Written answers
Wednesday, 3 July 2019
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Beef Industry
47. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the price of cattle nationally will be addressed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28551/19]
- Agrifood Sector
54. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to press for new markets for the agrifood sector with emphasis on replacements for those to be lost...
- Climate Change Adaptation Plans
58. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his priorities under the recently published Climate Action Plan 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28263/19]
- Agrifood Sector
60. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contingencies being operationalised and supports that will be in place to safeguard farmers and the agrifood sector here for all...
- Agriculture Industry
63. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he can expect to achieve carbon reduction targets while maintaining agricultural output having particular regard...
- Trade Agreements
64. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the Mercosur deal; if the Government continues to resolutely oppose the deal particularly in the context of the market...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals
65. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the appeals process for the areas of natural constraint, ANC, scheme with reference to appeals by farmers in...
- Agrifood Sector
66. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of co-operation and planning that exists between his Department and its counterparts in Northern Ireland and the UK in...
- Agriculture Industry
67. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans and timetable to implement the recommendations of the Teagasc report Analysis of Abatement Potential of Greenhouse Gas...
- Common Agricultural Policy
68. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the Common Agricultural Policy negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28265/19]
- Basic Payment Scheme
69. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the €60,000 basic payment scheme, BPS, ceiling for direct payments under the next CAP in order to safeguard small...
- Fishing Industry
70. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the implications of the agreement reached between Ireland and the United Kingdom in 2013 regarding the setting of the boundaries of...
- Greyhound Industry
71. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will commission an independent investigation into the greyhound industry on foot of evidence of practices of widespread abuse...
- European Maritime and Fisheries Fund
73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and description of projects under the marine biodiversity initiatives with a delayed start in 2017 with an associated...
- Greyhound Industry
74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he can address the issues raised in a programme (details supplied) regarding the treatment of greyhounds here; and...
- Beef Imports
75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the detail of beef imports for the first quarter of 2019; the number of tonnes imported; the countries from which such imports took...
- Sheep Welfare Scheme Data
76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers deemed ineligible for the sheep welfare scheme in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019 due to the fact they did not...
- Ministerial Meetings
77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his discussion with a person (details supplied) while in Cork recently; and if beef prices were discussed. [20554/19]
- Fallen Animal Collection Scheme
78. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the limitation of 125 km in respect of distance restriction applied here to the transport of category 1 animal waste is not related...
- Agrifood Sector
79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions being held with his counterparts in Northern Ireland and the UK in relation to the need to minimise disruption to the...
- Trade Agreements
80. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the Mercosur deal; the main remaining barriers; if there are red line issues; and if he will make a statement on...
- Live Exports
82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has prepared for adequate lairage at Cherbourg to cater for calf exports in spring 2020 to avoid congestion and to allow the...
- Hare Coursing
84. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the suspension of live hare coursing until after the findings of the EU Directive 92/43/EEC report due to be...
- Forest Fires
85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 3 October 2017, the overall cost of the fire of Cloosh Valley, County Galway in May 2017;...
- Forestry Sector
86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide adequate compensation for forestry owners who have suffered losses due to ash die back; if grants will be provided...
- Sheepmeat Sector
89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which foreign trade missions in 2019 will benefit the sheep meat sector here; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Greyhound Industry
90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he plans to take following the revelations of a programme (details supplied) on the subject of the greyhound industry here;...
- Fishing Industry
91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the ongoing talks regarding the fishing grounds surrounding Rockall; if Irish access to these waters will be guaranteed...
- Live Exports
92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which live exports have performed in 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28269/19]
- Departmental Schemes
93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the future growth loans scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28267/19]
- Afforestation Programme
94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts made to address the failure to meet afforestation targets and to develop a higher proportion of native and broadleaf...
- Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Pilot
95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the roll-out of the beef environmental efficiency pilot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28270/19]
- GLAS Administration
96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address concerns of farmers on Killery mountain in respect of their participation in GLAS following the 2017 gorse fire;...
- GLAS Data
97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding allocation amount for 2019 and actual expenditure to date for GLAS and the knowledge transfer group scheme in each year...
- Trade Agreements
98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the Mercosur deal; if support for the deal and other such trade deals that threaten the Irish agriculture...
