented from selling properties back to defaulting debtors under section 172(3) of the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009; if this section...
    • Tax Code
      59. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the payment of PAYE taxation by persons who reside here but have a pension from both Ireland and Germany; and if he will make a...
    • Banking Sector Remuneration
      60. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the report he commissioned from a company (details supplied) on remuneration levels in Irish banks; if he has received and read the...
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      61. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to regulate so-called claims harvesting websites; the number of such sites active in the Irish market; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tracker Mortgage Examination
      62. To ask the Minister for Finance the position with regard to the Central Bank ensuring there is individual accountability in the retail banks subject to current enforcement investigations...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Staff
      63. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacancies in each functional area of the Central Bank in tabular form; the percentage the vacancy rate represents of the staffing allocation for...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Data
      64. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for authorisation the Central Bank has received on foot of the enactment of the Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing...
    • Government Expenditure
      65. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland breached the expenditure benchmark limit in 2018; his views on whether Ireland will breach the expenditure benchmark limit in 2019; the amount of...
    • European Central Bank
      66. To ask the Minister for Finance his role in deciding which candidate Ireland will support to succeed Mr. Mario Draghi as President of the European Central Bank; and if he will make a...
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme Data
      67. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of first-time buyer help-to-buy scheme applicants and approved recipients, respectively, since its inception by county; the value of the scheme by...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Civil Service Staff Data
      68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants at work here in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [24665/19]
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the public consultation on the draft Phoenix Park visitor experience strategic review; when the final document will be completed; and if...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the previous tender for the provision of external workplace investigation services for Departments and other public bodies established...
    • Civil Service Accountability
      71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of meetings held by the Civil Service accountability board per annum since its inception to date in 2019; and if he will make...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport Provision
      72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school transport for children (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [24638/19]
    • School Services Staff
      73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for talks to commence with school secretaries; if a date will be set for commencement of negotiations with representatives of same;...
    • School Admissions
      74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if guidelines will be introduced to ensure secondary schools have a policy in place to accept students from local feeder primary schools in order...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the level of access to education for children with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24602/19]
    • Schools Establishment
      76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the negotiations between City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Educate Together in respect of the delivery of a...
    • School Staff
      77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines provided to primary schools regarding job sharing of teachers; if there are limits to the number of job sharing posts a school can...
    • Education and Training Provision
      78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the replacement of the fire training unit at an educational facility (details supplied) in County Cork; the person or body...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an official from his Department last visited and inspected the condition of a special needs school (details supplied) in County Cork; his...
    • School Enrolments Data
      80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school students nationally in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [24664/19]
    • Third Level Scholarships
      81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a scholarship (details supplied) in the National University of Ireland, Cork, which is restricted to students of one particular...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress in identifying a site for a new school build (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24688/19]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide compensation to qualified teachers who have returned from working abroad and have been paid on a further education basis...
    • Special Educational Needs
      85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a report (details supplied) and its findings. [24698/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason special needs assistants (details supplied) are not being given full-time posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24711/19]
    • School Closures
      88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 15 of 6 March 2019, if his Department has completed its analysis of the proposal by Cavan and Monaghan ETB...
    • School Management
      89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 222 of 29 January 2019 and 253 of 19 February 2019, the reason a board of management member may cease to...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision to deny SNA provision for a student (details supplied) will be reviewed. [24797/19]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Citizenship Applications
      91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for citizenship by persons (details supplied) received by his Department on 16 April 2019 will be expedited;...
    • Student Visas Administration
      92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options open to a person (details supplied) under the special scheme for students who would have met the full criteria for...
    • Crime Prevention
      93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional measures being utilised to tackle crime in Lusk village; and the steps being taken to ensure the safety of...
    • Legislative Measures
      94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 will be reviewed in view of the imprisonment of two sex workers, one pregnant,...
    • Garda Vetting
      95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if one Garda vetting application can be carried between separate organisations; and if not, if a person has to complete a...
    • Prisoner Data
      96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of individual prisoners that were held on 22 or 23 hour lock up for 15 or more consecutive days in 2018 and to date...
    • Prisoner Discipline
      98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents of sexual violence recorded across the prison system in 2018 and to date in 2019; his views on the...
    • Prisoner Data
      99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners sleeping on mattresses on the floor each night in all prisons during February, March, April and May...
    • Prison Service Strategies
      100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the operation of the regime management plan in the Midlands Prison; the impact of the plan on the...
