Written answers
Thursday, 27 June 2019
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Industrial Development
13. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to grow and support the indigenous business sector in order to support businesses here and to reduce over-reliance on foreign...
- IDA Ireland Data
14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new first-time investments by new IDA client companies in County Donegal in 2019; the number of visits by new IDA client...
- Research and Development Funding
15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of call 2 of the disruptive technologies fund; her plans for holding an information event on the fund in County Limerick;...
- Trade Agreements
16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if assurances will be given that she will not support imminent deals on Mercosur, which gives increased access to South American beef...
- Industrial Development
17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a call from an association (details supplied) for the development of a small business strategy with the aim of providing a...
- Ticket Touting
18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason no legislation regulating the problem of ticket touting has been introduced to date; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Brexit Supports
19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding available through her Department in 2019 to assist sectors that will be adversely impacted by Brexit; the schemes supported...
- Brexit Preparations
20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of preparations to assist businesses for a hard Brexit; the amount spent on hard Brexit preparations to date; and if she...
- Enterprise Support Services Provision
21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a specific programme of grant aid will be established to assist local statutory agencies or community groups to provide enterprise...
- IDA Ireland Data
22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the most recent occasion on which the IDA visited counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath; the number of new jobs created by the IDA in the...
- Brexit Supports
23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has had recent meetings with the European Commissioner for Competition regarding threats posed to Irish businesses by Brexit and...
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement
24. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the specific reforms and changes that have taken place at the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement as a direct result of the...
- Brexit Preparations
25. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to assist companies in the Border counties to be prepared for Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Brexit Data
26. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the uptake in the number of schemes in support of businesses preparing for Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Industrial Development
27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of Future Jobs Ireland 2019 further to its launch; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27103/19]
- Regional Development Initiatives
28. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the regional enterprise plans; the way in which the plans will benefit counties Longford and Westmeath; and if she will...
- Work Permits Applications Data
29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications received to date in 2019 for work permits for chefs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26951/19]
- National Broadband Plan
30. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated impact the national broadband plan will have on transforming business in rural Ireland; and if she will make a statement...
- Brexit Preparations
32. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to promote participation in the schemes to prepare businesses for Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- IDA Ireland Data
33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if an update will be provided following the publication of the mid-year results of IDA Ireland; her plans to ensure further inward...
- Enterprise Support Schemes
34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the uptake of the competitive start fund for female entrepreneurs; the amount allocated under the fund in 2018; and if she will make a...
- Corporate Governance
37. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measurable outputs and targets there are for corporate social responsibility for businesses operating here; the way in which these...
- Department of Defence
- Enterprise Data
38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has offered financial or regulatory assistance to a company (details supplied); and if assistance has been sanctioned due to the...
- Defence Forces Expenditure
39. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the breakdown of costs to his Department of the visit of the President of the United States of America, Mr. Donald Trump; the cost of dispatching...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Expenditure
40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the breakdown of costs for his Department associated with the visit of the President of the United States of America, Mr. Donald Trump; the...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Forms
41. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will provide a facility for persons who are non-e enabled and require written confirmation of cessation of employment as in the...
- Tax Credits
42. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the home carer tax credit is applied to reduce the tax liability of a qualifying couple that are jointly assessed for income tax; the reason...
- Revenue Commissioners Audits
43. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of revenue audits undertaken by the Revenue Commissioners in each of the years since 2016; the amount of additional tax liability, interest and...
- Budget Measures
44. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to utilise expanded economic and social metrics in the calculation of national income for fiscal and budgetary purposes and for fiscal policy from...
- Currency Regulation
45. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the proposed introduction of a cryptocurrency (details supplied); if his Department and the Central Bank are monitoring developments in...
- Fiscal Policy
46. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for financial buffers in respect of departmental Votes and his views on the suggestion in the recent Irish Fiscal Advisory Council financial...
- Tax Exemptions
47. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the scheme and tax breaks under the back to work enterprise allowance relative to the qualifications or requirements for an exemption from...
- Universal Social Charge Yield
48. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue collected as a result of the USC in each of the past five years; the estimated revenue to be collected in 2019; and if he will make a statement on...