- Brexit Staff
99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the 116 staff and officials planned to be recruited for SPS and fisheries controls as agreed on 18 September 2018 that...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Staff Data
100. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the staff numbers in his Department by grade in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28489/19]
- Defence Forces Equipment
101. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding has been provided for the provision of replacement of Defence Forces MOWAGS armoured personnel carriers; and if he will make a...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Applications
102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date in the determination of passport applications in the cases of persons (details supplied); when the application process...
- Foreign Conflicts
103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in Syria; the efforts being made by the EU and the international community to find a resolution to the conflict;...
- Human Rights
104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has conveyed concern to the administration of the United States of America regarding the detention of children and the conditions they...
- Middle East Issues
106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent conference held in Bahrain to discuss Palestine and economic initiatives aimed at revitalising the region; and if he...
- Undocumented Irish in the USA
107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date in addressing the undocumented Irish in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Finance
- Primary Medical Certificates Eligibility
108. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is reviewing the eligibility criteria for the primary medical certificate; the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28324/19]
- Tax Code
109. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on ticket taxes, kerosene levies and value added tax,respectively, on air travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28404/19]
- Illegal Fuel Sales
111. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to issues raised by organisations (details supplied) in relation to illicit trade and cross-Border smuggling, substantial...
- Home Renovation Incentive Scheme
112. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reintroduce the home renovation incentive scheme; the other tax relief incentives that exist to homeowners to renovate properties, particularly...
- Property Tax Exemptions
113. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of households exempted from property tax by county in tabular form; when he expects the households exempted to become liable; and if he will make a...
- Tax Code
114. To ask the Minister for Finance the rules in relation to inheritance tax and in particular provisions to address a situation for two siblings living in the same house; if there is specific...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works Projects
115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be provided for the development of Nenagh Castle and surrounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28373/19]
- Garda Station Refurbishment
116. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the refurbishment works the OPW carried out at Garda stations in the Roscommon-Longford Garda division in which the value of works was...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Apprenticeship Data
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all new apprenticeship programmes developed since 2017 will receive the same allowances for apprentices attending college as apprenticeships...
- School Staff
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a DEIS primary school (details supplied) will not lose a teacher in the forthcoming academic year in view of the exceptional circumstances of...
- School Accommodation Provision
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28332/19]
- Education and Training Boards
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28380/19]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied) with special needs who will be five years of age in July 2019 and has...
- Schools Building Projects
170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the policy under review for hiring clerks of works on additional accommodation schemes will be concluded; and if he will make a statement on...
- National Training Fund
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of revenue collected by the national training fund levy in each of the years 2000 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the amount spent from...
- Schools Building Contractors
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the construction of the permanent building for a school (details supplied) in view of the fact that planning permission has been...
- Schools Building Projects Status
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of a school building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28453/19]
- Third Level Institutions
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage with a college (details supplied) in County Tipperary that wishes to provide a course for the provision of home economics...
- School Transport
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an extension to a school bus route (details supplied) is under consideration; if so, when the outcome will be decided; and if he will make a...
- Student Universal Support Ireland Expenditure
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason €2 million less was spent on the SUSI grant in 2019. [28522/19]
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the income thresholds for the SUSI grant will rise in 2020 to make it more accessible for students and families. [28523/19]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a special school place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28574/19]
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the request of an organisation (details supplied) in Budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Operations
206. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the stage the preparation of a strategic threat risk assessment for An Garda Síochána is at; and if he will make a...
- Prison Inspections
207. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures he is taking to address the lack of published inspection reports on closed prisons by the Office of the Inspector...
- Parental Leave
209. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of legislation to increase the level of paid parental leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28415/19]
- Garda Strength
210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in Portarlington Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28418/19]
- Data Protection
211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the data protection centre in Portarlington, County Laois will be moved in the near future; and if he will make a statement...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision
214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delays in granting local communities (details supplied) permission to provide CCTV in circumstances in which...
- Garda Data
215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the Kerry Garda division trained as divisional asset profilers as of 31 December 2017, 31 December...
- Private Security Industry Regulation
216. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to update the Private Security Services Act 2004. [28495/19]
- Prison Staff
217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost in a full year if 120 additional prison officers were recruited; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Industrial Relations
218. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when a hearing will be held in the Labour Court in relation to an unfair dismissals case (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Work Permits Applications
219. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the review of a critical skills employment permit application by a person (details supplied) has been pending since March...
