Written answers
Wednesday, 10 July 2019
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Cabinet Committee Meetings
18. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times Cabinet committee A (Economy) met to date in 2019. [26562/19]
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
25. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Prime Minister May regarding the progress in the Northern Ireland talks recently. [26857/19]
- Cyber Security Policy
28. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on cybersecurity policy in his Department. [28212/19]
- Departmental Communications
31. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the social media policy of his Department. [29116/19]
- European Council Meetings
33. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the special meeting of the European Council from 30 June to 2 July 2019. [29115/19]
- British-Irish Council
41. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent meeting of the British-Irish Council. [29118/19]
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
47. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the meeting he held with church leaders on 4 July 2019; the issues that were discussed; if there was progress on the new covenant between church and...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Child and Family Agency Staff
61. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made regarding the recruitment and retention of social workers within Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Cúram agus Oideachas na Luath-Óige
62. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs cén plean atá aici chun polasaí don luathoideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaeilge a chur i bhfeidhm, mar atá molta ag...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
63. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the work she is undertaking to improve pay and conditions in the early years sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29381/19]
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
64. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; the date by which it will make its final report; and if she is...
- Recreational Facilities
65. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consideration will be given to becoming involved and funding the supervised playground at Library Road, Dún Laoghaire (details...
- Child and Family Agency Funding
66. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if financial containment by organisations is having an impact on services (details supplied). [29934/19]
- Community Development Projects Funding
67. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the community projects supported by her Department; the reason for the projects receiving funding; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Youth Services
68. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to a report into an organisation (details supplied); and the way in which the issues raised in the report...
- Child Protection
69. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to issues in respect of a service (details supplied) used by Tusla. [29933/19]
- Affordable Childcare Scheme Data
70. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of uptake by providers for the affordable childcare scheme in County Cork; when a list of the providers in the county will be...
- Childcare Services Funding
71. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to increase the level of grant aid to assist in the provision of childcare facilities both for community and private childcare...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
74. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to engage with the Mother and Baby Home Collaborative Forum; and her further plans for the next phase, for example, the...
- Childcare Services Regulation
75. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of her commitment to devise more appropriate Tusla registration standards for childminders; and if she will make a statement on...
- Youth Services Provision
76. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address the lack of provision of services for youth in Newcastle, Dublin 22 in view of the growth of the youth population in the...
- Childcare Costs
77. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which the new national childcare scheme will improve childcare options for working families after it launches in October 2019;...
- Aftercare Services
78. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young adults engaging with the aftercare service; and the estimated number of children in care at 16 years of age identified...
- Area Based Childhood Programme
80. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of progress made in disadvantaged communities through the ABC programme and the prevention, partnership and family support...
- Data Sharing Arrangements
81. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the client identification service has been halted; when it will be rectified under the Data Protection Act 2018; and when...
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
82. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to address the issues of the former residents of the Bethany Homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29383/19]
- Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
83. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of funding for the provision of supports for special needs children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29375/19]
- Affordable Childcare Scheme
85. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the national childcare scheme; her plans to ensure low income families availing of targeted supports will not be negatively...
- Family Support Services
87. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to support stay-at-home parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29376/19]
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
89. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the discussion she has had with the Minister for Health or Ministers of State in relation to youth mental health challenges in view of the...
- Children in Care
91. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied that residential centres for vulnerable children are adequately staffed and resourced; and if she will make a statement...
- Adoption Legislation
92. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to complaints made by natural parents regarding invasion of privacy in relation to an adopted person seeking...
- Child and Family Agency Data
93. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff employed under an initiative (details supplied) by county; and the grades of staff employed. [29936/19]
- Youth Services Funding
94. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a progress report will be provided on the development of a single targeted youth funding programme; her views on whether funding is...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Unemployment Data
95. To ask the Taoiseach the number of jobless households by county in tabular form. [30415/19]
- Employment Data
96. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons that are considered underemployed by county in tabular form. [30416/19]
- Departmental Shareholdings
97. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of all entities in which he or his Department hold shares. [30191/19]
- Departmental Contracts Data
98. To ask the Taoiseach the contracts in which his Department and agencies under his remit are engaged for the provision of security services; the name of each contractor; the procurement...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Shareholdings
99. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide details of all entities in which he or his Department holds shares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30181/19]
- Departmental Contracts Data
100. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the contracts in which his Department and agencies under his remit are engaged for the provision of security services; the name of each...
