Written answers

Thursday, 20 June 2019

  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Equality Proofing of Budgets
      14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the work of the equality budgeting expert advisory group; the progress under the nine equality budgeting themes; and...
    • Public Spending Code
      17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to ensure robust and credible cost-benefit analysis reports by third parties are provided when assessing costs of projects and...
    • Public Service Pay Commission Reports
      18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress on the Public Service Pay Commission as it relates to Defence Forces pay and allowances; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      19. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will meet with a group (details supplied) and public representatives to address ongoing flood defence concerns and the lack of...
    • Civil Service Management
      20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to ensure appropriate reasonable accommodations are made for visually impaired members of the Civil Service carrying out their...
    • Flood Risk Management
      21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the provision in 2019 for flood prevention and coastal protection works to be funded by the OPW; the amount spent to date in 2019 on such...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the agreement reached in September 2018 on the equalisation of public pay for post-2011 entrants; and if he will make a...
    • Performance Management Systems
      23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the Public Service Performance Report 2018; his further views on criticism by the Parliamentary Budget Office that the...
    • Public Sector Staff Training
      24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to ensure new recruits in the public service are equipped to work in an increasingly automated work environment; his plans to...
    • Brexit Preparations
      27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of preparing for Brexit, in particular for a hard Brexit, in 2018 and to date in 2019; if he anticipates additional...
    • National Broadband Plan Expenditure
      28. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the assessment of his Department of the national broadband plan, the credibility of its cost-benefit analysis and its value...
    • Heritage Sites
      29. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to promote heritage sites under the auspices of the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Expenditure
      30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has instituted new or amended structures in the monitoring of health services expenditure in order to ensure that budgets have a...
    • Heritage Promotion
      31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to promote the Office of Public Works heritage card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25826/19]
    • Freedom of Information Data
      32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of freedom of information requests made to his Department and bodies under his aegis that were granted, part-granted and...
    • Departmental Budgets
      33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the potential overspend at the Department of Health; his further views on whether there will be a supplementary estimate for...
    • National Development Plan
      34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which County Donegal will benefit from the National Development Plan 2018-2027; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Spending Code
      35. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he has taken to improve oversight and control of expenditure on major national capital infrastructure including the national...
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      38. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department co-ordinates overall responsibility for ensuring 6% of the Civil Service are persons with disabilities; the number of...
    • Budget Targets
      39. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains satisfied that expenditure and budgetary targets remain achievable, notwithstanding concerns raised by the...
    • National Broadband Plan Funding
      40. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the financial provision in the National Development Plan 2018-2027 for the roll-out of rural broadband; the adjustments that will have to...
    • Public Service Pay Commission Reports
      41. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason excerpts from the Public Service Pay Commission report on recruitment and retention in the Defence Forces were leaked...
    • Public Service Reform Plan Measures
      42. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department or other Departments have undertaken automation pilot projects; if so, the cost of each of these projects; if staff and...
    • Fiscal Policy
      43. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the proposals by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council in the fiscal assessment report June 2019 that a prudent medium-term...
    • Summer Economic Statement
      44. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the revisions which will be made to the expenditure projections in the summer economic statement in view of the recent fiscal assessment...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces members referred to the HSE for psychiatric services and placed on a waiting list to see a psychiatrist since 26...
    • Defence Forces Medical Services
      46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the mental health supports and services available for ex-servicemen and ex-servicewomen for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder; and...
    • State Claims Agency Data
      47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of cases lodged with the State Claims Agency for a condition (details supplied) in each of the past ten years in tabular form; and if...
    • Civil Defence
      48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the role of the auxiliary fire service has been impacted as a result to the issues in relation to the pre-hospital emergency care council...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      50. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of restoring all allowances to the Defence Forces to pre-FEMPI levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25949/19]
    • Employment Rights
      51. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the additional whole-time equivalent that would be required to give effect to the working time directive for the Defence Forces; the cost of...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      52. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the additional cost of restoring fixed period promotion in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25951/19]
    • Defence Forces Pensions
      53. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to implement a review of pension age for the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25952/19]
    • Defence Forces Allowances
      54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated cost of increasing the military service allowance by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25953/19]
    • Defence Forces Training
      57. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of recruits and personnel undergoing three star training in the Defence Forces in each of the past five years; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Allowances
      58. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the allowances paid to members of the Naval Service; the value of each; the number of those eligible; the amount paid for each allowance in each...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Foreign Policy
      61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent protests in Hong Kong against an extradition Bill (details supplied) that would allow the...