- Revenue Commissioners Investigations
49. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of each investigation and review undertaken by the Revenue Commissioners, either solely or in co-operation with the scope section of the Department...
- Central Bank of Ireland Enforcement Actions
50. To ask the Minister for Finance the specific powers the Central Bank has regarding investment and pension consultancy firms; if the Central Bank can commence enforcement proceedings on such...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Financial Services Sector
53. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the recent OECD Review of Financial Reporting in Ireland and its recommendation (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Programmes
54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timetable for the actions in respect of apprenticeships that will be taken to implement recommendations as set out in the report, The Role of...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide specialised educational facilities in mainstream secondary schools for the education of children with Down's syndrome similar...
- Quality and Qualifications Ireland Accreditation
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the disability awareness training course is not accredited by Quality and Qualifications Ireland; the further reason it has proposed...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the land owned by the ETB regarding the proposed site of the new post-primary school for Citywest is the land on which two primary schools are...
- Schools Building Projects Status
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction of a school (details supplied), which is in temporary accommodation, will commence; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Transport Eligibility
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has the authority to overrule decisions made by Bus Éireann on the routes buses take under the school transport scheme; if exceptions...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when special autism classes and extra places will be made available in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Transport Eligibility
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if free school transport will be provided to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27363/19]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pupil-teacher ratio in DEIS schools will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27375/19]
- Schools Building Projects Status
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress on a new building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27399/19]
- Apprenticeship Data
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new consortia-led apprenticeship programmes forecasted under the Action Plan to Expand Apprenticeship and Traineeship in Ireland...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a further planned reduction in primary school class sizes commencing in 2020 such as reducing class sizes by one could be considered in the...
- Mental Health Services Funding
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take in the context of budget 2020 to commit to a nationwide investment in mental health services for students at third level...
- Student Accommodation
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the call by a union (details supplied) for the provision of capital grants specifically for developments of purpose-built student accommodation...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision to refuse an application for a grant for assistive technology for pupils with a physical or communicative disability by a person...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will commence the process of reversing the decision taken in respect of student grant adjacency rates and increase the qualifying criteria...
- School Admissions
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants for each school nationally that were not accepted due to capacity issues for the school year that began in September...
- Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy regarding retrospective payments to clients from Caranua for services and or supports; the number of approved retrospective payments to...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Parental Leave
78. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if employers are permitted to require parents to take parental leave in a single 18-week block rather than as a few days per...
- Private Security Authority Membership
79. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to including patron or consumer representatives on the board of the Private Security Authority;...
- Immigration Status
80. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 13 June 2019, if an appeal by a person (details supplied) has been received; and if...
- Fines Data
83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount paid in fines and fees by vehicle owners who had their vehicles seized under section 41 of the Road Traffic Act 1994,...
- International Protection (1 comment)
84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce measures to reduce the waiting times for the result of a first interview for refugee and international...
- Crime Prevention
85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to legislate to enhance the safety of communities following serious crimes and anti-social behaviour at many locations...
- Youth Justice Strategy
86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering trialling the Greentown project initiative; if so, if he will consider piloting the project in a town...
- Naturalisation Applications
87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Immigration Status
88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if and when stamp 4 or alternative can be updated to facilitate employment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he...
- Naturalisation Eligibility
89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the eligibility for naturalisation if and when updated stamp 4 will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he...
- Immigration Status
90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for the update of stamp 4 naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Naturalisation Applications
91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
- Immigration Status
92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if and when stamp 4 will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27366/19]
- Departmental Expenditure
96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of costs to his Department for the visit of the President of the United States of America, Mr. Donald Trump; the...
- Private Security Authority
97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if information relating to investigations by an authority (details supplied) will be provided; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Business Regulation
99. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the legislation underpinning the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority; the powers of the authority; if it can impose...
- Regional Development Policy
100. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she can continue to assist business and enterprise throughout County Kildare using the medium of innovation and...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
101. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she continues to assist small businesses affected by competition from outside the EU; and if she will make a...
- Economic Data
102. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she continues to monitor impediments likely to impact on business nationally, with particular reference to the...
- Brexit Issues
103. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she continues to monitor business openings and opportunities arising from Brexit with a view to maximisation of...