- Defence Forces Strength
101. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Permanent Defence Force by rank and gender across the three services in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Reserve Strength
102. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Defence Forces Reserve with regard to the three services by rank; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a...
- Army Bomb Disposals Data
105. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of suspect devices the Army bomb disposal unit has dealt with by county to date in 2019, in tabular form. [30379/19]
- Naval Service Operations
106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of days spent at sea by members of the Naval Service Reserve to date in 2019. [30380/19]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Brexit Preparations
107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his EU counterparts have discussed the action they will take if the new Prime Minister of the UK does not apply for an extension to the...
- Election Monitoring Missions
108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff by grade and location involved full-time in the operation of the election observation roster; his plans to increase the...
- Departmental Shareholdings
113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of all entities in which he or his Department hold shares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30185/19]
- Departmental Contracts Data
114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contracts his Department and agencies under his remit are engaged in for the provision of security services; the name of each...
- Northern Ireland
115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to his UK counterpart regarding the Northern Ireland Budget (No. 2) Bill 2017-19 that was on the legislative schedule in...
- Human Rights
116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to support the UN binding treaty on business and human rights in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30367/19]
- Department of Finance
- Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
117. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the review of medical qualifying criteria for a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30124/19]
- Budget 2020
118. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has identified hidden fiscal space for budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30286/19]
- Economic Policy
119. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has commissioned an analysis of the way to improve the capacity of automatic stabilisers to protect public revenues and stabilise expenditure in the...
- Help-To-Buy Scheme
120. To ask the Minister for Finance if the help to buy scheme will be extended to March 2020. [30122/19]
- Mortgage Lending
121. To ask the Minister for Finance if a mortgage provider can make the age of a house a condition of granting a mortgage to an applicant that qualifies in every other way as a first-time buyer...
- Departmental Shareholdings
122. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of all entities in which he or his Department hold shares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30184/19]
- Departmental Contracts Data
123. To ask the Minister for Finance the contracts his Department and agencies under his remit are engaged in for the provision of security services; the name of each contractor; the procurement...
- Insurance Industry Regulation
124. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures which will be taken to address issues (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30262/19]
- Government Expenditure
125. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional resources for commitment to spending increases or taxation reductions available in budget 2020 if the projected 0.4% GGB surplus was reduced to...
- Summer Economic Statement
126. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated impact of the €0.5 billion committed to the Rainy Day Fund in 2020 in the SES being used for expenditure would have on the expenditure...
- Help-To-Buy Scheme Expenditure
127. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of the help to buy scheme in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; the projected full year cost in 2019; the number of purchases supported in each year and...
- Budget 2018
128. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional yield in 2018 and the projected yield in 2019 to date from the decision to increase commercial stamp duty by 4% to 6% in budget 2018; if a...
- Tax Data
129. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to date of the CGT entrepreneur relief by year and projected cost in 2019 and 2020; if he expects to make future changes to this relief; and if he...
- Departmental Programmes
130. To ask the Minister for Finance the costs to date in 2019 from the key employee engagement programme; the number of persons that have used the scheme to date; and if he will make a statement...
- Tax Yield
131. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield to date in 2019 from the employer PAYE compliance measures announced as part of budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30295/19]
- General Government Debt
132. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated Exchequer borrowing requirement for 2019; the requirement in 2018; the projected borrowing requirement for 2020; and if he will make a statement...
- Budget Timetable
134. To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure for delaying the budget beyond 8 October 2019 if required; the legal requirements under Irish and EU law to ensure a budget is published and...
- State Assets
135. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of Exchequer cash and liquid assets currently on hand; the reason for such a large amount; the carrying cost of this for 2019; the amount of debt...
- Tax Credits
137. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of payable refundable research and development tax credits paid out by the Revenue Commissioners in each year since 2009 to 2018 to companies that...
- Betting Regulations
144. To ask the Minister for Finance the additional and total yield that has accrued to date in 2019 from increasing the betting tax from 1% to 2%; the projected yield for the year; the areas to...
- Knowledge Development Box
146. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claimants of the Knowledge Development Box in 2016, 2017 and 2018 in tabular form; the projected number of claimants in 2019 and 2020...
- Banking Sector Data
148. To ask the Minister for Finance the mechanism for calculating the bank levy; the way in which it is apportioned between institutions; the estimated yield that would result in 2019 from...
- State Bodies Data
150. To ask the Minister for Finance the dividends received from publicly owned enterprises and semi-State companies in 2018, in tabular form; the projected dividends in 2019; if he has requested...
