Written answers

Tuesday, 17 September 2019

  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if matters regarding legacy issues, in particular the withholding of State documents by the UK Government for incidents such as the Dublin...
    • Departmental Staff Safety
      49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is seeking to hire a private security company to provide bodyguard services, armoured transportation, vehicle tracking and route...
    • Millennium Development Goals
      50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that has been made in developing a roadmap to achieve Ireland's ODA/GNI target by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Middle East Issues
      51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to recent attacks by Israel in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq; his views on the attacks and the increased tension on...
    • Departmental Staff Safety
      52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the workplace supports available to staff in his Department involved in consular cases, particularly in very difficult cases such as Malaysia...
    • Human Rights
      53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts he and his European counterparts are making to ensure human and democratic rights in China, particularly in view of the recent...
    • Climate Change Policy
      54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the unprecedented forest fires in Brazil, particularly in the Amazon rainforest (details supplied); and...
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role of his Department in supporting the special envoy to the US Congress on the undocumented; and the resources available to the envoy....
    • EU Migration Crisis
      56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the refusal of Italy and Malta to allow ships carrying asylum seekers to dock at their ports (details supplied); and the steps...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 29 January 2019, the assessment he has made of the extent to which arms supplied by Saudi Arabia...
    • Middle East Peace Process
      58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when Ireland will officially recognise the state of Palestine in view of the recent statements of the Prime Minister of Israel, Mr. Benjamin...
    • Human Rights Cases
      61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a lawsuit (details supplied) in Colombia has been filed by two communities in La Guajira,...
    • Irish Aid
      62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which he can ensure that disability inclusive development will be realised within the international development policy of Irish...
    • Northern Ireland
      63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of efforts to restart the executive in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37462/19]
    • Human Rights
      65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the ongoing political crisis and human rights violations in Bahrain; the position of Ireland on the crisis; and if he will make...
    • UN Security Council
      66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Ireland’s efforts to win a seat at the UN Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37463/19]
    • Brexit Negotiations
      67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with Mr. Michel Barnier recently; and if there is a European Council meeting in September 2019. [37642/19]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Discussions with European Leaders
      68. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken with Ms Ursula von der Leyen since her ratification as President of the European Commission. [34764/19]
    • Cyber Security Protocols
      69. To ask the Taoiseach if there are dedicated, professionally trained and certified cybersecurity staff for cybersecurity protocols under the remit of his Department; if such specialists are...
    • Departmental Administrative Arrangements
      70. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has a disaster recovery plan, business continuity plan and or disaster recovery sites. [36413/19]
    • Departmental Internships
      71. To ask the Taoiseach the number of unpaid internships issued and or granted to persons to work in his Department over the past five years to 28 August 2019; the number of persons who took up...
    • Departmental Websites
      72. To ask the Taoiseach the reason links from search engines or other sources to documents found on the website of his Department now link to a Department home page rather than the document...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      73. To ask the Taoiseach the amount expended on the renewal of licences (details supplied) by his Department since 2009 to date in 2019; and the amount projected to be spent on the renewal of...
    • Ministerial Advisers Data
      74. To ask the Taoiseach the name of each person employed as an adviser or special adviser to him and the Minister of State in his Department; and the salary of each in tabular form. [36420/19]
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      75. To ask the Taoiseach the names of external consultancies that delivered and continue to deliver advice and training on all aspects of GDPR in the context of preparedness and ongoing...
    • Departmental Customer Charters
      76. To ask the Taoiseach the number of complaints his Department received under the customer service charter in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; and if his attention has been drawn to issues and...
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      77. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken with Prime Minister Johnson recently; and if so, the issues discussed. [36953/19]
    • Citizens Assembly
      80. To ask the Taoiseach when he plans to convene a citizens' assembly to discuss the provision of a directly elected mayor for Dublin. [35633/19]
    • Employment Data
      81. To ask the Taoiseach the number and percentage of persons in employment compared to 2011 and 2016 in counties Longford and Westmeath. [35136/19]
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      82. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times Cabinet committee E (Health) has met in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [35099/19]
    • Jobs Data
      83. To ask the Taoiseach the number and proportion of jobless households on a percentage basis; and the corresponding EU number and average rate. [36850/19]
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      84. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the criteria used in the appointment of members of the public to interview boards dealing with positions in the Defence Forces; if there is a...
