Written answers

Tuesday, 25 June 2019

  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the July provision for special needs children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26081/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to meet the requirements and objections as set out in the school building programme by county throughout 2019; if...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detail of the plans for a permanent site for Dún Laoghaire Educate Together; the timeframe for the site; the rationale for developing a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of interaction with the board of management and design team of a school (details supplied) with a view to agreeing the best approach...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the Enough is Enough - Every Voice Counts campaign; his views on whether the constitutional right to education is upheld in...
    • Youthreach Programme Review
      57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the recent report by the Economic and Social Research Institute on the evaluation of the national Youthreach programme; his plans to...
    • Counselling Services Provision
      58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the recent survey indicating that record numbers of third level students are seeking counselling for mental health problems; if the...
    • Back to School Costs
      59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce back to school costs for the 2019-20 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26615/19]
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a special school (details supplied) can expect to have a permanent site; his views on whether it is appropriate for a school that provides...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the project brief for a school redevelopment project at a school (details supplied); the most recent contacts with the school patron...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that children are being taught in schools without the necessary supports needed due to delays in...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a development at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26458/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet parents (details supplied) regarding ASD units in their area. [26576/19]
    • Skills Development
      66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the availability on an ongoing basis of sufficiently qualified young persons with the skill...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made for a new school building for a school (details supplied). [26456/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the number of language units is being decreased rather than increased (details supplied); the policy in place regarding the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reverse the changes introduced in the pupil-teacher ratio for two, three and four-teacher schools in 2012; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the site acquisition to accommodate a school (details supplied); the timeline of works to ensure that the school campus is completed...
    • School Staff
      71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of meetings with representatives of school secretaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26610/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the exclusion of children with Down's syndrome from the July provision will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport
      74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address school transport issues, particularly in counties Carlow and Kilkenny, regarding the nearest school rule; and if he will make...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason in the recent SNA allocation announcement of May 2019 that SNA allocations to schools were cut rather than increased in schools in...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been progress on the signing of a contract for the site for the new school building for a school (details supplied); and the progress...
    • Teacher Supply
      77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policies he is proposing to bring home the 6,000 Irish teachers working abroad, with significant numbers in the United Arab Emirates, Oman and...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on four school projects (details supplied) in County Donegal; the timeline for the delivery of the school buildings; and...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to return to the principle that teachers would start at point three of their pay scale instead of the first point; his plans to...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional school places secured in existing schools in Dublin 15 for the provision of autism-specific education for the academic...
    • Institutes of Technology
      81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the future for the GMIT Castlebar campus in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26281/19]
    • Insurance Costs
      82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on special schools that have raised the issue of insurance costs; the number of schools that have contacted his Department; the...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that following the review by the National Council for Special Education of special needs assistants...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce primary school class sizes; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland currently has the largest class sizes in...
    • Education Funding
      85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on OECD figures that indicate investment in education here as a percentage of national wealth is at the bottom end of the league table...
    • School Accommodation
      86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines for new school builds; if new school build plans must include an autism spectrum condition class in the building being adhered to;...
    • DEIS Eligibility
      87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of 22 January 2019, the further analysis being undertaken of other variables known to be strong...
    • Departmental Circulars
      88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the low completion rate of the consultation requested in circular 0038/2018 in Education and Training Board schools; and if he will...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected timeline for the delivery of a new building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26624/19]
    • Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
      90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Education and Skills Report on Education inequality & disadvantage and Barriers to...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce the number of eligible pupils required for a school bus service from ten to eight in order to reduce the carbon footprint; and...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility
      92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of open applications to the residential institutions statutory fund, Caranua, as at 2 August 2018; the number of applications in which...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has lost its special class placement after more than 20 years; and if same will be reinstated. [26376/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the project brief for a school redevelopment project at a school (details supplied) has been finalised; when he expects the brief will proceed...
    • School Placement
      95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase second level provision in County Meath, particularly in the south of the county; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Gender Balance
      96. To ask the Taoiseach the plans of the CSO to undertake a gendered analysis of full employment to establish the gap between male and female participation in the workforce. [26687/19]
    • Freedom of Information Data
      97. To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests granted, part granted, refused, transferred to an appropriate body, withdrawn or handled outside freedom of information in...
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      98. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times Cabinet committee C, European Union, including Brexit, has met in 2019; and when it is next scheduled to meet. [26703/19]
  • Department of Defence
    • Freedom of Information Data
      99. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of freedom of information requests granted, part granted, refused, transferred to an appropriate body, withdrawn or handled outside...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      100. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the Public Sector Pay Commission report on the Defence Forces; when it will be published; and if he will make...
    • Defence Forces Allowances
      102. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated full-year cost of restoring the Defence Forces annual instructors allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26603/19]
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      103. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a new cadetship competition for the Permanent Defence Force will open in quarter 4 of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Air Corps Strength
      104. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of aircraft technicians in the helicopter wing of the Air Corps in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; and the number that left during...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      105. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding will be provided for the purchase of two additional water tender ladder fire appliances for the Curragh camp fire station; and the...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for a recruitment campaign in the UK to recruit a military psychiatrist for the Permanent Defence Force. [26708/19]
    • Defence Forces Expenditure
      107. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent on replacing military police vehicles in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [26753/19]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Rockall Island Ownership
      108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the detail of the historical negotiations with the UK with regard to ownership of Rockall; if a formal agreement with the UK on the...
    • Foreign Policy
      109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the extradition law proposed in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Travel Documents
      111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the documentation persons (details supplied) require to travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26227/19]
    • European Parliament Elections
      112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the European Commission has carried out a review on whether there were attempts by outside agencies and State actors to manipulate the...
    • Foreign Policy (1 comment)
      114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to reports that a number of Ukrainian journalists are being detained in Russia and Crimea; the actions the...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of freedom of information requests granted, part granted, refused, transferred to an appropriate body, withdrawn or handled...
    • Departmental Properties
      116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the full rental and-or purchase costs, maintenance and-or upkeep and-or alteration costs associated with all property outside the State that...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the name and age range of each observer appointed to the 2018 election observer roster; the country in which each resides; if they were...
    • Brexit Preparations
      120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the provisions that have been made to protect in as much as feasibly possible all-island financial services in a no-deal Brexit scenario;...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the foreign ambassadors that have an embassy here who he has met formally to date in 2019. [26713/19]
    • Consular Services
      122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to open a new Consulate General office in Darwin, Australia. [26714/19]
    • European Council Meetings
      123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the matters that were discussed under specific foreign policy issues at the recent EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting; if Iran and Israel...
  • Department of Finance
    • Employment Rights
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to or if he has engaged with either the Revenue Commissioners or companies (details supplied) in respect of cases of bogus...
    • Illicit Trade in Fuel and Tobacco Products
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on high-sulphur coal being smuggled across the Border region; if he has spoken to other Ministers regarding same; if actions are being taken to...
    • Credit Unions
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance if the policy that is set to increase the industry funding levy on credit unions from approximately €1.5 million per annum to approximately €7.8...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the qualification criteria for the primary medical certificate; and his views on whether the current criteria are too restrictive and that...