- VAT Exemptions
151. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 42 of 3 December 2014, his views on whether the two supplements specified in the question, probiotics and glucosamine...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Garda Resources
153. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding has been provided for the development of property and evidence management stores in the Kildare Garda division. [30166/19]
- Northern Ireland
154. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the authorities in Northern Ireland and with the EU...
- Budget Measures
155. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be provided in budget 2020 to meet the potential costs of the claim regarding public service status for school...
- Flood Prevention Measures
156. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the flooding prevention plans for Ballybofey and Stranorlar, County Donegal; if the allocated funding has been spent to...
- Departmental Shareholdings
161. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of all entities in which he or his Department hold shares; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Parking Provision
162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of car parking spaces at office buildings provided by the Office of Public Works in tabular form. [30194/19]
- Office of Public Works Data
163. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital budget allocation to the OPW in each of the years 2017 to 2019; the amount of the capital budget allocation spent in 2017...
- Departmental Contracts Data
164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the contracts his Department and agencies under his remit are engaged in for the provision of security services; the name of each...
- Budget 2019
165. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Departments, agencies and individual votes the €0.3 billion in carryover costs due to measures introduced in budget 2019 as...
- Public Sector Pay
166. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Departments, agencies and individual votes the €0.4 billion cost for public sector pay increases in 2020 provided for in the...
- Departmental Budgets
167. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Departments, agencies and individual votes the €0.5 billion in demographic costs as outlined in the SES will be allocated to...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
168. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the areas to which the €200 million allocation in the SES for the expenditure reserve will be allocated; the amount which will be...
- Fiscal Data
169. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the projected additional fiscal space for budget 2020 from savings on the live register; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Capital Expenditure Programme
170. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the areas by vote group to which the €0.7 billion increase in capital expenditure as outlined in the SES will be allocated in...
- Coastal Erosion
171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the OPW expects to agree a template and parameters for a coastal monitoring programme (details supplied). [30399/19]
- Office of Public Works Projects
172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of submissions made in response to the Phoenix Park Visitor Experience Strategic Review; when these will be collated; the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Budget 2019
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the yield to date in 2019 from the increase in the national training fund levy in budget 2019; the estimated projected end of year yield; the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 21 May 2019, if there has been progress in finalising the project brief; if so, the details of same;...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 14 May 2019, if there has been further progress on the site acquisition; if a design team will be...
- Schools Building Contractors
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 276 of 11 June 2019, if tenders have been invited from the shortlist of contractors; if so, the closing...
- School Accommodation Provision
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 216 of 5 February 2019, if approval has issued for the provision of additional mainstream and specialist...
- Higher Education Institutions
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 23 January 2019, if there has been progress with the plans for the future campus development plan for...
- School Accommodation Provision
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if authority has been provided to a school (details supplied) to seek rental accommodation to ensure that the school will open in September 2019...
- Schools Building Projects Status
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building programme at a school (details supplied); the schedule being followed; if concerns raised by the local community have...
- School Services Staff
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if negotiations between his Department and a union (detail supplied) are to bring about improved terms and conditions for school secretaries and...
- Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is appropriate that a person in receipt of a SUSI grant that is over 21 years of age and entered third-level education at...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a SNA to date; when a SNA will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Accommodation Provision
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the capacity of teachers and staff in a school (details supplied) will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30174/19]
- Departmental Shareholdings
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of all entities in which he or his Department holds shares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30182/19]
- Schools Establishment
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new post-primary school to serve the Blanchardstown West, Dublin15 and Blanchardstown Village, Dublin 15 school planning areas;...
- Multidenominational Schools
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of negotiations between City of Dublin Education and Training Board and Educate Together in respect of the delivery of a...
- Departmental Contracts Data
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contracts his Department and agencies under his remit are engaged in for the provision of security services; the name of each contractor; the...
- Departmental Budgets
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the requirement for additional expenditure in 2020 to meet demographic costs as outlined in the summer economic statement for his Department by...
- Student Assistance Fund
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocations respectively in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019 and the expenditure outturn for each year, for the student assistance fund, the...
- Student Universal Support Ireland Data
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the SUSI grant income thresholds by 5%, 10% and 20% respectively, for 2020; the estimated full-year cost of...
- School Staff
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of improving the staffing schedule in primary schools to reduce class sizes by one point in 2020; and if he will make a...
- Capitation Grants
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first full-year cost of increasing the capitation paid to DEIS schools by 50%, by primary and secondary schools; and if he will...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first full-year cost of decreasing the pupil-teacher ratio in DEIS schools by one point respectively for both primary and secondary...