    • Residency Permits
      101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which a review has taken place of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Immigration Status
      102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Visa Applications
      105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the child of a person (details supplied) can join them with the other parent from another EU country with regard to the...
    • Dual Citizenship
      106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) can achieve dual citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24723/19]
    • Residency Permits
      107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) can upgrade their residency status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24724/19]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the determination of eligibility for an update of stamp 4 and-or naturalisation in the case of a person...
    • Residency Permits
      110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the determination of eligibility for stamp 4 status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Immigration Status
      111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the relevant section in his Department has received the necessary documentation to facilitate a review of the case for...
    • Drugs Crime
      112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the increased use of cocaine; if he has met the Garda Commissioner to discuss same; and if he will make a...
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to regulate so-called claims harvesting websites; the number of such sites active in the Irish market; and if he will...
    • Prison Medical Service
      115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of the prison healthcare review following the appointment of the executive clinical lead; when the findings of the...
    • Prison Visiting Committees Data
      117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacancies on each prison visiting committee in 2019; and his plans to reform the current prison visiting...
    • Prisoner Transport
      118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints received by the Irish Prison Service in respect of prisoner escort services in 2018 and to date in...
    • Parental Leave
      119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of maximum entitlement to unpaid parental leave available to a parent who works on a week-on and week-off basis....
    • Garda Deployment
      120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí deployed by Garda division further to the recent announcement of the deployment of newly qualified...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • EU Directives
      121. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the process by which she plans to transpose the ECN+ directive, Directive 2019/1; if consideration will be given to the establishment...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
      122. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the fact that the European Commission deemed it necessary to open a formal investigation into alleged anti-competitive...
    • Work Permits Applications
      123. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current status of the pending work permit application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24725/19]
    • Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
      124. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department will be in a position to assist the development of a software package to assist small businesses in towns and...
    • Company Registration
      125. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the date documentation (details supplied) was received by the Companies Registration Office. [24764/19]
    • National Minimum Wage
      126. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of times in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019 the Labour Court has used its powers under section 41 of the...
  • Department of Health
    • Dental Services Staff
      127. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recruit dental hygienists in CHO1 and CHO2 to address significant waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24592/19]
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      128. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a HSE post remains open to applicants following an offer being made and accepted; if applicants are informed of same before the offer of...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      129. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be seen by a consultant otolaryngologist as an outpatient; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      130. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for home support by a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim who cannot be discharged from hospital until the service is in...
    • Disability Services Provision
      131. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a six year old child (details supplied) who will be transitioning from a service to a local mainstream school in September 2019 will be...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      132. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will be called for an assessment as soon as possible. [24604/19]
    • Medical Negligence Claims
      133. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 852 of 8 May 2019, the steps a person can take to seek justice in the case of medical negligence dating back a number of...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      134. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a urology examination in University Hospital Galway; the reason for the delay; the actions...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      135. To ask the Minister for Health if there are circumstances by which a refund can be sought in instances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24622/19]
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      136. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an orthodontic appointment referral for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24624/19]
    • Sexually Transmitted Infections
      137. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to tackle an increase in sexually transmitted infections in Carlow IT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24625/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      138. To ask the Minister for Health if a date will be provided for surgery for a person (details supplied); the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24626/19]
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      139. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE recruitment freeze brought in for three months will be lifted by the end of June 2019, in view of the fact that no update or information has been...
    • Disability Services Provision
      140. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is on a waiting list for a residential placement; if so, the position on the waiting list; and if he will make a...
    • Home Care Packages
      141. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that families, including the child being cared for with a paediatric home care package, are able to travel abroad for special...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
      142. To ask the Minister for Health if a temporary child psychologist will be appointed to the HSE CAMHS unit in Celbridge primary care centre to provide cover when the psychologist in situ goes...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      143. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons treated in Northern Ireland under the cross border initiative in each year since 2014; the number treated to date in 2019; the payments...
    • Home Help Service Eligibility
      144. To ask the Minister for Health the reason home help cannot be provided to a person who is 65 years of age and has been diagnosed with advanced dementia which is steadily progressing and...
    • Medical Card Applications
      145. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address an issue regarding a medical card for a person (details supplied). [24681/19]
    • Disability Services Provision
      146. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [24710/19]
    • Cancer Services Provision
      147. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) must wait four weeks until a MRI scan regarding a possible case of prostate cancer may be read by a consultant; if four...