    • European Council Meetings
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance if there was a discussion regarding the recent quantitative easing expansion and the impact it will have on the EU economy at the recent ECOFIN meeting. [26563/19]
    • Bond Markets
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance if all funds raised through the sale of green bonds will be spent directly on NDP-listed green spending totalling €23 billion in view of the fact that...
    • Tax Residency
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance the income tax treatment of Irish citizens whose principal work of three-to-four days per week is in another EU country and who spend the remainder of their...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Data
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of judgments sought in each year since 2011 by unregulated loan owners, retail credit firms and banks with regard to farm-related debt; and if he...
    • Carbon Tax Yield
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of tax received in 2018 from carbon-related tax, that is, carbon tax, excise on petrol and diesel and so on; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vehicle Registration
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vehicles imported in 2016 and 2017; the cost to the Exchequer in each of the years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26322/19]
    • Freedom of Information Data
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of freedom of information requests granted, part granted, refused, transferred to an appropriate body, withdrawn or handled outside freedom of...
    • VAT Rate Application
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice of value added tax being added to carbon tax in the process of charging persons for their energy use; and if...
    • State Claims Agency Data
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claims pending against the State Claims Agency relating to historical child sexual abuse; the number of claims that have been paid to date; the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Central Bank (amendment) Bill will be published; if the Central Bank consultation will take place after the legislation has been enacted or before...
    • Motor Insurance Claims
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Claims Information Database, NCID, will be an aggregate database; if not, if users will be able to assess individual claims or claims patterns...
    • Brexit Preparations
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies that to date have not obtained an economic operators' registration and identification, EORI, number that will need one in order to...
    • Revenue Commissioners Resources
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance if funding will be provided for the purchase of three extra backscatter vans for the Revenue Commissioners. [26744/19]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance the dates in 2019 he has formally met the CEOs of banks (details supplied) in tabular form. [26745/19]
    • Tax Code
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer if the entry point to the higher rate of income tax was increased to €50,000 for single earners and €100,000...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Reports
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank will follow up on its financial stability note, entitled "Who invests in the Irish commercial real estate market?", in order to analyse...
    • Revenue Documents Issuance
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance if a document will be issued by the Revenue Commissioners to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [26802/19]
    • Tax Code
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of recent changes to the tax system for employers, which see payments to staff recorded on a real-time basis; and the supports that will be put in...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      154. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the Public Service Pay Commission report on the Defence Forces; when it will be published; and if he...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      155. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the impact of the Climate Action Plan 2019 on the mutli-annual capital investment allocations for each Department; and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Preparations
      156. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of infrastructure that will be required at ports, airports and all points of entry and exit that will be required in the...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      157. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the planned spending for all €23 billion of climate-related spending outlined in the national development plan, NDP, by year; the...
    • Public Sector Pay
      159. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the planned unwinding of FEMPI measures in line with the Public Service Stability Agreement for each of the years 2019 to 2023...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will meet with representatives of community employment supervisors to discuss the implementation of an occupational pension scheme...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will be put forward for a NEPS assessment; if he or she is facing a lengthy waiting period on the...
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that can be taken to improve the mental health of students at a college (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposal to develop a two-year apprenticeship course for healthcare assistants; when the course will be available for...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26056/19]
    • Teaching Contracts
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties facing secondary school teachers struggling to secure permanent positions; his plans to...
    • Education and Training Boards Staff
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) employed in a project wholly funded by an ETB qualifies to be treated as working in a public service body as per...
    • Third Level Qualifications Data
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of PhDs awarded in science and technology subjects in each of the years 1996 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of funding regarding Caranua; the funding received by Caranua; the funding to be received; the number of open applications with...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants sacked or who have faced sanctions under the grievance and disciplinary procedures for special needs...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child (details supplied) will be provided with a full-time special needs assistant when commencing secondary school in view of the fact the...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has contacted the Minister of Children and Youth Affairs to request that the educational welfare service of Tusla be extended to non-DEIS...
    • Occupational Therapy Provision
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore the number of counselling sessions offered to teachers in view of the roll-out of the well-being policy, which is due to be...
    • School Management
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider allocating a leadership and management day per week for teaching principals to help with workload burdens; and if he will...
    • Capitation Grants
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to fully restore the capitation grants for primary and secondary schools that were cut during the recession; and if he will make a...
    • DEIS Eligibility
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be considered for DEIS status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26247/19]
    • School Transport
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Minister that participated in the strategic dialogue with the European Commission regarding the school transport scheme; and if he will make...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new build for a school (details supplied); if the new school will qualify as a DEIS school; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ongoing provisions made for children with special needs (details supplied) who are entering post-primary school; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of a new school building for a school (details supplied); the stage the plans are at; and if he will make a...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the request by a school (details supplied) for additional accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26289/19]
    • School Transport
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has control over Bus Éireann that is similar to the control over his Department's functions; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport Data
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when Bus Éireann will recommence charging the maintenance of school buses on a per mile basis as opposed to the charging arrangement it is...
    • School Transport Tendering
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he has not put the school transport scheme up for public tender in accordance with EU procurement law; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Transport Review
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the school transport scheme which has been in place since 2012; the timelines for a review; and if he will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs assistant, SNA, will be organised in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has not been provided with her contribution record prior to 1990 in order to finalise her State pension...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision can be expected on a July provision appeal by a person (details supplied); his plans to ensure that provision is granted in view...
    • School Funding
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) is eligible for financial support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26373/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the process of allocating special education teaching hours to primary schools when circumstances change significantly from one school year to...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of freedom of information requests granted, part granted, refused, transferred to an appropriate body, withdrawn or handled outside...
    • School Staff
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure changes are made to the system that sees primary school secretaries paid through the schools ancillary grant; his further...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the amalgamation of schools (details supplied); the timeline for the planned completion of the project; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Mental Health Strategies
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide psychological and counselling supports for children with mental health issues in school; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Staff
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to allow for equal and fair rights for school secretaries; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that school secretaries work...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is only one secondary school with an ASD unit in Dublin 24; his plans to remedy the situation; and if he will make a statement...
    • School Patronage
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to progress with the patronage process for the new secondary school planned to open in September 2020 in Citywest, Dublin 24; and if he...
    • School Admissions
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the controversy regarding admissions at a school (details supplied) in which multiple parents missed the deadline for admissions due...
    • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Data
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount received from religious groups to address historical child abuse; the level of funding outstanding; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Child Abuse
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of survivors that have received compensation under the ex gratia scheme operated by the State Claims Agency further to the judgment of...
    • Third Level Education
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of third level institutions offering sexual consent workshops to students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26511/19]
    • Sexual Offences Data
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of cases of sexual assault or harassment involving students investigated by third level institutions in each academic year 2013-14 to...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if audits of each of the programmes of primary initial teacher education at the four State-funded higher education institutions will be carried...
    • Counselling Services Provision
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of funding provided for counselling and mental health supports in third level institutions in each academic year 2013-14 to 2018-19 in...