- Capitation Grants
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing primary and post-primary school capitation rates by €10 per child; the estimated overall cost of a 5%...
- School Staff
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first full-year costs of increasing the substitution provided to primary schools with teaching principals sufficient to ensure that...
- Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reinstating postgraduate student grants; the projected full-year cost on the basis of the previous system that was in...
- School Services Staff
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools with either a secretary or caretaker directly employed by his Department in 2019; the number in each of the years 2000 to...
- Third Level Charges
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first and full-year cost of reducing the student contribution rate by €250, €500 or €1,000; and if he will...
- Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first and full-year cost of decreasing the non-adjacent rate of third-level grants from 45 km to 24 km; and if he will make a...
- Student Accommodation
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the proposed student accommodation and new build application is in line with a request from a school (details supplied) will be reviewed in...
- Schools Building Projects Applications
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the updated funding request by a school will be reviewed with items (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30360/19]
- School Transport Provision
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department received a request from a school (details supplied) to support the provision of a dedicated school bus to transport students of...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location in relation to funding provided by his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30368/19]
- Schools Building Projects Status
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a project (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30397/19]
- Education Centre Network
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he is advertising for a new director in a centre (details supplied) in view of the fact that the current situation has been left...
- Public Sector Allowances Eligibility
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30443/19]
- Departmental Reports
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish the report commissioned by his Department regarding governance and accountability of education centres; the key...
- Education Centre Network
210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will instruct a centre (details supplied) to publish a report commissioned in the governance of the centre which was undertaken by a...
- Departmental Expenditure
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the price paid to a company (details supplied) to carry out an audit on each of the 21 education centres on an annual basis since 2016; and if he...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision
213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a community council (details supplied) will have approval on the CCTV application that was submitted in February 2019....
- Garda Stations
214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if plans are being considered to provide a new Garda station in an area (details supplied); the discussions which have taken...
- Garda Recruitment
215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if candidates in the Garda Reserve are prioritised for places in Templemore; and if not, if he will consider putting this in...
- Garda Transport Data
216. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of four-wheel drive or all terrain Garda vehicles allocated to Kildare Garda division as of 31 December 2018 and 2...
- Departmental Shareholdings
217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of all entities in which he or his Department hold shares; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Transport Data
218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new marked and unmarked Garda vans that came into the fleet to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on...
- Sexual Offences Data
220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff nationally involved in investigating material on mobile phones, computers and so on relating to child...
- Gender Recognition
222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he will introduce legislative and related measures to develop gender sensitive reception procedures and support services...
- Departmental Contracts Data
223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the contracts his Department and agencies under his remit are engaged in for the provision of security services; the name of...
- Residency Permits
224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he will introduce legislation to provide for the full implementation of Article 59 of the Istanbul Convention, which...
- Direct Provision Data
225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in direct provision by number of years they have been there, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Visa Applications
226. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications since 1 January 2016 for visas pursuant to the policy document on non-EEA family reunification made...
- Legal Costs
227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if steps have been initiated to review or reuse the costs provisions applicable to the District Court as per SI No. 17 of 2014...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Work Permits Eligibility
228. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to relaunch the scheme to allocate work permits for non-EU citizens to fill the need in the dairy sector; and if she will...
- IDA Ireland
229. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 10 April 2019, the progress made in marketing the site in question; if there has been...
- Regional Development Initiatives
230. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when a hub (details supplied) in Naas, County Kildare, will be completed; when it will be operational; the interest to date from...
- Departmental Shareholdings
231. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide details of all entities in which she or her Department holds shares; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Contracts Data
232. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the contracts her Department and agencies under her remit are engaged in for the provision of security services; the name of each...
- IDA Ireland Data
233. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits the IDA made to south County Kildare and Athy over the past five years; the number of additional jobs and...
- Department of Health
- Mental Health Services
238. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of support services for children and teenagers identified as having a tendency to self-harm;...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
239. To ask the Minister for Health if the new endoscopy unit and other medicine units proposed for Naas General Hospital, Naas, County Kildare, are included in the HSE capital plan for 2019; if...
- Cross-Border Health Services Provision
241. To ask the Minister for Health if a refund under the cross-Border directive will issue to a person (details supplied). [30105/19]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
242. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the upgrading and development of a home (details supplied) with particular reference to ensuring a long-stay facility for Roscrea,...