    • Air Corps Strength
      85. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies for technicians at airman rank in the Air Corps; the number of technicians in the Air Corps in training; and if he will...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      86. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a new recruitment campaign for the Defence Forces will start before the end of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37367/19]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      87. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the projected increase in the gross capital expenditure ceiling applying to his Department in 2020 over 2019; and the projects this increase has...
    • Defence Forces Pensions
      88. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a commitment can be made to continue to provide funding for the medication of a person (details supplied) who is on an Army disability...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Good Friday Agreement
      89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has examined or commissioned a cost profile of the likely costs of a united Ireland. [36416/19]
    • Discussions with European Leaders
      90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to his EU counterparts recently regarding Brexit. [36956/19]
    • Arms Trade
      91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will join the 29 countries calling for a prohibition on fully autonomous weapons, including the ban in participating, supporting...
    • Northern Ireland
      92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the increased use of violence in Derry recently, particularly the acts against the PSNI; and if he has discussed same with his...
    • Consular Services Provision
      94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37003/19]
    • Human Rights
      95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that over 600 political prisoners in Bahrain have undertaken a hunger strike to protest against...
    • Public Services Card
      96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received a briefing regarding findings of the Data Protection Commission relating to the use of the public services card in view of...
    • Colombian Peace Process
      97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to recent negative developments regarding the peace process in Colombia in that the peace process is under...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to increased military attacks in Yemen (details supplied); and if he raised the deep concerns of Ireland with...
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had recent discussions relating to outstanding issues for the victims and relatives of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. [26844/19]
    • Brexit Negotiations
      100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans regarding the way in which the single market will be protected. [37404/19]
    • Middle East Peace Process
      101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a proposal for Israel to annexe parts of the occupied West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37568/19]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made representations to the Indian authorities regarding oppression and human rights issues in Kashmir; and if he will make a...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to have a bilateral meeting with his Croatian counterpart to discuss Brexit and to strengthen ties between Croatia and Ireland;...
    • EU Meetings
      106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with the new European Commissioner for Trade, Mr. Phil Hogan; and his plans to meet with the Commissioner. [37407/19]
  • Department of Finance
    • Property Tax Assessments
      107. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which local property tax is calculated in circumstances in which a residence has a granny flat attached to the main residence; and if he will make...
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of properties availing of the tax relief available under section 50 of the Finance Act 1999; the number of properties that have converted from...
    • Tax Code
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to include non-married couples as being eligible for income tax credits (details supplied); the reason non-married cohabiting couples with and...
    • Revenue Commissioners Investigations
      110. To ask the Minister for Finance the duration of time the attention of the Revenue Commissioners has been drawn to circumstances relating to bogus self-employment at a company (details...
    • IBRC Legal Cases
      111. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of compensation payments made to persons in respect of a case concerning IBRC damages as a result of negligent misstatement and misrepresentation...
    • Motor Insurance Data
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated date for publication of the national claims information database by the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37005/19]
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected yield from abolishing the special assignee relief programme for 2020; and the projected full year yield thereafter. [37012/19]
    • Property Tax Review
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans on setting a revaluation date in respect of the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37019/19]
    • Mortgage Protection Policies
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance the suite of protections that apply to a buy-to-let mortgage holder; his plans to make changes in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Credit Register Data
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance the role of the Central Credit Register and an organisation (details supplied); the obligation on banks to consider the content of the credit history of a...
    • VAT Rate Application
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason VAT is chargeable by counsellors and psychotherapists on their services; if there is flexibility to change the application of VAT; and if he will...
    • Banking Operations
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding open banking rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37055/19]
    • Motor Tax Yield
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason motor tax may have missed its target in terms of revenue to date in 2019. [37060/19]
    • Revenue Documents Issuance
      122. To ask the Minister for Finance if a P21 for each of the years 2013 to 2018 will be made available in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Brexit Staff
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 9 July 2019, if there have been further hires and or additional personnel recruited by the Revenue Commissioners...
    • Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Data
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of complaints received to date in 2019 by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman; the number of cases settled by the ombudsman within...
    • Tax Code
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence regarding a scheme from a person (details supplied). [37199/19]
    • Tax Exemptions
      126. To ask the Minister for Finance if organisations engaged in hunting will be removed from tax exemption under section 235 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 which relates to sports and games...
    • Stamp Duty
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance the benefits to the taxpayer of introducing a new stamp duty tax on the transfer, leasing and sale of aviation aircraft made here from budget 2020 onwards in...
    • Brexit Issues
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the recent announcement by the United Kingdom Government that duty free is being reintroduced; if he has met his officials to discuss the...
    • Gambling Legislation
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of investigations and successful prosecutions that have occurred regarding instances of underage gambling regarding on-street bookmaker shops,...
    • Tax Yield
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised from the betting tax in the past three years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37448/19]
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of help-to-buy tax reliefs provided to home buyers since the scheme was introduced by house price ranges (details supplied) in tabular form. [37472/19]
    • IBRC Legal Cases
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases concluded in the courts with respect to the IBRC pre-special liquidation; the costs settled to date; the nature of each case; and if he...
    • IBRC Expenditure
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance the costs incurred regarding the special liquidation of IBRC from 2013 to date; the amounts incurred that were as a result of the engagement of external legal...
    • Brexit Preparations
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses with trade in excess of €1 million that have not as of yet obtained an EORI number; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vehicle Registration
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a change to VRT bands to take into account the differences between old and new CO2 testing regimes due to be implemented in 2020 and the...
    • VAT Rate Application
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason given by the Revenue Commissioners such a treatment has no legal provision and that such a treatment in the past was a concession and therefore had...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      138. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of works carried out in both urban and rural areas along the Shannon to alleviate flooding. [36958/19]
    • Flood Relief Schemes Applications
      139. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the applications received from Mayo County Council in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019 under the flooding minor works scheme; and the...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      140. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the delay in developing Newcastlewest Garda station, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      141. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Glashaboy flood relief scheme; when it will be commenced and completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      144. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 9 July 2019, if the contract has been awarded for the further study of flooding in the...
    • Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory
      145. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 302 of 23 July 2019, if a preferred tender has been chosen; if so, if a letter of intent or letter...
    • Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts
      146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is still an obligation under FEMPI legislation to publish an annual FEMPI report; if such a report has been published; if not,...
    • Flood Prevention Measures
      147. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans in place to help with flooding in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37169/19]
    • Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory
      148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 302 of 23 July 2019, if a preferred tender has been chosen; if a letter of intent or letter of...
    • Archaeological Sites
      149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent of the archaeological excavation being undertaken at Kilkenny Castle; if the missing south wall is exposed and put in context...
    • Freedom of Information Remit
      150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to include the Abbey Theatre to be subject to freedom of information legislation. [37378/19]
    • Pension Provisions
      151. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37471/19]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Youth Guarantee
      153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding available to Ireland under the EU Youth Guarantee fund in each of the years 2016 to 2020; the amount drawn down under the...
    • Apprenticeship Data
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of each apprenticeship programme offered; the number of apprenticeships offered in each programme in each of the years 2015 to 2018...
    • Schools Data
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are sufficient places at second-level in Mullingar, County Westmeath and the wider area. [36959/19]
    • School Catchment Areas
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will revise the boundaries for school catchment areas (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [36981/19]
    • Schools Building Projects
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has examined the need for extra second-level education places in the Clonee, Phibblestown and Ongar area of Dublin 15 in view of the high...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new secondary school for Hansfield, Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36995/19]
    • University Governance
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding allegations of student and staff safety being put at risk; and if he will make a...
    • Education Policy
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding issues raised by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37034/19]
    • Home Tuition Scheme Administration
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the application form for the home tuition scheme for the 2019/2020 school year was released later than usual in 2019; if his attention...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the planned improvements announced recently for a school (details supplied); the cost of the project; the timeline for the...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if progress has been made in identifying and securing a permanent site for a new school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a...