  • Department of Finance
    • Economic Policy
      62. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he continues to make comparisons with other economies throughout Europe, including those within and without the European Union, with a view...
    • Brexit Staff
      63. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of additional Revenue Commissioners' staff who have been recruited to meet the challenges posed by Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Carbon Tax Collection
      64. To ask the Minister for Finance if VAT is charged on carbon tax that is included on domestic gas bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25889/19]
    • Property Tax Exemptions
      65. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to include property owners affected by mica and registered for the mica redress scheme in the list of properties exempt from the payment of the local...
    • Banking Sector Data
      66. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of payment accounts with basic features that have been created in each of the years since the inception of SI No. 482 of 2016 by the financial...
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      67. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence from a person (details supplied) on driver insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25945/19]
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      68. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax reliefs or schemes that are due to end in the next 12 months; the annual cost of the relief or scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Knowledge Development Box
      69. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies by size, that is SME or larger companies, that have availed of the knowledge development box tax scheme to date; the cost to the...
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      70. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost increasing to each of €3, €5 and €10 million the lifetime gains eligible for the entrepreneur relief 10% CGT rate....
    • Universal Social Charge Data
      71. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of abolishing the additional 3% USC rate payable by some self-employed taxpayers. [25939/19]
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the introduction of an industrial or commercial site conversion tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25940/19]
    • Tax Credits
      73. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of indexing personal, PAYE and married person tax credits based on forecasts available such as the stability programme update with price...
    • Credit Union Regulation
      75. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the Central Bank signalling its intention to significantly increase the industry funding levy which applies to credit...
    • Motor Insurance Costs
      76. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of work done to date on the reduction of motor insurance premia; the interactions he has had with the sector to date; his planned actions on the...
    • Summer Economic Statement
      77. To ask the Minister for Finance if the potential impact on the economy if foreign capital and credit supplied to property developers here were to cease or be significantly curtailed will be...
    • Construction Industry
      78. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank gathers data on the way in which the construction sector here is funded; the amount of funding to developers provided by banks in each year...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      79. To ask the Minister for Finance the procedures followed when credit servicing firms are seeking to be regulated by the Central Bank; if past performance or instances of past performance have...
    • Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Remit
      80. To ask the Minister for Finance if a credit servicing firm, which is currently in a transitional authorisation status, falls under the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman; if past...
    • Revenue Commissioners Data
      81. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tax defaulters detected by the Revenue Commissioners in each year since 2011 in circumstances which the failure to pay income tax or corporation...
    • VAT Exemptions
      82. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on proposals (details supplied); and the estimated full year cost of such a proposal. [26044/19]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Wildlife Data
      83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department maintains a comprehensive inventory of wildlife and biodiversity in the Phoenix Park; if so, if it has provided this...
    • Economic Policy
      84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the recent issued advice of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council reflects a need for change in capital or current...
    • Heritage Sites
      85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress of work at the Hill of Tara, County Meath. [25862/19]
    • Garda Stations
      86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his engagement with the Department of Justice and Equality and An Garda Síochána on new Garda premises and facilities in County...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of submissions received by the Office of Public Works regarding its strategic review of the Phoenix Park; the expected...
    • Shared Services
      88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason his Department has not responded to a request (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25965/19]
    • Flood Relief Schemes Applications
      89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position on an application by Cork County Council to the OPW for funding for a project (details supplied) in County Cork; the...
    • Public Sector Staff Remuneration
      90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the degree to which controls exercised by his Department continue to contribute in a...
    • Public Sector Reform Implementation
      91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which reform remains an integral part of the policies administered by his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Economic Policy
      92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains satisfied that policies of his Department continue to reflect well on economic performance with particular...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he continues to meet targets in public expenditure and reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26024/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the various potential outcomes in respect of Brexit continue to include the role of his Department as a means of...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he continues to monitor expenditure throughout all Departments or the agencies under their remit with a view to...