- Home Care Packages
243. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) was approved for homecare; when the person will receive same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30144/19]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
244. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not yet received a date for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30145/19]
- Hospital Appointments Status
245. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30146/19]
- Labour Court Recommendations
246. To ask the Minister for Health when the pay deal agreed with nurses and midwives in February 2019 will be put in place; the full cost of the pay deal for nurses and midwives in 2019 and...
- HSE Staff Data
247. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed in a facility (details supplied) in County Mayo including whole-time and part-time equivalents; the breakdown of the staffing...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
249. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an appointment with an orthopaedic consultant at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
250. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an invalidity pension application review by a person (details supplied). [30161/19]
- Services for People with Disabilities
251. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision by the HSE to move a person (details supplied) from their residential care home in Greystones, County Wicklow to Portarlington, County Laois...
- HSE Staff Recruitment
252. To ask the Minister for Health the private companies involved with the national recruitment service of the HSE. [30169/19]
- Cross-Border Health Services Provision
255. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30175/19]
- Departmental Shareholdings
256. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all entities in which he or his Department hold shares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30186/19]
- Health Services Provision
257. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment in CHO 2 of a child health governance team to provide oversight for the implementation of the healthy childhood priority...
- Chronic Disease Management Programme
259. To ask the Minister for Health if a chronic disease programme has been established in CHO 2 to develop integrated care for patients managed by their general practitioners and the acute...
- Health Services Staff Data
260. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the expansion of the homeless multidisciplinary team (details supplied) in CHO 2; and the number of additional staff in whole-time...
- Mental Health Services Staff
261. To ask the Minister for Health if all frontline mental health staff in CHO 2 have access to Children First mandatory training. [30204/19]
- Disease Classification
262. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children diagnosed with ME in the voluntary sector children’s hospital group, other voluntary hospitals and in the HSE acute sector in...
- Dental Services Provision
266. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for special care dentistry assessment and procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30227/19]
- Ministerial Meetings
267. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with a representative from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30228/19]
- Departmental Contracts Data
268. To ask the Minister for Health the contracts his Department and agencies under his remit are engaged in for the provision of security services; the name of each contractor; the procurement...
- Mental Health Services Data
271. To ask the Minister for Health if children that potentially have ME have been placed under the mental health department of a hospital; the diagnostic criteria used to diagnose or exclude ME...
- Hospital Services
272. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the rehabilitation unit project for Roscommon University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30257/19]
- Hospital Staff Recruitment
273. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in approval of development posts at Roscommon University Hospital which were specifically provided for in budget 2018; if the posts...
- Emergency Departments
274. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the latest planning details and timeframe for a new accident and emergency department at Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a...
- Hospitals Building Programme
275. To ask the Minister for Health if capital budgets assigned to his Department under Project Ireland 2040 will include a new regional or university hospital for the north fringe of Dublin and...
- Speech and Language Therapy Data
276. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults attending speech and language therapy supports in County Donegal; and the locations in the county these supports are provided. [30266/19]
- Services for People with Disabilities
277. To ask the Minister for Health the locations of feeding clinics across the State supporting persons with disabilities who have difficulties swallowing and are prone to choking due to their...
- HSE Correspondence
278. To ask the Minister for Health when he will provide a substantive response to correspondence calling for an independent review into the circumstances leading to the death of a person...
- Healthcare Policy
279. To ask the Minister for Health when the results of the public consultation on geographical alignment of community healthcare organisations and hospital groups will be published. [30269/19]
- Alcohol Pricing
281. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to commence the provisions of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 relating to minimum alcohol pricing; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
282. To ask the Minister for Health the reason two permanent senior management administrative posts (details supplied) are being prioritised to be filled while front-line posts have ceased. [30272/19]
- Home Help Service Data
283. To ask the Minister for Health the ratio of co-ordinators and HCSA leads to general staff and HCSA workers within the home help sector for the nine Health Service Executive CHO areas; and if...
- Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors
284. To ask the Minister for Health if the ENT department at University Hospital Limerick has lost its accreditation for training of non-consultant doctors in the speciality of ENT; and if he...
- Departmental Budgets
285. To ask the Minister for Health the requirement for additional revenues in 2020 to meet demographic costs as outlined in the summer economic statement for his Department by sub-vote and...
- Health Services Expenditure
286. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of extending access to the counselling in primary care service to all 16 to 25 year olds; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Charges
287. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the €100 fee for those seeking post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV (PEP) here through emergency departments; if the fee will be waived; when...
- Health Services Staff Recruitment
288. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of a clinical lead in sexual health; the length of time the position has been advertised since the announcement in October 2018;...