- Trade Promotion
105. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of countries, with particular reference to new markets, with which she continues to be in contact in order to generate new...
- Brexit Supports
106. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she remains satisfied with the availability of grant aid or other supports to assist business and enterprise here...
- Economic Competitiveness
107. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which technology, education and the availability of suitable business and housing accommodation continue to be an issue...
- Enterprise Support Services Provision
108. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which adequate incentives remain available to encourage the indigenous sector, with particular reference to job creation...
- Regional Development Initiatives
109. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she continues to encourage start-up enterprises in all regions nationally; the issues to date identified as being...
- Work Permits Applications
110. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to streamline the application process for work permits further, with particular reference to the issuing of decisions in a...
- Foreign Direct Investment
111. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which Ireland continues to remain an attractive country for foreign direct investment; and if she will make a statement...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
112. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timetable for the actions regarding work permits that will be taken to implement recommendations as set out in the report, The...
- Regional Development Data
113. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs that have been created in each county; the number of site visits to each county; the value of the investments in...
- Climate Change Policy
115. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions that her Department has lead responsibility for in the Climate Action Plan 2019; the annual emission reductions envisaged...
- Department of Health
- Respite Care Services Funding
116. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to allow the summer camp at a service (details supplied) to take place in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Speech and Language Therapy Data
117. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech therapists assigned to a service (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the number of children on the waiting list for speech therapy...
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
118. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be appointed to a role the person was selected for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27211/19]
- Health Services Data
119. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists assigned to the school age services in County Roscommon; the number of children on the waiting list for physiotherapy with the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
121. To ask the Minister for Health the status of residence living for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27230/19]
- Hospital Charges
122. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals using debt collection agencies to recover emergency department charges; the number of persons who had their emergency department bills...
- Vaccination Programme Data
125. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will be establishing a centralised system to hold vaccination records in order that persons can have swift access to their vaccination histories in...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
126. To ask the Minister for Health his views on reports that, due to cost containment measures, 27 medical step-down respite beds will be closed at St. Mary’s Hospital, Phoenix Park; and...
- Cancer Services Funding
127. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding to BreastCheck by 10%. [27237/19]
- Health Screening Programmes
129. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding the newborn screening programme to screen for all diseases for which there is a medical treatment here, [27239/19]
- Medical Products
130. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing contraceptives to all women who need them. [27240/19]
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
136. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the number of obstetricians and gynaecologists employed by ten. [27246/19]
- Hospital Consultant Remuneration
139. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering pay parity for medical consultants taken on since 2012 and longer serving colleagues. [27249/19]
- Drugs Payment Scheme Threshold
142. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the threshold of the drug payment scheme by every euro to €100. [27252/19]
- Medical Card Data
144. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the medical card prescription charge by one euro; and the estimated cost of abolishing prescription charges [27254/19]
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
145. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of training and recruiting 110 advanced paramedics. [27255/19]
- Ambulance Service Data
146. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated operating cost of an additional three ambulances, including personnel, for each of the four HSE regions. [27256/19]
- Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Data
147. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing a community neuro-rehabilitation team. [27257/19]
- National Dementia Strategy Implementation
148. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implementing the national dementia strategy in full. [27258/19]
- Home Care Packages Expenditure
149. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of putting home care entitlements on a statutory footing. [27259/19]
- Hospitals Funding
150. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of ceasing private activity in public hospitals, assuming the revenue lost was replaced with public funding. [27260/19]
- HSE Funding
151. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the information technology budget of the HSE by 1%. [27261/19]
- Maternity Services
152. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of implementing the national maternity strategy in full. [27262/19]
- General Practitioner Data
155. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated additional cost of extending free general practitioner care to the entire population. [27265/19]
- Hospital Charges
157. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of abolishing charges for emergency departments and inpatient care, respectively. [27267/19]
- Medical Card Expenditure
158. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual additional cost in each of the next five years of allowing medical card holders in receipt of disability allowance who move into work and...