    • Public Sector Staff Expenses
      99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the procedures in place to regulate and monitor general expenses for employees in Departments, State companies and semi-State companies;...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Curriculum
      100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered the appropriateness of junior certificate mathematics classes being provided five days per week instead of four; if he has...
    • Universities Legislation
      101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of borrowing, underwriting and guaranteeing activities notified to him under the borrowing framework provided for in section 38 of the...
    • Third Level Data
      104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date of construction, the university, the building or project name, the area and the cost of each university building programme costing in...
    • Third Level Funding
      107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the results of the economic analysis of the Cassells report on third-level funding referred to the European Commission will be made...
    • School Admissions
      108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures available to a family who are seeking secondary school facilities for their son for first year tuition and who have been unable to...
    • State Examinations
      109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provisions to assist leaving certificate students who suffer bereavement of a close relative during exam period will be extended to those who...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Insurance Industry Regulation
      110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 61 of 13 June 2019, the number of instances in each year since 2011 in which the Legal...
    • Insurance Fraud
      112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on establishing a central Garda resource specifically tasked with investigating fraudulent cases involving insurance...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Immigrant Investor Programme Applications
      114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a submission by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25891/19]
    • Execution of Wills
      115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Law Reform Commission has made recommendations to protect persons making wills in order to deter unscrupulous parties...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Legislation
      116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015. [25977/19]
    • Citizenship Applications
      117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the appropriate procedure to be followed in the case of a person (details supplied); if a sworn affidavit may be of assistance...
    • Immigration Status
      118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an appointment to facilitate upgrading of stamp 4 will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied); if the...
    • Residency Permits
      119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to facilitating an application for a work permit or other residency facility in the case of a...
    • Deportation Orders Re-examination
      123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a proposed deportation order will be set aside in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Residency Permits
      124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency position in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Court Accommodation Provision
      131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the OPW has carried out a recent assessment of Carndonagh Court House, Carndonagh, County Donegal; if issues have been...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Work Permits Applications
      132. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if an application for a work permit will be considered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
  • Department of Health
    • Respite Care Services Data
      133. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided for adults with an intellectual disability in County Donegal in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form. [25968/19]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      134. To ask the Minister for Health the status of home help for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25859/19]
    • Home Help Service
      135. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the meeting between the Minister of State with special responsibility for mental health and older people and HSE CHO managers on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      136. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns involving allegations of assault by staff working for an organisation (details supplied) and the apparent failure...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      138. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined. [25872/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      139. To ask the Minister for Health the services available for children with cerebral palsy in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25892/19]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      140. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff working in Ballina hospital by position, that is, nurses, agency staff, consultants, contract and so on; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Home Help Service
      141. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding conditions for home help workers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25896/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      142. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied). [25902/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      143. To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the unacceptable delays for cataract surgery and limited services for children with ophthalmology issues, he will consider the roll-out of the...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      144. To ask the Minister for Health when home support will be in place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25910/19]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      145. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25928/19]
    • Sexually Transmitted Infections
      146. To ask the Minister for Health if a distribution breakdown of the recent announcement of an extra €450,000 allocated to fund sexual health services will be provided; the extra...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      147. To ask the Minister for Health if an outpatient appointment will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied). [25930/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      148. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for day service funding by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25931/19]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      149. To ask the Minister for Health the pathways for a patient from Northern Ireland to see a consultant here regarding medical cannabis. [25933/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      150. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [25934/19]
    • Respite Care Services Data
      151. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided for adults with an intellectual disability in Galway city and county in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form;...
    • Disability Services Data
      154. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for residential care for adults with an intellectual disability in Galway city and county in each of the years 2008...
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      160. To ask the Minister for Health the reason pay increments were not provided to a person (details supplied) by the HSE when other employees doing the same hours on the same contract were...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      161. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the waiting list for a routine outpatient appointment for ENT of four years at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly; his...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      162. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide an upgraded primary health facility at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25979/19]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      163. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who is employed on a rural social scheme was requested again to provide a notice of assessment in respect of employment...
    • Proposed Legislation
      164. To ask the Minister for Health if the wording of the Treatments of Cancer (Advertisements) Bill 2018 will be reconsidered (details supplied). [25994/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      165. 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. [26028/19]
    • Home Help Service Expenditure
      166. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the HSE requested for home help hours; the amount it received for 2019; the amount of the funding which was for extra hours; the amount for mileage;...