    • Schools Facilities
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding for a gym will be allocated on a phased basis to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26538/19]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 7 February 2019, if funding has been committed in respect of a proposed project; and if he will make...
    • School Staff
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if changes will be made to the system in which primary and secondary school secretaries are paid through the schools ancillary grant; if all...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools nationally in temporary buildings or on temporary sites; the length of time they are in these temporary situations; if...
    • Special Educational Needs
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outstanding elements of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 to be implemented; if the outstanding elements will...
    • Brexit Preparations
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the recognition of mutual qualifications on an all-island basis would be impacted in a no-deal Brexit; if plans have been agreed...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of efforts to secure sites in Buncrana, County Donegal, for new schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in progressing plans for the new school buildings at a college (details supplied) in County Donegal since the public meeting...
    • Third Level Staff
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost for each one point reduction in the academic staff-to-student ratio in universities. [26751/19]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met his UK counterpart formally since the beginning of 2019. [26752/19]
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an emergency works application will be granted for a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath in view of the circumstances; and if he...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a young child (details supplied) will be allocated a full-time special needs assistant in a school in September 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Insurance Costs
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that special needs schools are facing uncertain futures as a result of rising insurance costs; if his...
    • Schools Building Projects Data
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and location of second level schools in north County Kildare scheduled for improvement or replacement and in respect of which...
    • Education and Training Boards
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in the advancement of a Gaelcholáiste in north County Kildare, with particular reference to the need to meet the second level...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to continue to ensure the availability of adequate special needs places in all primary and...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects to be in a position to improve pupil-teacher ratios and class sizes in all primary schools in County Kildare and...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in the provision of an extension at a school (details supplied); when plans are likely to progress further; and if he will make a...
    • Summer Works Scheme
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which required works at a school (details supplied) are progressing in accordance with the requirements as set out by the school...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in regard to upgrading and replacement of a school (details supplied); the extent to which the demographic changes in the...
    • Technological Universities Status
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if confirmation has been received from Dundalk Institute of Technology of plans to pursue technological university status; if the process has...
    • School Transport Applications
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for school transport by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26920/19]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Brexit Preparations
      252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the provisions that have been made to protect in as much as feasibly possible all-island legal services in a no-deal Brexit...
    • Garda Youth Diversion Projects
      253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 12 June 2019, the locations covered by each Garda diversion programme in Cork city...
    • International Protection
      254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants for international protection who have applied for, been granted or refused the right to work since...
    • Direct Provision Data
      257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in direct provision accommodation centres between the end of October 2018 and the end of May 2019, by...
    • International Terrorism
      261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional security measures taken by An Garda Síochána in respect of mosques and synagogues in Dublin in...
    • Legislative Measures
      262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to revise legislation on the duty of care or negligence in the context of the ongoing insurance crisis; and if he...
    • Court Accommodation Provision
      263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for Tralee courthouse, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26280/19]
    • Courts Service Data
      264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of judgments sought in each year since 2011 by unregulated loan owners, retail credit firms and banks with regard to...
    • Immigration Status
      265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); when a...
    • Direct Provision System
      266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the safety measures in place to protect former residents of direct provision centres who have gained employment but whose...
    • Immigrant Investor Programme Applications
      267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26383/19]
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of freedom of information requests granted, part granted, refused, transferred to an appropriate body, withdrawn or...
    • Parental Leave
      269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the extension of parental leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26407/19]
    • International Protection
      270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to make contact with a person (details supplied) who has recently been declared a refugee following a tribunal held...
    • Garda Recruitment
      271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an exemption from the second language requirement can be provided to Garda applicants who are dyslexic; and if he will make...
    • Work Permits Applications
      272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on recent changes made to the work permit regime by which a locum doctor can work 90 days in the State but must then...
    • Garda Strength
      273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the size of the Garda traffic corps and An Garda Síochána for the past ten years; if gardaí from the general...
    • Departmental Advertising Campaigns
      274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter relating to the advertisements for the No Excuses campaign (details supplied). [26481/19]
    • Domestic Violence Incidence
      275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of domestic abuse-related offences reported to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to...
    • Domestic Violence
      276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions for domestic abuse-related offences recorded by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2010...
    • Domestic Homicide
      277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of domestic homicides reported in each of the years 1996 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Training
      280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who undertook the method of entry course in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; the duration of the...
    • Direct Provision System
      281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of residents living in the Balseskin reception centre; the contracted capacity of same; the number of the residents...
    • Travel Documents
      282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of travel documents for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26644/19]
    • Garda Transport Data
      283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unmarked cars and vans attached to the Garda National Immigration Bureau in 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular...
    • Garda Resources
      285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the report from the Garda Commissioner regarding the issuing of body-worn cameras to front-line gardaí will be...
    • Criminal Assets Bureau
      286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated amount it would cost to recruit five additional forensic digital specialists for the Criminal Assets Bureau....
    • Irish Prison Service
      287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the capital budget allocation for the Irish Prison Service in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [26747/19]
    • Garda Transport Data
      288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda public order vans attached to the Cork city division as of 1 June 2017, 1 June 2018 and 17 June 2019, in...
    • Proposed Legislation
      289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to update the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001. [26749/19]
    • Domestic Homicide
      290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2019 will be supported to allow for domestic homicide reviews to be carried out; and...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for a hotel (details supplied) to remain serving as a refugee centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      292. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason a decision has not been given on a case (details supplied) that was heard by the Workplace Relations Commission for...
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      293. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the healthcare assistant role will be removed from the ineligible categories of employment for permits on a controlled basis; and...
    • Horizon 2020 Strategy Funding
      294. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the drawdown by Ireland of Horizon 2020 funding; the status of same in relation to nationally set targets; and if she will make a...
    • IDA Ireland Portfolio
      295. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 387 of 11 June 2019, the reason planning permission was allowed to lapse on the site; if IDA...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      296. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of freedom of information requests granted, part granted, refused, transferred to an appropriate body, withdrawn or handled...
    • Brexit Supports
      298. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the uptake and expenditure on all Brexit supports under the remit of her Department, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement...
    • Regional Development Initiatives
      299. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the IDA Ireland strategy for Cork city and county; the way in which this relates to the Project Ireland 2040 plan for Cork; and if she...
  • Department of Health
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
      300. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of adventure therapy as part of the CAMHS (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26479/19]
    • Motorised Transport Grant Closure
      301. To ask the Minister for Health when the motorised transport grant will be reintroduced or an equivalent scheme put in place. [26810/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      302. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Wexford awaiting medical equipment (details supplied); the number waiting more than six, 12 and 18 months; and if he will make...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      304. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not been called to have a procedure carried out; if same will now be addressed without delay; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      305. To ask the Minister for Health when an allocation will be made by a group for a wheelchair for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26055/19]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
      306. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will have a CAMHS assessment carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26059/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      307. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will have an outpatient appointment with a consultant paediatrician at Cork University Hospital; and if he will...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      308. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help hours will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26062/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      309. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [26063/19]
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      311. To ask the Minister for Health when respite services will resume for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26066/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      312. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on the reimbursement of ocrelizumab for persons with multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26067/19]
    • Hospital Services
      313. To ask the Minister for Health when the podiatry clinic in University Hospital Kerry will reopen (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26073/19]
    • Hospitals Data
      314. To ask the Minister for Health the number of surgical procedures cancelled at University Hospital Waterford on 14 June 2019; the reason for the cancellations; the number of cancellations by...