- HSE Expenditure
159. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of allocating the remainder of the capital expenditure identified as necessary by the HSE to complete the process of decongregation. [27269/19]
- Health Services Expenditure
160. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of introducing and operating 100 additional nursing home beds. [27270/19]
- Respite Care Services Availability
161. To ask the Minister for Health if the respite facility regularly used by persons (details supplied) has been deemed as respite accommodation for emergency cases only and is not available as...
- Health Services Funding
162. To ask the Minister for Health the status of practice subsidies for a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27289/19]
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
163. To ask the Minister for Health the status of planning and progress for the proposed 96-bed ward at University Hospital Limerick, Dooradoyle, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement...
- Medical Consent
164. To ask the Minister for Health if the national consent policy regarding refusal of treatment in pregnancy will be revised following the thirty-sixth amendment of the Constitution; and if he...
- Health Services Data
165. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time permanent medical, nursing and other positions at a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27304/19]
- Hospitals Funding
170. To ask the Minister for Health if he will carry out an audit of the allocation of resources, including medical, nursing and other staff, to the various hospital groups nationally to ensure...
- Hospital Services
171. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the services in Nenagh, Ennis and St. John's hospitals in order to relieve pressure on University Hospital Limerick, Dooradoyle, County...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
172. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the planning and progress of the proposed 60-bed modular unit at University Hospital Limerick, Dooradoyle, County Limerick; his plans to recruit...
- Hospital Appointments Status
173. To ask the Minister for Health if a knee operation will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if a response will be expedited. [27316/19]
- Home Help Service
174. To ask the Minister for Health if it is within the scope of the role of home carers provided through State funding to assist with household chores on behalf of the person they are caring...
- HSE Staff Remuneration
175. To ask the Minister for Health the reason healthcare assistants have not received mileage from the HSE for May and to date in June 2019; the reason payment of mileage for these months is...
- Hospital Accommodation Provision
181. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated capital costs of providing 100 additional hospital beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27331/19]
- Hospitals Expenditure
182. To ask the Minister for Health the fully absorbed cost of running a hospital bed per day and per annum. [27332/19]
- HSE Staff Training
183. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing staffing cover for HSE staff who engage in continuous professional development courses. [27333/19]
- Maternity Leave
184. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of ensuring all maternity leave is covered across the HSE. [27334/19]
- HSE Staff Training
185. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the HSE contribution for approved clinical courses and examinations under the clinical course and examination refund scheme...
- General Practitioner Training
186. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the annual general practitioner training intake to 250 for 2019. [27336/19]
- General Practitioner Data
188. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of directly employing one, ten and 50 general practitioners, respectively, inclusive of salary and PRSI costs. [27338/19]
- General Medical Services Scheme Expenditure
190. To ask the Minister for Health the cost paid by the State for a general practitioner visit under the general medical services scheme. [27340/19]
- General Practitioner Training
192. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding the specialist training fund for higher specialist trainees scheme for general practitioners in first and second year giving...
- Ambulance Service Data
195. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of purchasing three fully equipped ambulances for each of the four HSE regions [27345/19]
- Disability Services Data
201. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing an additional 500,000 hours under the personal assistant scheme. [27351/19]
- Medical Card Expenditure
204. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of guaranteeing a medical card for all members of the Travelling community. [27354/19]
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
206. To ask the Minister for Health if an application by a person (details supplied) for the fair deal scheme will be expedited and approved for the maximum financial support. [27383/19]
- HSE Staff Recruitment
207. To ask the Minister for Health when the recruitment ban in the HSE will be concluded. [27397/19]
- Hospital Appointments Status
208. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied). [27398/19]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Scheme Applications
210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farmer (details supplied) in County Clare will receive grant aid for a bulk tank constructed in 2018 having already submitted...
- Aquaculture Licence Applications
211. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application for a land-based aquaculture licence by a company (details supplied) will be expedited and approved; the reason a...
- Sea Lice Controls
212. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number, name and location of all salmon farms using mechanical treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27388/19]
- Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Applications
215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27391/19]
- Departmental Expenditure
216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capital spend to date in 2019, including the capital carryover from 2018, by subhead; the provision under each subhead including...
- Knowledge Transfer Programme
217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial allocations on an annual basis under the 2014-2020 RDP for the knowledge transfer group scheme; the amount expended on...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
218. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process at EU level to review the total area of hedgerows and non-forest woodland patches across the Irish...