- IDA Ireland Site Visits
220. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits the IDA has made to Portarlington, County Laois over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Trade Agreements
221. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has discussed the potential Mercosur agreement with her other EU counterparts recently. [28209/19]
- Departmental Funding
222. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocation for the Labour Court and Workplace Relations Commission in 2018 and 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make...
- Department of Health
- Cancer Screening Programmes
223. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to apologise to the women and their families who have been affected by the cervical cancer scandal; the way in which he will do same; and if he will...
- General Practitioner Services
224. To ask the Minister for Health if non-EU general practitioners will be encouraged to live and work here in view of the shortage of general practitioners including locum doctors; the measures...
- Hospital Appointments Status
225. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for cataract treatment. [28322/19]
- Care of the Elderly Provision
226. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 11 June 2019, when a reply will issue from the HSE. [28326/19]
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
227. To ask the Minister for Health if the reimbursement of the cost of Respreeza to patients will be reconsidered. [28329/19]
- Cross-Border Health Services Provision
228. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time it is taking for patients to receive back payment after using the cross-border directive scheme for surgery; and if he will make a statement...
- Departmental Communications
230. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all travel, meetings and attendance of all meetings a person (details supplied) and their team or their associates and his Department or related...
- Medicinal Products Availability
231. To ask the Minister for Health when in 2019 he expects to bring forward a policy statement in order to increase the use of biosimilar drugs in order that better value for money is achieved...
- Primary Care Centres Data
232. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary healthcare centres delivered and that are fully operational to date in 2019, in each CHO area; the number of primary healthcare centres...
- Cancer Services Provision
233. To ask the Minister for Health when two new treatments for colon cancer (details supplied) will be made available in hospitals here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28364/19]
- Home Help Service Data
235. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Laois and Offaly on waiting lists for home help hours, homecare packages and respite care by category; and if he will make a...
- Medicinal Products Availability
236. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure fast, efficient and equal access to new medicines for persons with MS here is in line with other countries in Europe; and if...
- Hospital Appointments Status
237. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment. [28381/19]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
238. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be provided for the design of the new maternity hospital in Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28382/19]
- Mental Health Services Provision
239. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerns raised that persons are being admitted through the emergency department of Letterkenny University Hospital for...
- HSE Planning
240. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE capital plan for 2019 and 2020 will be published. [28400/19]
- Hospital Services
241. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance for travel to hospitals can be given to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28416/19]
- Hospital Staff
242. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to address the shortage of doctors in St. Finbarr's Hospital, Cork to clear the backlog of patients awaiting procedures such as...
- Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision
243. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to enable persons seeking to undertake IVF treatment to defray some of the costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28434/19]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
244. To ask the Minister for Health if the main contractor (details supplied) fully complied with the community nursing unit contract in relation to the €18 million community nursing unit...
- Medicinal Products Availability
245. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the possibility of extending the availability of the flash glucose monitoring technology, FreeStyle Libre, to all persons with type 1...
- Health Services Provision
246. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the contraception working group in his Department; the finalised terms of reference; the timeline for completion of the work of the...
- Clinical Indemnity Scheme
247. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed. [28461/19]
- Services for People with Disabilities
248. To ask the Minister for Health if posts (details supplied) are open for applications; when the recruitment window will close; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28462/19]
- Orthodontic Services Provision
249. To ask the Minister for Health the status of orthodontic treatment for a person (details supplied). [28464/19]
- Services for People with Disabilities
250. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE disability services in north County Kildare will follow-up in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Data Protection
251. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to difficulties posed to bereavement counsellors by GDPR in respect of precluding them from contacting family members of...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
252. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for a hernia operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28507/19]
- Care of the Elderly Provision
253. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support package hours which had originally been budgeted for in 2018 and 2019 in County Donegal; the number of home support package hours...
- Home Help Service Provision
254. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot obtain more than five home help hours allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28600/19]
- General Practitioner Data
255. To ask the Minister for Health the level of cover available to general practitioners in County Cork who may wish to take leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28609/19]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Hare Coursing Regulation
256. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider replacing the use of live hares with drag hares at coursing events as a matter of urgency in view of the cruelty...
- Greyhound Industry
257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which his officials or persons in his Department became aware of the report prepared by a company (details supplied) for...
- Beef Industry
258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the conditions attached to the receipt of funding under the Brexit beef plan of the European Commission will be removed; and if he...