    • Orthodontic Services Provision
      315. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when an appointment for orthodontic treatment under the HSE can be expected. [26079/19]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      316. To ask the Minister for Health when a position (details supplied) will be advertised following a retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26083/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      318. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on inpatient and outpatient waiting lists in University Hospital Limerick; the action he is taking to reduce the numbers; and if he will...
    • Psychological Services Waiting Lists
      319. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for psychology services for children in County Limerick; the number waiting for the school age and the early...
    • Psychological Services
      320. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child psychologists employed in County Limerick to date in 2019; the number of vacant posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26102/19]
    • Medicinal Products
      321. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he has managed the risks associated with the use of valproate in pregnancy; the actions taken to minimise risk from 1990 when studies...
    • Respite Care Services Data
      322. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided for adults with an intellectual disability in County Meath in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form. [26108/19]
    • Disability Services Data
      325. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for residential care for adults with an intellectual disability in County Meath in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in...
    • Respite Care Services Data
      327. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided for adults with an intellectual disability in County Westmeath in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form. [26113/19]
    • Disability Services Data
      330. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for residential care for adults with an intellectual disability in County Westmeath in each of the years 2008 to...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      332. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a unit (details supplied) in a hospital is being closed; the measures being taken to accommodate the services and patients at the unit in a new...
    • Health Services Staff
      333. To ask the Minister for Health when new contracts will be offered to community employees (details supplied) in CHO 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26158/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      334. To ask the Minister for Health the status of equipment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26159/19]
    • Traveller Community
      336. To ask the Minister for Health if each CHO has Traveller co-ordinators in place regarding the provision of mental health services for Travellers. [26186/19]
    • Health Services
      337. 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. [26187/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      338. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied). [26188/19]
    • Respite Care Services Data
      339. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided for adults with an intellectual disability in County Mayo in each of the years from 2008 to 2018, in tabular form. [26197/19]
    • Disability Services Data
      342. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for residential care for adults with an intellectual disability in County Mayo in each of the years from 2008 to...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      344. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of applications of assessments of needs under the Disability Act 2005 commenced within three and six months, respectively, of a...
    • Respite Care Services
      346. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of respite facilities and opportunities for persons with disabilities nationally; and if he will make a statement...
    • Respite Care Services Data
      347. To ask the Minister for Health if he has access to the information collated at local area level for parents of children and adults requesting respite; if there is information on requests...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      348. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received correspondence from disability service providers about their concerns regarding providing respite for adults with disabilities; and if he...
    • Respite Care Services Data
      349. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite weeks provided in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26217/19]
    • Respite Care Services
      350. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used for respite care for persons with disabilities; if the age of the carer is taken into consideration; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      351. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the number of persons with disabilities aged between 30 and 40 years of age and still being cared for by their parents; his...
    • Philanthropy Initiatives
      353. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his officials have been in contact with or been contacted by philanthropic organisations to become involved in providing services for persons with...
    • Respite Care Services Funding
      354. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocation for providing respite care in 2019; the amount drawn down to date in 2019; if all funding will be utilised for providing respite care;...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      355. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met the Minister of State with special responsibility for disability issues to discuss the impact of the lack of home help hours being allocated and...
    • Respite Care Services Data
      356. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided for adults with an intellectual disability in County Cork in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form. [26233/19]
    • Disability Services Data
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for residential care for adults with an intellectual disability in County Cork in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in...
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      361. To ask the Minister for Health if measures will be put in place to prevent the increase of instances of mixed gender wards in University Hospital Kerry in breach of hospital policy; and if...
    • Hospital Procedures
      362. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a date for surgery; the length of the waiting list for such procedures; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      363. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26252/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      364. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26253/19]
    • Hospital Consultant Remuneration
      365. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address pay rates among consultants appointed after October 2012; his further plans to address issues with the recruitment and retention of...
    • Vaccination Programme
      366. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll out vaccinations for meningitis B to children born prior to 1 October 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26260/19]
    • Respite Care Services Data
      367. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided for adults with an intellectual disability in County Tipperary in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form; and if...
    • Disability Services Data
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for residential care for adults with an intellectual disability in County Tipperary in each of the years 2008 to...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      372. To ask the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre device will be made available on the long-term illness scheme for type 1 diabetics; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Services Data
      373. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults with intellectual disabilities in residential care in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26271/19]
    • Respite Care Services Data
      375. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided for adults with an intellectual disability in County Wicklow in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Health Services
      376. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the capacity for bariatric surgery and earlier and more systematic activity in primary care to enable earlier and accurate diagnosis and...
    • Hospitals Data
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals in which bariatric surgery is available; the number of surgeries per million per capita delivered here; and the way in which this...
    • Health Services Staff Data
      378. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners and practice nurses he is making provision for on a three-year timeframe (details supplied). [26276/19]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      379. To ask the Minister for Health the supports and provisions available for persons with spina bifida and their families in the Saggart, Citywest and Rathcoole areas. [26278/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of the FreeStyle Libre device to persons living with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26279/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      383. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment to see a consultant rheumatologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      384. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make the FreeStyle Libre device available to all persons with type 1 diabetes as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • HSE Staff Remuneration
      385. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated first and full-year cost of implementing support staff job evaluation in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26298/19]
    • Health Screening Programmes
      386. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce expanded newborn screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26303/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      387. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a knee operation in Merlin Park hospital, Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Facilities
      388. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the reported cramped working conditions at the infusion unit of a hospital (details supplied); the measures he will take to improve the situation;...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      389. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have speech and language services restored and be assessed for a communications device; and the reason they were removed...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      390. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make the flash glucose monitoring technology available for all persons with type 1 diabetes; and if he has reviewed the survey results from an...
    • HSE Expenditure
      392. To ask the Minister for Health when the multi-annual capital plan for the HSE will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26329/19]
    • General Practitioner Data
      394. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners registered and operational in County Louth; and the number of such practices operational in County Louth. [26338/19]
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      403. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that general practitioner surgeries in County Louth are at capacity and unable to accept new patients; and if he...
    • General Practitioner Data
      404. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have presented to date in 2019 to out of hours services (details supplied) in County Louth who are not registered with a general...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      405. To ask the Minister for Health the number of specialties affected by the failure to fill the 500 consultant posts. [26351/19]
    • Hospitals Data
      407. To ask the Minister for Health the number of theatres closed or that are working at less than full capacity due to the recruitment freeze and consultant shortages. [26353/19]
    • Hospital Staff
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals using rolling theatre closures to manage staff shortages. [26354/19]
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      409. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the crisis in consultant recruitment further to information in recent media reports. [26355/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for an adult hearing aid test in County Kerry for persons with medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26365/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      414. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an audiology appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26367/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      415. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is on the routine or urgent waiting list to attend Crumlin hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Audiology Services Data
      417. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for audiology services for persons under 18 years of age in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26370/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      419. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the review of the cost effectiveness of making flash glucose monitoring technology available for all persons with type 1 diabetes; if he...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the number of podiatrists attached to a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26375/19]
    • Freedom of Information Data
      421. To ask the Minister for Health the number of freedom of information requests granted, part granted, refused, transferred to an appropriate body, withdrawn or handled outside freedom of...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      422. To ask the Minister for Health if the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring technology will be made available for all persons with type 1 diabetes; his plans to ensure survey findings by...