    • HSE Staff Remuneration
      167. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a HSE pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26050/19]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Fish Farming
      168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if salmon farm escapes have been reported from 1 June 2018 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25898/19]
    • Re-introduction of Grey Wolf
      169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider examining the feasibility of reintroducing the grey wolf species as a cost effective alternative or additional...
    • Greyhound Industry
      170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Indecon Report will be available; if a stadium (details supplied) is included as part of the industry footprint in the...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when decisions will be made on aquaculture licence applications by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • TAMS Data
      172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received under TAMS 2 by each tranche in tabular form; the number of approved applications; the number of...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions for emissions reduction for the agricultural sector in the climate action plan published recently; the annual savings in...
    • Food Industry Data
      174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the latest international data and reporting on forecasted global increase in food demand by 2050 will be provided. [26043/19]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on proposals (details supplied); and the estimated full year cost of such a proposal. [26045/19]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Re-introduction of Grey Wolf
      176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Inland Fisheries Ireland has considered examining the feasibility of reintroducing the grey wolf species as a...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland
      177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact Inland Fisheries Ireland is refusing to communicate with an association...
    • Exploration Licences
      179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 180 of 13 June 2019, the details of the companies in two lease undertakings...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • National Transport Authority
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the NTA to respond to queries raised in correspondence regarding cycling infrastructure (details supplied); and if he...
    • Light Rail Projects
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost estimate for the proposal within the Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area 2016-2035 of the NTA to extend the Luas...
    • Rail Network
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the city centre resignalling project. [25868/19]
    • National Transport Authority
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the NTA to respond to a previously submitted query (detail supplied). [25870/19]
    • Ports Development
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has been consulted regarding the cost-benefit analysis study that Dublin Port Company commissioned to examine if an investment in...
    • Parking Regulations
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the eligibility for a disabled parking permit or European parking cards will be extended to provide for persons with dementia and...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      189. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the chair of the collaborative forum of former residents of mother and baby homes and related institutions will be replaced; and if...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Dormant Accounts Fund Deposits
      192. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the net amount of funding that has come into to the Dormant Accounts Fund to date in 2019 after repayments to the banks of reclaimed...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits Applications
      193. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of social welfare payments for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25860/19]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      194. 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 Applications
      195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason carer’s allowance was refused to a person (details supplied); if the decision is being reviewed; and if she...
    • Disability Allowance
      196. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the way in which the allowance was calculated; and if she will...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
      197. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a treatment benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      198. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the basis on which an appeal for a carer's allowance was disallowed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • JobPath Programme
      199. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) will now have to undertake a process for a third year in a row without success; and if...
    • Carer's Allowance Data
      200. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of abolishing the means test for carer's allowance; if in calculating same, an account will be taken of...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      201. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a review of a claim for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Citizens Information Services Funding
      202. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding provided to the Citizens Information Board in each of the past three years. [25935/19]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      203. 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 a decision will be expedited....
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      204. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the entitlements of a person (details supplied) to a pension will be reviewed. [25983/19]
    • State Pensions
      205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can avail of credits for the period which they stayed at home to mind children. [25996/19]
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the criteria and rules for entitlement to free travel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25997/19]
    • Redundancy Payments
      207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which it is expected a person (details supplied) can repay liability on the sum of €7,503.66 under the...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Home Loan Scheme
      208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received authorisation to obtain more finance for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; if so, the amount that...
    • Water Charges
      210. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Irish Water treats householders as if they are businesses and charges them for all water used in their property in...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is in receipt of an application from Mayo County Council for the provision of a water scheme (details supplied) under...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social houses built in circumstances in which the State is leasing the house from a private developer in each of...
    • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data
      213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number mortgage to rent agreements put in place in each year since the establishment of the mortgage to rent scheme and...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • National Concert Hall
      214. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeline for the renovation works at the National Concert Hall; her plans to secure an alternative venue for the National...
    • National Orchestras
      215. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeline for the proposed transfer of the National Symphony Orchestra to the National Concert Hall; and if she will make a...
    • Re-introduction of Grey Wolf
      216. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department or an agency under her remit will carry out a feasibility assessment on the reintroduction of the grey wolf...