- TAMS Administration
259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the new paperwork is in place to export surplus power to the national grid in relation to TAMS 3 solar applications. [28379/19]
- Animal Identification Schemes
260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the NBAS31B form has been removed from use by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28401/19]
- Common Fisheries Policy
261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason civil society groups have been excluded from the annual fisheries negotiations between Norway and the EU, including...
- TAMS Eligibility
263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the ceiling of €80,000 on the TAMS scheme for pig producers will be reviewed and extended to €500,000 due to the...
- Beef Industry
264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the matter of cattle prices here will be addressed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28538/19]
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
265. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which the relatively low levels of carbon emissions of Ireland have been compared with the higher level in other...
- Forestry Sector
266. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which increased forestry is likely to play a role in meeting the carbon reduction targets of Ireland. [28586/19]
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proportion of non-arable wetlands and the extent to which such lands are reckonable in terms of carbon reduction; and if he will...
- Agrifood Sector
268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains satisfied that the carbon reduction targets set for the agrifood sector remain attainable without...
- Food Imports
269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which food and-or food products from other jurisdictions continue to be monitored and checked for country of origin,...
- Fishing Industry
270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he has had negotiations with the Scottish or UK authorities in regard to the resolution of outstanding issues in...
- Agrifood Sector
271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for growth and increased employment in the agrifood sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28591/19]
- Food Exports
272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which he expects the exports of meat and dairy products to increase in volume and value over the next five years; and...
- Agrifood Sector
273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which Brexit proofing financial assistance remains available to agrifood producers; the degree to which individual...
- Fishing Industry
274. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which fish stocks remain sufficiently high to ensure the future and viability of the fishing sector here now and in the...
- Agrifood Sector
275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to encourage new markets for Irish food and food products, with particular reference to switching to...
- Farm Data
276. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to monitor the cost of farm production inputs with a view to maintaining a livelihood for farm...
- Food Industry Data
277. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which objectives and targets as set out by Food Harvest 2020 and Food Wise 2025 are being achieved; and if he will make...
- Food Promotion
278. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which the market for venison remains viable at home and abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28598/19]
- Greyhound Industry
279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the content broadcast in a programme (details supplied) regarding the greyhound sector; if existing welfare legislation...
- Bord na gCon
280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish a business analysis report prepared for an organisation (details supplied) by another organisation as reported in...
- State Bodies
281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he last met the Chief Executive Officer and-or Chairperson of Irish National Stud; the issues that were discussed; when he...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- National Oil Reserves Agency Data
282. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current rate of the National Oil Reserves Agency levy; and the annual revenue raised by the levy in each year since...
- Sale of State Assets
286. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount received from the privatisation of Telecom Éireann including all subsidiaries in 1999; the costs...
- State Bodies Data
287. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount the ESB group invested in the electricity distribution, transmission in networks upgrades, extensions,...
- National Development Plan
288. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the intended spending on each renewable energy source of the €13.7 billion that is to be attracted from private...
- Waste Management
289. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the launch of a new labelling system for waste recycling; the reason the labels he introduced are...
- Construction Regulations
290. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has responded to requests by an organisation (details supplied) that crushed concrete should be reused as an...
- Renewable Energy Generation Targets
291. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a matter regarding the national broadband plan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Renewable Energy Generation
292. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a gap of one year of renewable energy generation will potentially be...
- Climate Change Policy
293. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected rate of return on climate action fund investment projects both individually and an average; and if the...
- Waste Disposal
296. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action he plans to take to reduce the amount of plastic and other packaging waste that consumers are forced to take...
- Postal Services
297. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he received the report from An Post on the closure of the mail centre in County Cork; the analysis undertaken in...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Transport Policy
302. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures is he considering to incentivise a move towards more environmentally friendly HGVs such as Euro 6 engines (details...
- Road Safety
303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of research by the Road Safety Authority into e-scooters and other such vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Transport Policy
304. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of outcomes of trials of low emission buses being conducted by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Cycling Facilities Provision
305. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the new and additional cycle routes completed to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28351/19]
- Road Network
308. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made to implement a variable speed limit regime on the M50 to improve its operational efficiency by smoothing traffic flow;...
- Cycling Policy
310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the analysis of the National Cycling Policy Framework will be published as part of the review of public transport policy by his...
- Railway Stations
311. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Kishogue train station will not be open and operational until the end of 2020; if he is...