    • Hospital Beds Closures
      423. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels at the Cottage Hospital, Drogheda, further to recent local media reports; and the demand for services from the local acute hospital. [26402/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      425. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting outpatient treatment across all specialities in CHO area 8; and the number of children waiting for periods (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Funding
      428. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26408/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      429. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the report submitted to his Department by an organisation (details supplied); his plans to ensure the survey findings are considered as part of...
    • Eating Disorders
      430. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the national eating disorder plan and its key actions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26410/19]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      431. To ask the Minister for Health the location of three hospital beds dedicated to eating disorders here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26411/19]
    • Eating Disorders
      432. To ask the Minister for Health if a location (details supplied) is regarded as a specialist facility for eating disorders; the location of a more specialised service; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services Provision
      433. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint a cross-direct route national working group for alcohol-related brain injury as recommended by a meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      434. To ask the Minister for Health when the €250,000 funding committed to support community action on alcohol will be allocated to support the implementation of community action and...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      435. To ask the Minister for Health the orthodontic waiting lists for all age groups in County Tipperary in 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26417/19]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
      436. To ask the Minister for Health when a CAMHS appointment will be provided for a person (details supplied); if the case can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26419/19]
    • National Children's Hospital
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the practitioners that will be engaged contractually in respect of the new national children’s hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      438. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided for children with an intellectual disability in County Laois in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Disability Services Data
      439. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults with intellectual disabilities in residential care in County Laois in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      440. 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. [26443/19]
    • Respite Care Services Data
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided for adolescents with an intellectual disability in County Laois in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form; and if...
    • Emergency Departments
      442. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the independent review taking place in the emergency department, University Hospital Limerick. [26453/19]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      443. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the recruitment of an audiologist for County Westmeath (details supplied). [26461/19]
    • Disability Services Data
      444. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for residential care for adults with an intellectual disability in County Laois in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in...
    • Respite Care Services Data
      445. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided for adults with an intellectual disability in County Laois in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      446. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he can ensure that the HSE consider survey findings submitted by an organisation (details supplied) in the context of clinical effectiveness...
    • Respite Care Services Data
      447. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided for adults with an intellectual disability in counties Cavan and Monaghan in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular...
    • Disability Services Data
      450. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for residential care for adults with an intellectual disability in counties Cavan and Monaghan in each of the years...
    • Ministerial Communications
      452. To ask the Minister for Health if he replied to a group (details supplied) that the area was not his responsibility; if he spoke with the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and...
    • Illicit Trade in Fuel and Tobacco Products
      453. To ask the Minister for Health his views on high-sulphur coal being smuggled across the Border region; if he has spoken to other Ministers regarding same; if actions are being taken to...
    • Medical Negligence Claims
      454. To ask the Minister for Health the compensation paid by the HSE in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, for negligence claims at each hospital in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Legislative Process
      455. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delays in respect of the drafting of legislation to update the Mental Health Act 2001. [26531/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      457. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to bring legislative changes in respect of the fair deal scheme before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      458. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for urgent surgery will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [26536/19]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      459. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allocate funding of €23.7 million to the building of a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26537/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      460. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding transport for a child (details supplied). [26540/19]
    • Hospitals Building Programme
      461. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of the 60-bed modular unit at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26570/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      462. To ask the Minister for Health if concerns raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) relating to the availability of the FreeStyle Libre device for adults will receive a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      463. 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. [26574/19]
    • Departmental Budgets
      464. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 18 June 2019, the way in which he and the HSE will deal with the concerns relating to health expenditure in 2019;...
    • Primary Care Centres Staff
      465. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts in the primary care centre in Coolock, Dublin 5; when the posts will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26605/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      466. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request a report by an organisation (details supplied) be included as part of the HSE one-year review to extend the FreeStyle Libre device to all...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      467. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there has been a delay in appointing a new sonographer in St. Michael’s Hospital, Dún Laoghaire, that has led to the development of...
    • Psychological Services Waiting Lists
      471. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for children seeking access to psychologists by CHO in tabular form; the number of additional psychologists required to eliminate waiting...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
      472. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for non-urgent referrals to the speech and language therapist in the mid-Kildare network disability team; and if the waiting list time will...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      473. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when the person can expect an appointment with a consultant at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, in view of...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Expenditure
      474. To ask the Minister for Health the grants or rebate schemes available to help persons diagnosed with COPD with the cost of running oxygen machines and other electrical appliances required as...
    • Tender Process
      475. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the tendering process with regard to a service (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26650/19]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      476. To ask the Minister for Health the number of out-of-hours mental health specialist nurses available in each CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26651/19]
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      477. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the waiting list for paediatric occupational therapy in view of the two-year wait to access this service in the Cork and Kerry region....
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      478. To ask the Minister for Health if the FreeStyle Libre device will be extended to the general population of persons with diabetes; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      479. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [26692/19]
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      480. To ask the Minister for Health if the extension and expansion of a hospital (details supplied) will be achieved before the end of the current health capital programme as originally planned;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      481. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26695/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      482. To ask the Minister for Health if the survey findings of an organisation (details supplied) are being considered as part of the HSE review of the FreeStyle Libre device to be made available...
    • Autism Support Services
      483. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will be allocating more financial assistance in 2019 to an organisation (details supplied) in County Donegal and is working towards signing off on a...
    • Hospitals Data
      484. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for orthopaedic operations in counties Clare, Limerick, Tipperary, Cork and Waterford; the length of time have been waiting by...
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      486. To ask the Minister for Health if a refund under the cross-Border initiative will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [26723/19]
    • Disability Services Funding
      488. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a centre (details supplied); if the capital plan of the HSE will provide funding for a new building; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      489. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give consideration to making the drug Spinraza available for adults; the research available on its effectiveness for adults; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      490. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment for a hip operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26728/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      491. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a procedure; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26729/19]
    • Rare Diseases
      492. To ask the Minister for Health the full range of State supports provided to persons with Friedreich's ataxia; the annual resource support provided to an organisation (details supplied); the...
    • HSE Expenditure
      493. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE capital plan for 2019 has been approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26733/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      494. To ask the Minister for Health if a surgery appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26739/19]
    • Medical Card Applications
      495. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was not granted a medical card; and the way in which the person's application can be reviewed without going through the...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      496. To ask the Minister for Health the services available for a person (details supplied). [26742/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      497. To ask the Minister for Health if a replacement speech and language therapist is being provided to cover maternity leave at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      498. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a primary care centre (details supplied); if a site has been secured; if so, the list of services that will be provided on site; the reason for...