- Motorised Transport Grant
289. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the health (transport support) Bill; the projected costs of reintroducing a mobility allowance and motorised transport scheme to new applicants...
- Health Services Staff Data
290. To ask the Minister for Health the full-time equivalent number of staff positions in the health services whose role is to process payments in relation to private health insurance; and if he...
- Health Insurance Data
291. To ask the Minister for Health the amount recovered in a full year from private health insurers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30353/19]
- Home Help Service Expenditure
293. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of providing an additional 2.2 million hours of home help; the estimated cost of providing 8,000 extra homecare packages; and if...
- Home Care Packages Expenditure
294. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of meeting the outstanding demand for homecare packages and home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30356/19]
- HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
295. To ask the Minister for Health the spend to date and projected full year spend by the HSE on agency staff by position and grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30357/19]
- Family Support Services
296. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to provide family supports for those with sickle cell disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30364/19]
- Disease Management
297. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the health system is adapting to assist the growing numbers of persons with sickle cell disease; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Provision
298. To ask the Minister for Health when medical treatment will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30369/19]
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
299. To ask the Minister for Health if the approval of the reimbursement of the drug Tagrisso as a second line therapy for non-small cell lung cancer will be expedited, in view of the need of a...
- HSE Expenditure
300. To ask the Minister for Health the anticipated savings the HSE will generate through the best value biological medicines initiative recently launched by the medicines management programme in...
- Medicinal Products Expenditure
301. To ask the Minister for Health the oncology medicines that had a health technology assessment completed by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, NCPE, since 2016 and are not reimbursed...
- Cancer Screening Programmes
303. To ask the Minister for Health the inquiries made as to whether the entire cervical screening service should be re-established to ensure an entirely integrated service for HPV, cytology,...
- Hospital Beds Closures
304. To ask the Minister for Health his views on reports that the HSE plans to close the elms ward in St Mary’s Hospital, Phoenix Park; and his plans to ensure that the facility remains...
- Cross-Border Health Services Provision
305. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of implementing the cross-Border directive in each year since its inception; the estimated cost for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Treatment Abroad Scheme
306. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of implementing the treatment abroad scheme in each year since its inception; the estimated cost for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Workforce Data
307. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received the Murray report on medical recruitment; if he will publish same without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Beds Data
308. To ask the Minister for Health if 16 newly commissioned beds opened in the Sacred Heart hospital, Castlebar, County Mayo in 2019; the total bed capacity provided by same; and if he will make...
- Health Services Reports
309. To ask the Minister for Health if each community healthcare organisation and hospital group published operational plans for 2019; and if so, if they have been published on the Health Service...
- Chronic Disease Management Programme
312. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has completed reviews of the existing approved models of care for four chronic diseases (details supplied); and if a service...
- Hospital Charges
313. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 4 July 2019, when the review of the basis for existing hospital and medication charges to be carried out under...
- Health Services Staff Data
314. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses employed throughout the public health sector; the number of vacancies that exist; the number recruited to date in 2019; the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Electricity Grid
315. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the export of surplus power to the national grid by members of the farming community; and if the necessary new...
- Climate Change Policy
316. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will discuss with the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment measures to ensure that assistance is given...
- Forestry Sector
317. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a forestry licence application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30164/19]
- Departmental Shareholdings
318. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of all entities in which he or his Department hold shares; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Contracts Data
319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contracts his Department and agencies under his remit are engaged in for the provision of security services; the name of each...
- Greyhound Industry
320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the commencement order for the Greyhound Racing Act 2019 has been signed; if not, the reason; and when it will be signed. [30261/19]
- Bovine Disease Controls
321. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on the examination of tissue samples as part of the BVD screening programme in each of the years 2013 to 2018, in...
- Haulage Industry
324. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the EU recognised a body (details supplied) as a body in its role for certification of the haulage sector. [30402/19]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- National Oil Reserves Agency
326. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the additional projected yield in 2020 from a one cent increase in the National Oil Reserve Agency levy; and if he will...
- Landfill Sites
327. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 546 of 21 May 2019, if a shortlist of candidates has been invited to tender for...
- Bord na Móna
328. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the current Bord Na Móna redundancy scheme; and if there is a maximum age at which employees are...
- Departmental Shareholdings
329. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide details of all entities in which he or his Department hold shares; and if he will make a statement...
- Climate Change Adaptation Plans
330. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an audit of the number of carparking and bicycle spaces available to Civil Service staff as part of the Climate...