- Motor Insurance Data
312. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made regarding the establishment of a motor insurance database; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28358/19]
- Public Transport Data
313. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the purchases at Luas ticket machines by payment type, that is, card and cash, in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date 2019; and if...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
314. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application for the sports capital grant by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Irish Aviation Authority
315. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of domestically owned private jets registered here. [28375/19]
- Public Transport Expenditure
319. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital allocation provided to Iarnród Éireann, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus in each of the years 2016 to 2019. [28396/19]
- Rail Services Provision
320. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if increased train services will be considered for commuters in Portarlington, County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tourism Promotion
321. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which Fáilte Ireland promotes Grianán of Ailleach as a must see along the Wild Atlantic Way; and the future plans of...
- Road Projects
322. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the initial feasibility assessment of possible routes for a potential N3 to N4 link road project; if a copy will be...
- Road Safety
323. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the RSA study on the road safety of e-scooters; the timeframe for the publication of the study; and if he will make a...
- Air Services Provision
324. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason his Department awarded a fifth freedom permit to an airline (details supplied) to operate a service between Dublin and Madrid;...
- Vehicle Testing
325. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide a vehicle testing centre for Listowel, County Kerry to serve the town and its environs in view of the fact that...
- Noise Pollution
326. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the noise data collected by the Dublin Airport Authority in the process of preparing for the second runway; the noise data collected on a...
- Cycling Facilities Provision
328. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policies in place in relation to the way in which the division of cycle facility design work between the NTA, local authorities and...
- Public Transport Data
335. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new Leap cards issued in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [28501/19]
- Penalty Points System Data
336. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of penalty point notices issued in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [28502/19]
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Adoption Data
337. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of domestic adoptions applied for and successfully concluded in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; if she will...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Schemes
338. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when decisions will be made and applicants notified in relation to a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Free Travel Scheme Eligibility
340. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a proposal will be brought forward to ensure persons refused a driver licence due to sight impairment are granted a travel...
- Carer's Allowance Data
341. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons receiving a carer's allowance by age profile in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
- JobPath Programme
342. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision to refer a person (details supplied) to the JobPath scheme will be reviewed in view of the fact they have...
- Disability Allowance Applications
343. 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...
- Free Travel Scheme
344. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full year cost of extending the free travel pass to those categorised as unable to drive a vehicle on medical...
- Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
345. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on external consultancy reports between May 2016 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on...
- Disability Allowance Applications
346. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) will be decided. [28323/19]
- Flexible Work Practices
347. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there has been an investigation into the feasibility of introducing a four day work week on the grounds of improving...
- Disability Allowance Applications
348. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied). [28449/19]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
349. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the main contractor (details supplied) fully complied with the community nursing unit contract in relation to the...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
350. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [28524/19]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Planning Data
351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the strategic housing developments before An Bord Pleanála in north County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Planning Issues
352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the consideration that is given and-or evaluation made when planning permission is granted for strategic housing developments...
- National Planning Framework
353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if private developers are being encouraged to build higher density developments in view of the fact that such developments are...
- Local Authority Staff Recruitment
354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 913 of 10 July 2018, the outcome of the review by the Local Government Management Agency...
- Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an income guidelines review for social housing is underway; if so, when an outcome is likely; and if he will make a...
- Homelessness Strategy
356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a report commissioned by Dublin City Council and carried out by persons (details supplied) which show the...
- Housing Issues
357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the working group established to examine the judgment of the European Court of Justice regarding the...
- Local Authority Housing Data
359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant council houses in counties Mayo and Sligo; the areas in which these vacant council houses are located;...
- Derelict Sites
360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the derelict housing register by county over the past five years by commercial and residential properties. [28420/19]
- Housing Data
361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of void houses by county over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28427/19]
- Repair and Leasing Scheme
362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a grant scheme in place to assist homeowners wishing to renovate and repair rural and rundown dwellings; and if he...
- Home Loan Scheme
363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loan applications received to date by county; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Wildlife Protection
366. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions she is taking to support the international efforts to cease elephant poaching; if she is requesting the adoption of a...
- Hedge Cutting Season
368. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the regulations contained within the Heritage Act 2018 will commence. [28393/19]
- Historic Structures Fund
369. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the financial support available to Sligo County Council in 2019-2020 for the conservation and protection of a location (details...
- Departmental Funding
370. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost in a full year if the budget for an organisation (details supplied) increased by 12%; and if she will make a...