    • Hospitals Data
      500. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals with the highest rates of neonatal brain injury; and the number of same in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by hospital in...
    • Hospitals Car Park Charges
      501. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle hospital parking charges; if he has received the recommendations of the HSE review group on same; the next steps that will be taken; and if...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      502. To ask the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre device will be made available to all persons with type 1 diabetes; if consideration will be given to the issues raised in...
    • HSE Staff Data
      504. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE paediatric physiotherapists employed in County Mayo; if they are employed full time; the locations in which they are based; and if he will...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      505. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a mechanism by which a family can have home care provided by way of a grant to purchase hours in cases in which the hours...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Legislation
      506. To ask the Minister for Health when the assisted human reproduction Bill is due to be published. [26785/19]
    • HSE Data
      507. To ask the Minister for Health the number of STI clinics nationally; the staffing numbers at each; the vacancy numbers at each; the length of time the vacancies have existed; and the active...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      508. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with a medical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26788/19]
    • Medical Card Applications
      509. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that persons given a cancer diagnosis receive a medical card without delay; if his attention has been drawn to the long waiting times that...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      510. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of home care support services outsourced to private companies in 2018, by CHO, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Care Packages
      511. To ask the Minister for Health if the requirement for travel time payments to home care support staff will have to be covered from the existing 2019 budget for home care hours; if this will...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      512. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether home care support packages provided by the Health Service Executive offer the best value to support persons who need care at home; and his...
    • Home Care Packages Administration
      513. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures being put in place to provide the relevant information technology programme to facilitate the new rota requirements for home care support staff...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      514. To ask the Minister for Health the number of intensive dementia home care packages in place from January 2019 to date. [26820/19]
    • National Dementia Strategy
      515. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a new dementia strategy in view of the fact the current one has expired; his plans to provide more dementia advisers for the 55,000...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      516. To ask the Minister for Health if extending the FreeStyle Libre device to adults with type 1 diabetes will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26822/19]
    • Primary Care Centres
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the services available in the primary care unit in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary; the number of staff employed; his plans to enhance services in the area;...
    • Suicide Incidence
      518. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent number of young persons who have committed suicide in the south County Tipperary area; his plans to enhance...
    • Treatment Abroad Scheme
      519. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in the treatment abroad scheme office; the length of time it takes to process an application once all the paperwork is in order;...
    • HSE Planning
      521. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive capital plan for 2019 will be published; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26827/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      522. To ask the Minister for Health if transport will be provided for a young person (details supplied) who will be attending a centre in Mullingar, County Westmeath, from September 2019; and if...
    • State Claims Agency Data
      523. To ask the Minister for Health the private firms indemnified by the State Claims Agency in the State; and the cost of this indemnification in the past five years. [26849/19]
    • Medical Products Supply
      524. To ask the Minister for Health if the family of a person (details supplied) can have a more efficient method of obtaining incontinence pads from their primary healthcare centre in...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      525. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to publish the report on the pricing review of the nursing home fair deal scheme that was to conclude on 1 June 2017. [26884/19]
    • Home Care Packages Administration
      526. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a full-time home care package and the proposal for a centre to buy the person's home as a...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Harbours and Piers Maintenance
      527. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application for funding has been received from Mayo County Council for a sea wall replacement project (details supplied); if...
    • TAMS Appeals
      528. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to an appeal submitted by a person (details supplied) in view of the health and safety grounds on...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grants are available for the construction of poultry houses for chicken farmers and growers; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      530. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application for funding from Mayo County Council has been received (details supplied); the status of the application; and if he...
    • GLAS Appeals
      531. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an oral hearing will be facilitated in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • TAMS Applications
      532. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, TAMS, grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Fish Quotas
      533. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to increase the mackerel total allowable catch in line with the International Council for the Exploration of...
    • European Council Meetings
      534. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the issues discussed at the recent EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council; if he put forward specific proposals on the need to provide...
    • Brexit Supports
      535. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had recent discussions with the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development on the need to minimise the...
    • Central Bank of Ireland Data
      536. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Central Bank gathers data on farm-related debt; the number and value of farm-related debts in the economy; the number and...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals
      537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of areas of natural constraint appeals received; the number of appeals from County Wexford; the number of distinct County...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of freedom of information requests granted, part granted, refused, transferred to an appropriate body, withdrawn or...
    • Forestry Data
      539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on comments by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the delay in processing forestry applications; the number of...
    • Afforestation Programme
      540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions for afforestation for the agricultural sector in the Climate Action Plan 2019; the annual emission reductions via carbon...
    • GLAS Issues
      541. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding GLAS grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26523/19]
    • Horse Racing Industry
      542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the contract for a company (details supplied) to collect the foal levy was put out for tender; and if he will make a statement on...
    • GLAS Payments
      548. 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. [26544/19]
    • Land Issues
      549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when consideration of a request to the lands branch (details supplied) for the release of a burden on a folio in favour of the Land...
    • Aquaculture Regulation
      550. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the system operated by his Department for the award of organic status to Irish food production is not fit for...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      552. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether his recent decision to revoke a salmon farm licence for breach of licence conditions demonstrates that the award...
    • Aquaculture Regulation
      553. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department relies on voluntary reporting by salmon farmers of chemical treatments used for disease control meaning...
    • Aquaculture Licence Data
      555. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the density of fish per cage necessary to qualify for organic status; and the evidence provided that this is complied with by salmon...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      556. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if in view of a recent television programme (details supplied) that showed breaches of licence conditions in some salmon farmers in...
    • Aquaculture Regulation
      557. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in view of the complaints in Scotland that the Government there has been too close to the salmon industry, he will cease...
    • Brexit Preparations
      558. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the integrated all-island agrifood supply chains could be impacted in a no-deal Brexit; the provisions that have...
    • Brexit Staff
      559. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of additional veterinary and phytosanitary inspectors expected to be in place by 31 October 2019, in tabular form, in the...
    • GLAS Appeals
      560. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS appeal application by a person (details supplied). [26704/19]
    • Harbours and Piers Development
      561. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he plans to honour the commitment in Project Ireland 2040 to develop the potential of Greencastle Harbour, County...
    • Maritime Safety
      562. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the decision by Bord Iascaigh Mhara not to proceed with a €1.5 million sea survival training centre for the...
    • Departmental Investigations
      563. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the investigation into the alleged contraventions of environmental laws at a location (details supplied) in County...
    • Aquaculture Licences
      564. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the independent aquaculture licensing review group; if he will report on the recommendations being considered;...
    • Fur Farming
      565. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will meet with a person (details supplied) to discuss mink farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26796/19]
    • Live Exports
      566. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter concerning animal welfare raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • GLAS Eligibility
      567. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action being taken to open the GLAS scheme to farmers that completed their AEOS contracts in 2018; and if he will make a...
    • Beef Imports
      568. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the potential impact on the beef sector has been assessed for agreements that may arise from the Mercosur trade talks; the details...
    • Beef Data and Genomics Programme
      569. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an average of 21 participants per week have dropped out of the beef data genomics programme during the first four months...