- Biofuel Obligation Scheme
331. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is examining the possibility of liquid fuelled heating appliances being adapted and used with biofuel; if he is...
- Departmental Contracts Data
332. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the contracts his Department and agencies under his remit are engaged in for the provision of security services; the...
- Traveller Community
333. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the efforts being made to ensure that Travellers, those in rental accommodation and those in mortgage arrears, can...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Regional Road Network
334. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for increasing the roads budget allocation for Galway County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30112/19]
- Tax Yield
336. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated yield of a bed night tax or levy of €1 per night in a hotel or bed and breakfast in a full year for each local...
- Road Improvement Schemes
337. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consultants have been appointed in South Dublin County Council to progress the planning and design of the upgrade of the M4 between...
- Public Transport Fares
338. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the outcome of reviews of train fares for commuters from Newbridge and Kildare, County Kildare outside the short hop zone; if further...
- Rural Transport Services Provision
339. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) cannot get the LocalLink route to and from a location; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Rail Services Provision
340. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Irish Rail plans to increase the number of carriages from four to seven on the 6.35pm Dublin Connolly to Newbridge train service....
- Roads Maintenance
342. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will arrange to have a premises (details supplied) with a view to resolving the problem for the householder inspected in view of...
- Departmental Shareholdings
343. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of all entities in which he or his Department hold shares; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Sports Capital Programme
344. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next round of sports grants will commence; the capital available for the clubs and organisation that apply and qualify; and if...
- Departmental Contracts Data
345. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the contracts his Department and agencies under his remit are engaged in for the provision of security services; the name of each...
- Public Service Obligation Levy Payments
346. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the 2018 and 2019 PSO subvention allocated respectively to each transport body and public service provider by the National Transport...
- Public Service Obligation Data
347. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of providing an increased subsidy to each public transport provider to reduce fares by 5%, 10% and 20%, respectively;...
- Road Projects Status
348. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of progress towards delivering the Galway city bypass since approval was provided in 2018; the spend on the N6 Galway city...
- Road Projects
349. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be allocated in 2020 to enable the further design and development of an essential road project (details supplied); and if...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Departmental Shareholdings
351. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details of all entities in which she or her Department hold shares; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Discipline
352. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla plans to inform schools that a reduced timetable put in place for a child is deemed a suspension under its 2008 guidelines and...
- Child and Family Agency
353. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the training and information provided for Tusla to enable it to recognise and support a child who has or potentially has ME; the difference...
- Medical Conditions
354. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a child who has or may potentially have ME and-or is waiting for an appointment to diagnose or exclude ME using recognised diagnostic...
- Family Resource Centres
357. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of family resources centres and the county in which each is located, in tabular form. [30216/19]
- School Discipline
358. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla plans to inform schools that putting in place a reduced timetable for a child is deemed a suspension under its 2008 guidelines and...
- Departmental Contracts Data
359. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the contracts her Department and agencies under her remit are engaged in for the provision of security services; the name of each...
- Child and Family Agency Data
360. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that potentially have myalgic encephalomyelitis, ME, overseen by Tusla; the approach of Tusla to children missing...
- Departmental Budgets
361. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the requirement for additional revenues in 2020 to meet demographic costs as outlined in the summer economic statement for her Department...
- Affordable Childcare Scheme
362. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated first and full year cost of increasing the universal childcare subsidy from 50 cent an hour to €1 per hour or...
- Affordable Childcare Scheme Data
363. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of families with children in full-time childcare that will not be eligible for an additional subsidy for childcare in autumn...
- Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
364. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when funding will be allocated towards the necessary provision of a refuge centre in counties Cavan and Monaghan for victims of domestic...
- Bullying of Children
365. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which incidents of various forms of bullying including cyberbullying were reported to her Department or bodies under her...
- Youth Services Funding
366. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she continues to interact with youth organisations nationally and in County Kildare with a view to providing financial...
- Child and Family Agency Data
368. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children deemed to be at risk; the extent to which this number has fluctuated on the basis of satisfactory or other outcomes;...
- Children in Care
369. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in care; the extent to which adequate resources, accommodation and ongoing supervision of their respective cases...
- Child and Family Agency Data
370. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children discharged from care in the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30455/19]
- Child and Family Agency Services
374. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which her Department can provide a rapid response in respect of children suspected of various forms of abuse; and if she will...
- Departmental Budgets
375. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of the budget available to her Department to cater for the full extent of...
- Childcare Services Provision
376. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she is satisfied regarding the availability of childcare facilities in view of the increasing necessity for both...