    • Medical Card Applications
      148. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24733/19]
    • Hospital Services
      149. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can qualify for free hospital treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24734/19]
    • Health Services
      150. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24758/19]
    • National Drugs Strategy
      151. To ask the Minister for Health his views regarding the increased use and purity of cocaine; if he has met with the Minister for Justice and Equality to discuss same; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      153. To ask the Minister for Health the role of the new post of CHO network manager; the job specification, grade and rate of pay of same; the role to be replaced by this post; if positions...
    • HSE Reports
      154. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there has been no quarterly performance reports published by the HSE since September 2018; and the steps he will take to ensure these are published...
    • HSE Governance
      155. To ask the Minister for Health the oversight arrangements in his Department to ensure that the HSE complies with policy and that its performance is satisfactory; and if he will make a...
    • Hospitals Discharges
      156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges by hospital. [24781/19]
    • Home Care Packages Expenditure
      157. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the budget for home care services; the estimated cost in 2019 of the requirement to pay staff for travel time further to an EU...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      158. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for home care services by CHO; and when these waiting times will be addressed. [24783/19]
    • Maternity Services
      159. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on his commitment in December 2018 to produce the legal documents which are to give effect to the agreement reached with St. Vincent's Healthcare...
    • Health Strategies
      161. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of Sláintecare. [24786/19]
    • Suicide Incidence
      162. To ask the Minister for Health the number of suicides which took place in County Tipperary in 2018 and to date in 2019; the preventative service provision in response to these figures; and...
    • Health Services
      163. To ask the Minister for Health if an investigation will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24795/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      164. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed revisions of the fair deal scheme; the estimated first and full year cost of those revisions; when he expects the relevant legislation to be...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      165. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [24802/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      166. To ask the Minister for Health if a procedure for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24807/19]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme
      167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who applied for the sheep welfare scheme in 2019; the number who did not submit their sheep census returns by...
    • GLAS Payments
      168. 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. [24613/19]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals
      169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an ANC appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24639/19]
    • GLAS Payments
      170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a number of GLAS payments (details supplied) are being held up, with his officials citing problems with information...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Reform
      171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if conditions (details supplied) will be included in the CAP reform negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Organic Farming Scheme Data
      172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial allocations on an annual basis under the 2014-2020 RDP to the organic farming scheme; the annual amount expended on the...
    • Dairy Sector
      174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has requested his colleague the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation to consider issuing additional work permits...
    • Beef Industry
      175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the changes to equations in the classification machines at meat plants which determine the conformation and fat score of...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recent EU CAP report (details supplied) and the findings of reduced greenhouse gas emissions due to measures under...
    • GLAS Data
      177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1145 of 8 May 2019, the number of farmers nationally awaiting an additional payment as...
    • Fisheries Protection
      178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports and protections he will provide to fishermen in County Donegal to ensure they have unhindered access to fishing waters...
    • Beef Industry
      179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the criterion set down in a draft EU Commission implementing regulation providing temporary exceptional adjustment aid...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Exploration Licences
      180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address matters (details supplied) relating to applications for licences. [24690/19]
    • Renewable Heat Incentive
      181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the opening of the second phase of the support scheme for renewable heat which will provide operational...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Ship Disposal
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a matter relating to an abandoned trawler at a location (details supplied) will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Bus Services
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the road passenger service routes funded under the LocalLink programme by the National Transport Authority for which the operators are...
    • Taxi Regulations
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority will be instructed to accept applications for new vehicle licences for hackney licence holders in...
    • Ports Policy
      185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of Galway Port; his plans to maintain the port as a national tier 2 port or to downgrade it to a port of regional importance...
    • Concussion in Sport
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding policy on concussion in sport; his plans to introduce a standardised policy for all sports; and if he will make a...
    • Rail Services
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the proposed new passenger rolling stock for Irish Rail will have space for the carriage of a minimum of eight bicycles as recommended...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital expenditure of his Department from 1 January to 30 April 2019 under the heading of B8.5 cycling and walking; and if he will...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child and Family Agency Funding
      190. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the budgetary allocation Tusla received from her Department in the past four years; the name of all organisations, bodies, institutions and...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      191. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 609 of 21 May 2019, the reason no specific budget for counselling services is being provided for a...
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      193. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount Tusla has paid to a service (details supplied) for the placement of Irish children in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date...
    • Preschool Services
      194. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is funding for providing a new concept of a full outdoor preschool. [24792/19]
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Comhairle na Tuaithe
      195. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of meetings of Comhairle na Tuaithe held to date in 2019; the work programme of the body for the remainder of 2019; and if...