    • Beef Imports
      570. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if beef from the United States of America (details supplied) will be hormone free; the terms of the new agreement between Europe and...
    • GLAS Payments
      571. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when 2018 GLAS payments will issue to a person (details supplied). [26919/19]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      572. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline to increase renewable energy generation by contracting through the RESS scheme or another method; and the...
    • Climate Change Policy
      575. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated full cost of implementing the Climate Action Plan 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      576. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 422 of 5 December 2017, the status of the proposed introduction of a waste...
    • Waste Disposal
      579. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason Meath County Council has not complied with the waste management landfill regulations or taken sanction...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Expenditure
      580. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to increase investment in the SEAI in order to achieve almost 30% emissions reduction targets for 2030. [26090/19]
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      581. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary question No. 509 of 21 May 2019, if he is satisfied with the involvement of Inland Fisheries...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland
      582. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of stakeholder attendance at the recent Inland Fisheries Ireland funding workshops which were held...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme
      584. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the review of the better energy warmer homes scheme scheduled for mid-2019, will take place (details supplied);...
    • Climate Change Policy
      585. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which marine ecosystems, including the growth and carbon storage capacity of kelp forests, informed the...
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme
      587. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the next round of home retrofit insulation grants will be announced through the SEAI; and if he will make a...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      588. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to consider the use of agricultural biomethane gas plants similar to those in used in Europe; the role such...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      589. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a community facility (details supplied) in County Donegal can connect to fibre broadband; and if he will make a...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      590. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of freedom of information requests granted, part granted, refused, transferred to an appropriate body,...
    • Climate Change Policy
      591. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has instigated, or will instigate, an independent audit regarding the amount of carbon emissions to be mitigated...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland
      592. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 750 of 11 June 2019, the sites where the four enhancement proposals are to be...
    • Climate Change Policy
      595. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which he plans to ensure that, in developing proposals for carbon pricing, the impact on low-income groups...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      596. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he received correspondence from a company (details supplied); if he or his officials met the company; and if he will...
    • Air and Water Pollution
      598. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Minister of Health or officials from that Department have communicated with his Department on the impact of air...
    • Bituminous Fuel Ban
      599. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the legal threat on the smoky coal ban was received in his Department in May 2018; the actions he has taken since;...
    • Illicit Trade in Fuel and Tobacco Products
      600. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on high-sulphur coal being smuggled across the Border region; if he has spoken to other Ministers regarding...
    • Bituminous Fuel Ban
      601. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he cleared the smoky coal ban through the technical regulation information system, TRIS, process; and if he will...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      605. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of primary and secondary schools connected to broadband under the national broadband plan in each county;...
    • Climate Change Policy
      607. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the strategic environmental assessment under Directive 2001/42/EC, ensuring sustainable development of the Climate...
    • Energy Conservation
      609. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if funding for the SEAI deep retrofit pilot scheme has run out; if so, when further funding will become available; and...
    • Energy Policy
      613. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the importation of fracked gas from the United States of America; and if measures will be taken to have...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Skills Shortages
      614. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the driver skills shortage recently highlighted by an organisation (details supplied); the changes he will introduce to...
    • Sports Capital Programme
      615. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with a company (details supplied) to examine the potential for promoting and incentivising the use of a product by...
    • Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
      616. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated annual cost of extending the free travel age for children on public transport to 18 years for Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann,...
    • Disabled Drivers Permits
      617. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review the criteria for disabled parking to include hidden disabilities that may not necessarily impair mobility...
    • Public Transport Subsidies
      618. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of subvention that will be provided to each transport operator (details supplied) in 2019. [26118/19]
    • Rural Transport Services
      619. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passenger journeys on Local Link services in 2018. [26119/19]
    • Public Transport Data
      620. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation from the Exchequer and other sources under the capital plan 2016-2021 to the metro north project; the amount spent to...
    • Rail Services
      627. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a feasibility study has been implemented in accordance with the capital plan 2016-2021 to examine options for expanding freight on the...
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      631. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent from the Exchequer under the capital plan 2016-2021 on the N25 New Ross bypass public private partnerships, PPP, by year...
    • Rail Network Maintenance
      645. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent operating and maintaining each rail line in 2018. [26145/19]
    • National Mitigation Plan Implementation
      660. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on item No. 72 of the update report on the national mitigation plan (details supplied); the number of members in the...
    • Road Projects
      661. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding projects (details supplied) as of 17 June 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26208/19]
    • Public Sector Vehicles Data
      662. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vehicles in the State fleet as of 2019; and the number of these vehicles which are fully electric vehicles. [26225/19]
    • Environmental Regulations
      663. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he plans to ban the import of Euro 5 engines and older; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26319/19]
    • Bus Services
      664. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to planned changes to the 126 bus route in order to address the issues with unreliability on the route....
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      665. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulations that govern roadside vendors, for example, strawberry sales trailers. [26377/19]
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      666. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of freedom of information requests granted, part granted, refused, transferred to an appropriate body, withdrawn or handled...
    • Public Transport Provision
      667. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the new public transport projects to be delivered under the Climate Action Plan 2019 that are not already part of an existing plan, such...
    • Greenways Funding
      668. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a feasibility review for the Quiet Man greenway in County Galway; when it is due for completion; and if he will make a...
    • Greenways Development
      669. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications in each county for greenway developments to date in tabular form; the funding provided to date for greenway...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      672. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discretionary road grants provided through Transport Infrastructure Ireland to individual local authorities; and if he will make a...
    • Climate Change Policy
      673. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost per tonne of abating greenhouse gas emissions by diverting freight to rail. [26658/19]
    • Driver Test
      677. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a reader (details supplied) is not available in County Kerry; if same will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Haulage Industry Regulation
      678. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a derogation from the new smart tachograph regulations will be provided to companies that purchased vehicles prior to the introduction...
    • Bus Services
      679. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to relocating a bus stop (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26763/19]
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      680. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the situation regarding the L2455 Lehenaghbeg-Lehenaghmore road; if the NTA has submitted its latest...
    • Industrial Relations
      681. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) has refused to accept an invitation extended by the WRC to...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      682. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the May 2019 meeting of the collaborative forum of former residents of mother and baby homes and related institutions did not...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
      683. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) for the purposes of providing childcare in County Wexford in the past five...
    • Childcare Services Provision
      684. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provisions that will be made to provide childcare to children whose parents are long-term unemployed but in need of additional...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      685. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of freedom of information requests granted, part granted, refused, transferred to an appropriate body, withdrawn or handled...
    • Aftercare Services Provision
      686. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if locations in which parents cannot access an afterschool place for their children following the introduction of the new childcare scheme...
    • Cycling Facilities Funding
      687. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent on cycling infrastructure by location and nature of expenditure in 2018 and to date in 2019, respectively in tabular form....
    • Youth Services Funding
      688. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the grants and funding issued to organisations and projects in the Dublin 5, 13 and 17 areas in 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form;...
    • Youth Services Expenditure
      689. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full-year cost if the budget for the youth sector increased by 4.5%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26602/19]
    • Domestic Violence Services Funding
      690. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding provided to domestic and gender-based violence organisations in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by...