- After-School Support Service Provision
377. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which she remains satisfied regarding the availability of community child support services including the provision of support...
- Counselling Services Provision
378. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she envisages improved counselling services for children at risk and their families in County Kildare; and if she will...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Shareholdings
379. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide details of all entities in which he or his Department hold shares; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Contracts Data
380. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the contracts his Department and agencies under his remit are engaged in for the provision of security services; the name of each...
- LEADER Programmes Funding
381. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated for the 2014 to 2020 LEADER programme; the expenditure to date; if he is satisfied that the total funding will...
- Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
382. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications made under the rural regeneration and development fund to date per category; the number of applications...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Carer's Benefit Applications
383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for carer's benefit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will remove the habitual residency clause for social protection for Northern Ireland in view of the commitment to no...
- Redundancy Payments
387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is accepted that a person (details supplied) is not in the financial position to repay a sum under the redundancy and...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [30147/19]
- Disability Allowance Applications
389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she...
- Community Employment Schemes Administration
390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) submitted a request to sponsor or sub sponsor a...
- Departmental Shareholdings
391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide details of all entities in which she or her Department hold shares; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Contracts Data
392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the contracts her Department and agencies under her remit are engaged in for the provision of security services; the name of...
- Community Employment Schemes Places
393. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a community employment scheme placement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be extended; and if...
- Departmental Budgets
394. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the requirement for additional revenues in 2020 to meet demographic costs as outlined in the summer economic statement for...
- Parental Leave
395. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the new paid parental leave benefit as announced at budget 2019 for parents will be available; when the application...
- Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure
398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing child benefit and domiciliary care allowance by €5 in 2020; the estimated full year...
- Social Welfare Benefits Payments
399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has been provided with sufficient expenditure allocation for the payment of a full Christmas bonus in 2019;...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Data
400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged 26 years of age and under in receipt of jobseeker's allowance by age and payment; the number of...
- Carer's Benefit Eligibility
401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed to allow a full and final decision on the case; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Appeals Data
402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare appeals lodged in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the percentage of appeals...
- Child Poverty
403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the target for child poverty; the number of children who would have to be lifted out of poverty for the target to be met...
- Working Family Payment Data
404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households in each county in receipt of the working family payment in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits Data
405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in each of the years 2011 to 2018, and to date in 2019, who have been subject to sanctions and have had...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Data
407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged 65 years and older signing on for a jobseeker's payment due to the fact that they are not eligible...
- Pensions Data
408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the 2012 pension review; the number of persons to date who had their pensions reviewed; the number of persons...
- Youth Employment Initiative
409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the youth employment support scheme; the number of persons who participated in the scheme since it was...
- Community Employment Schemes Review
410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the interdepartmental review of community employment schemes; when the review is expected to be completed; his...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Referendum Campaigns
411. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the referendum on future presidential elections; and the progress being made on same. [30016/19]
- Home Loan Scheme
412. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in the Louth County Council area who availed of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan to date. [30123/19]
- An Bord Pleanála Data
413. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rate of overturning decisions of planners by An Bord Pleanála since 2011; if the planner upheld the planning...
- Residential Tenancies Board Administration
414. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the operating cost of the Residential Tenancies Board for 2018 and to date in 2019. [30142/19]
- Weather Events Response
415. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a risk assessment will be carried out on publicly owned trees nationally in view of the recommendations of the review...
- Departmental Shareholdings
417. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of all entities in which he or his Department hold shares; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Contracts Data
418. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the contracts his Department and agencies under his remit are engaged in for the provision of security services; the name of...
- Departmental Reports
419. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the quarterly social housing pipeline report will be published; and if it will include Traveller accommodation. [30263/19]
- Local Authority Housing Mortgages
420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if information (details supplied) will be provided in tabular form. [30275/19]
- Local Authority Housing Data
421. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of building an additional 1,000 social housing units per year on local authority or State owned land; and...
- Building Regulations
423. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the submissions received relating to TGD F of the building regulations and the documents constituting his consideration...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Calafoirt agus Céanna
424. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an féidir léi an t-eolas is déanaí a chur ar fáil faoin dul chun cinn atá á dhéanamh ag an...
- Boat Permits
425. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 723 of 2 July 2019, if the 1997 agreement made with boatmen (details supplied) in County...
- Departmental Shareholdings
426. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details of all entities in which she or her Department holds shares; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Contracts Data
427. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the contracts her Department and agencies under her remit are engaged in for the provision of security services; the name of each...