    • Public Liability Insurance
      196. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made to date regarding legislation to provide an insurance indemnity to farmers who provide access to their hill land for...
    • Charities Regulation
      197. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the date documentation (details supplied) was received by the Charities Regulator. [24765/19]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      198. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive confirmation of their stamp contribution history for 2019 in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
      199. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in the medical review in social welfare cases such as carer’s allowance, domiciliary care...
    • Working Family Payment Data
      200. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons employed by the Defence Forces in receipt of the working family payment. [24606/19]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      201. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the total contribution system is to be introduced as the sole method by which State pension entitlements are assessed...
    • Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Data
      202. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of children aged four to 11 years of age who were and are eligible for the back to school clothing and footwear...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times
      205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average turnaround time for appeals to be dealt with in the social welfare appeals office; if her attention has been...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for a disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Community Employment Schemes Places
      207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the wishes of persons (details supplied) regarding participation on a community employment scheme will be examined; and if...
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a companion pass application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amounts paid to a person (details supplied) in respect of the increase the person received in payments for two qualified...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the file of a person (details supplied) will be forwarded to the appeals section in order for the appeal to be further...
    • Carer's Allowance Data
      212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has compiled data on young carers here; if so, if the data will be provided; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Code
      214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department provides supports, financial or otherwise, to carers under 18 years of age; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Payments
      215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears of jobseeker's allowance and rent support is payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Overpayments
      216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the manner in which an overpayment occurred in the case of a person (details supplied); if a nominal amount of repayment can...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme
      218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct level of rent support payable in the case of a recipient of invalidity pension paying a rent of €500 per...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24735/19]
    • Exceptional Needs Payments
      220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an exceptional needs payment will be made in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the exact weekly payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24738/19]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeal will be determined in respect of a person (details supplied); if the precise indicative level of payment in...
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to delays affecting carer’s benefit applications; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Dietary Allowance Administration
      224. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the circumstance in which a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who moved from an invalidity pension to a State pension,...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Review
      225. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a review of claimants of the domiciliary care allowance; the purpose of this review; the person or...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Irish Coast Guard Issues
      226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider exploring the possibility that the Irish Coast Guard air sea rescue could assist the Air Corps in dealing...
    • Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report
      227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process for changes to local election boundaries; the way in which local residents can input to such processes; and if he...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
      228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the final report of the review of the tenant purchase scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when pyrite remediation works will be concluded at a location (details supplied) in County Dublin. [24641/19]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the roll-out of affordable housing schemes for Fingal. [24643/19]
    • Property Registration Authority
      231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the case of a person (details supplied); if the matter will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, under the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme, the underwriter can take account of an imminent pay rise that an applicant...
    • Local Authority Staff Data
      233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of permanent employees in each county council. [24672/19]
    • Homeless Persons Data
      234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the mortality rates in emergency homeless accommodation; if the matter is being examined and assessed; and if he will make a...
    • An Bord Pleanála Applications
      235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty in tracking strategic housing development planning applications including...
    • Local Authority Functions
      236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the decision based on advice of officials of Kilkenny County Council by a majority vote to ban the presence of...
    • An Bord Pleanála Review
      237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the implementation status of the organisational review of An Bord Pleanála published in 2016; and the implementation...
    • Fire Safety
      238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position in respect of the promised regulatory change regarding fire safety of buildings following the fire in Newbridge...
    • Planning Issues
      239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rules and regulations regarding solar panels on domestic dwellings; the restrictions on the positions they can be located...
    • Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
      241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the delivery of affordable units under the local infrastructure housing activation fund; the location of the...
    • Housing Data
      244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing projects approved under the urban regeneration and development fund or the rural regeneration and...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants, number of approved applicants, number of refused applicants, number of applicants sent for further...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of approved housing body applications for capital advance leasing facility loans in each of the years 2011 to 2018...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Seirbhísí Eitilte
      248. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil aon mheasúnú déanta, nó an bhfuil sé i gceist aon mheasúnú a dhéanamh, ar na...
    • Departmental Funding
      249. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the local festivals and summer schools being supported by her Department in the 2019 scheme in County Offaly; and if she will make...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      250. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of interest in the peatlands community engagement scheme 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24673/19]
    • National Biodiversity Plan
      251. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures being undertaken in County Offaly to protect and restore biodiversity in view of the rising awareness among the...