    • Departmental Funding
      691. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the recipients of the funding allocated under the network support fund announced in November 2018; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Freedom of Information Data
      692. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of freedom of information requests granted, part granted, refused, transferred to an appropriate body, withdrawn or handled...
    • Departmental Funding
      693. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if supports are available to a community service (details supplied) that is in urgent need of a more adequate building; and if he will...
    • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
      694. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount drawn down to date under the new rural regeneration scheme; the projects that have received funding to date; the amount in...
    • Community Services Programme
      695. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the community services programme; when it is expected to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26778/19]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Civil Registration Service
      696. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which a person can become solemnisers, non-religious affiliated to the State, solemnisers for the public for both...
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      697. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) was entitled to an arrears payment for invalidity pension in 2013 from the date of...
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      698. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in same; and if she...
    • State Pensions Reform
      699. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans in regard to pensions for persons with class S contributions (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Disability Allowance Applications Waiting Times
      700. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions she is taking to reduce the waiting periods for those applying for disability allowance; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      701. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review will be made of the means assessment for disability allowance in order that an applicant who lives with his or...
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service
      702. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the changes that have taken place to date as part of the restructuring of the MABS service; the costs incurred; the changes...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      703. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason after the consideration of the home caring period of a person (details supplied) the pension rate remained...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      704. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Freedom of Information Data
      706. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of freedom of information requests granted, part granted, refused, transferred to an appropriate body, withdrawn...
    • Working Family Payment
      707. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a working family payment will be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      708. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the changes she plans to the State pension (contributory) in 2020; and if this will affect persons paying an S1 PRSI...
    • Disability Allowance Eligibility
      709. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the reason disability allowance has been suspended for a person (details supplied) will be investigated; when a decision...
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      710. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a payment for a person (details supplied). [26452/19]
    • Unemployment Data
      711. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of long-term unemployed in each county who have been unemployed for greater than one, three and more than five...
    • State Pensions Reform
      712. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the entitlements that will accrue for workers who must retire at 65 years in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and who will not...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      713. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the contributory pension review for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Payments Administration
      714. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated savings in each of the years since the inception of sections 13 and 14 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      715. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her role in the funding and issuing of free Leap cards for homeless families; the estimated cost of providing free cards to...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      716. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      717. 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...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      718. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      719. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • Carer's Allowance Review
      720. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of carer's allowance reviews carried out in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form....
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      721. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of abolishing the means test for the carer's allowance. [26807/19]
    • National Carers Strategy Implementation
      722. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she has taken and plans to take to support carers in terms of dealing with the physical and mental toll of...
    • Carer's Support Grant
      723. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual respite entitlements of those receiving full-time care. [26809/19]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      724. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Childcare Services
      725. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the impact of the new national childcare scheme for low-income families, in particular lone parents; if concerns...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      727. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures she will take to address the losses in pension income suffered by tens of thousands of women arising from the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      728. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the planned legislative changes to address the area of bogus self-employment announced in the media on 25 March 2019...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Mayoral Election
      729. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for a plebiscite to allow for a directly elected mayor in Sligo town. [26053/19]
    • Traveller Data
      730. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Traveller children in homelessness in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by county in tabular...
    • Prospecting Licences (1 comment)
      731. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his officials or the relevant State agencies have been consulted on a planning application by a company (details supplied)...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      732. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated and drawn down by local authorities for Traveller accommodation to date in 2019, in tabular form. [26189/19]
    • Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy
      733. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date on which the finalised regional spatial and economic strategy for the eastern and midlands region will be published....
    • County Development Plans
      734. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request Fingal County Council to provide him with a comprehensive briefing on the substance of all postal and...
    • Urban Renewal Schemes
      737. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a project (details supplied) as of 17 June 2019; when the first tranche of funding will issue to Mayo County...
    • Local Authority Functions
      738. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and name of designated municipal districts in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26250/19]
    • Strategic Infrastructure Provision
      739. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status as of 14 June 2019 of the proposed strategic development zone, SDZ, for Ireland West Airport, Knock; the extra...
    • Seaweed Harvesting Licences
      740. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the granting of seaweed harvesting licences. [26255/19]
    • Planning Issues
      743. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the fact that, as a result of the introduction of the fast-track planning application process, master plans...
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      744. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to Cavan and Monaghan county councils in respect of the home loan scheme; when the necessary funding will...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      745. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority houses being leased out by each local authority to older persons in long-term residential care...
    • An Bord Pleanála Data
      746. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the dates and attendees of each meeting of the implementation group of the organisational review of An Bord Pleanála...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      747. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of freedom of information requests granted, part granted, refused, transferred to an appropriate body, withdrawn or...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      752. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority-owned houses that are vacant for periods (details supplied) in each of the years 1 June 2010 to...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Eligibility
      753. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the threshold of an annual household income of €60,000 is being reconsidered or under review in regard to the...
    • Construction Industry Register Ireland
      754. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the requirements that builders from Northern Ireland must go through to register as builders here; if his attention has been...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      756. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of reviews of health and safety standards conducted at Traveller accommodation units in each local authority; the...
    • Homeless Accommodation Provision
      758. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of bed and breakfasts, hotels and hostels used to provide accommodation for homeless persons in each of the years...
    • Capital Assistance Scheme Funding
      759. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 671 of 18 June 2019, if there has been a reduction in the initial allocation or...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants
      761. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the expanded grant scheme for septic tanks as announced under measure 8, domestic wastewater treatment systems grant...
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      762. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if rent increases for existing HAP tenants are allowed to exceed the HAP limits; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electoral Reform
      764. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend the law to prevent candidates from contesting local authority elections in more than one electoral area;...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      765. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and location of properties acquired by each local authority under the buy and renew scheme since its inception in...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      766. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his role in the funding and issuing of free Leap cards for homeless families; the estimated cost of providing free cards to...
    • Local Authority Housing Rents
      767. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the percentage at which differential rent is assessed differs from local authority to local authority; and the percentage...
    • Water Quality
      768. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to recent reports that lead concentration levels well above the legal limit have been found in...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      769. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which income from an invalidity pension is regarded in the context of the underwriting decisions in the Rebuilding...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • EU Directives
      770. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a ban on ivory trading domestically and in the European Union as a measure to counter the illegal market in...
    • Departmental Functions
      771. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the bodies in the State that have statutory authority to function as the competent authority to make determinations under...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
      772. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • EU Directives
      773. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a copy of the briefing notes provided to her in respect of the wild birds derogation declaration for the...
    • Wildlife Control
      774. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide copies of all licence applications under the birds directive, under section 42 of the Wildlife Act 1976 or...
    • Inland Waterways Maintenance
      778. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will direct Waterways Ireland to carry out work to alleviate a dangerous situation (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • Freedom of Information Data
      779. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of freedom of information requests granted, part granted, refused, transferred to an appropriate body, withdrawn or...
    • EU Directives
      780. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a recommendation (details supplied) was not accepted and implemented in time for the 2019-20 derogation declarations...

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