- Television Licences Data
219. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of properties here that hold a television licence; the rate of non-compliance with the legislation; the...
- Electric Vehicle Grants
220. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to subvent or grant aid in a similar manner to that of an electric car the cost of an electric tractor for a...
- Broadband Service Provision
221. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of e-fibre broadband roll-out to a location (details supplied). [27286/19]
- Online Safety
222. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to protect children online; when major proposals for reform and legislation will be introduced;...
- Legislative Measures
223. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered updating the Electronic Commerce Act 2000 in view of the fact that it is nearly 20 years old; his...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Park and Ride Facilities
224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a park and ride facility will be provided for commuters in Slane, County Meath (details supplied). [27212/19]
- Road Improvement Schemes
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding is available to improve the N68 road in County Clare, particularly in view of the importance of the road to the local tourism...
- Dublin Bus Fleet
227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of low-emission buses that will be added to the bus fleet in Dublin during the remainder of 2019 and 2020 to 2022; if they...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an appeal by a club (details supplied) to the decision not to grant it funding for equipment as part of the sports capital...
- Road Improvement Schemes
229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital expenditure from 1 January to 30 April 2019 under the heading of B3, road improvement and maintenance; and if he will make a...
- Sport Ireland Funding
230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available to a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27370/19]
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Childcare Services
231. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if childcare providers are entitled to apply a cap on the number of children in their services under the community childcare subvention...
- Departmental Programmes
232. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address a matter regarding the login credentials of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Childcare Services
233. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans in place to address the downturn in numbers of children attending community sessional playschools in north-east County Galway in...
- Departmental Strategies
234. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the specific sources of statutory funding for NGO services working in the areas of pre-birth, perinatal and early years parenting support...
- Childcare Services Data
235. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children on a waiting list for each crèche nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27441/19]
- Childcare Services
236. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to create a pilot partnership between full daycare and playschools by which children who use their ECCE place in one service...
- Childcare Services Funding
237. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if capital build funding will be provided for baby, toddler and school aged childcare places in rural areas (details supplied); and if she...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- RAPID Programme
238. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the RAPID programme has now ceased operating in view of the establishment of the community enhancement programme; and if he will...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- School Meals Programme
239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure that single-use plastics are not used as containers for the hot school meals scheme (details supplied);...
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if progress has been made in resolving issues regarding community employment scheme workers approaching retirement age to...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue on an invalidity appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a...
- Dental Services
243. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for dental treatment. [27219/19]
- Disability Allowance Applications
244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [27288/19]
- Illness Benefit Payments
246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has not received payment of an illness benefit claim even though the person received...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
247. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be granted time to obtain medical evidence; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Programmes
248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the relatively low uptake in the disability awareness training grant and the issues...
- State Pensions
249. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding pensioners born from 1 January 1955 onwards but who have to retire at 65 years of age and will not...
- Disability Allowance Payments
250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment in respect of a recently awarded disability allowance will issue in the case a person (details supplied); and if...
- Exceptional Needs Payment Appeals
251. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision to refuse an application for an exceptional needs payment to cover funeral expenses can be reviewed in the case...
- Departmental Investigations
252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of all investigations and reviews undertaken by the scope section of her Department, either solely or in...
- Invalidity Pension Eligibility
254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) will be expedited and approved. [27382/19]
- Jobseeker's Benefit Payments
255. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a social welfare payment for a person (details supplied) will be paid directly in to their bank account; and if she will...
- Disability Allowance Applications
256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the time limit for participants of community employment schemes who have mental health difficulties and...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units nationally; if an analysis has been undertaken to assess the BER rating of the units; the...
- Home Loan Scheme
260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for funds to be released to honour all outstanding applications under the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme;...
- Proposed Legislation
261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the building control Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27294/19]
- Housing Provision
262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects equilibrium between supply and demand to be reached in the housing market; and if he will make a statement on...
- Local Authority Housing Funding
263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grant funding allocated to each local authority for the older persons and disabled persons grant schemes for council-owned...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Expenditure
264. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital spend to date in 2019, including the capital carryover from 2018, by subhead; the provision under each subhead...