    • Third Level Fees
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if UK nationals who received their schooling here will continue to be eligible for the free third-level fees initiative for undergraduate...
    • Schools Building Projects
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the school planning areas which cover the Dublin 6W, 8, 10, 12, 20 and 22 postal districts. [37072/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 540 of 23 July 2019, if the letter of intent has issued; if a letter of acceptance has issued; when...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      173. 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 Projects Status
      174. 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 short-list of contractors; if so, the closing...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      175. 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...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNAs employed by his Department. [37092/19]
    • Student Grants Data
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of restoring grants for student teacher attendance at mandatory Gaeltacht courses. [37095/19]
    • School Services Staff
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of achieving full pay equality amongst SNAs and school secretaries respectively. [37096/19]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has engaged with a union (details supplied) since it announced its latest intention to explore the possibility of industrial action. [37097/19]
    • School Enrolments
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) is on the waiting list of a school for the 2020/2021 academic year; if so, when they will be given a place; and...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37109/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a SNA will not be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37111/19]
    • School Patronage
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the dates and timelines and other details of the patronage vote for a school (details supplied); when voting will take place; and when the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the latest developments with regard to the proposed new building for a school (details supplied); the planned moving in date for pupils; and if...
    • School Transport Appeals
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a Bus Éireann appeal by a person (details supplied); if the response from the company will be reviewed; and if he will make a...
    • Education and Training Boards Funding
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the resource allocation model in operation for distributing adult literacy funds to each education and training board; the specific criteria that...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Administration
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason children better suited to a home tuition programme and engaging in same are being removed from this setting against their parents...
    • School Services Staff
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the frustration of school secretaries at the delay in actions that would have their pay and conditions put on...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to establish new schools in Citywest, Dublin 24, in view of the increase in population and projected growth; and if he will make a...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Provision
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application will be processed for home tuition hours for a child (details supplied). [37183/19]
    • Child Poverty
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on suggested policies to reduce child poverty in budget 2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37195/19]
    • Schools Building Projects
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure there are sufficient school places at both primary and secondary level in Ratoath, County Meath. [37202/19]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in County Mayo has been notified that a temporary classroom will not...
    • Healthcare Policy
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if vending machines will be installed to supply students in both primary and post-primary schools and colleges with free sanitary products; if...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on the appeal by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry on the reduction of SNA hours for the 2019/2020 school...
    • Education and Training Boards Places
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37223/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Expenditure
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of 42 new schools announced in April 2018; the cost incurred to date; the estimated cost of buildings which have not been delivered to...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 204
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost of delivery of a permanent school place in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019, at primary and secondary level,...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 205
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of payments made to consultants working on schools built under the rapid build programme which were subsequently found to have...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 206
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of remedial works for schools constructed by a company (details supplied) at which structural issues were identified; and if he will...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 207
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of construction inflation in 2018 for major projects under construction by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 208
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether value for money is being achieved within the school building programme; the actions taken to monitor value for money within...
    • Schools Data
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the permanent school places built under the major projects heading in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 210
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to locations in which veganism is being promoted in second and third-level institutions in spite of the Healthy...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 211
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 540 of 23 July 2019, if the letter of intent has issued; if a letter of acceptance has issued; when...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 212
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 541 of 23 July 2019, if the tender report has been approved; if the letter of intent has issued; if a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the tender documents have been issued for the construction of a new primary school in Kanturk, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if suitable temporary accommodation will be provided for a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay in providing same; and if he will...
    • School Transport Provision
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the bus escort grant will be issued to a school (details supplied). [37334/19]
    • Trade Missions Participation
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to have an education trade mission to the United States of America before the end of 2019. [37376/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the recruitment of 700 additional SNA posts for the 2020/2021 school term has been costed. [37377/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in Dublin 15 which have been requested to provide additional places for children with special needs in tabular form; the number of...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if correspondence from a person (details supplied) will receive a reply; and if a copy of same will be provided to this Deputy. [37490/19]
    • School Transport Appeals
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the waiting time to have an appeal by persons (details supplied) heard by the student transport appeal board; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the waiting times for SNA allocation appeals to be heard and concluded by the NCSE; and if he is satisfied with turnaround times. [37509/19]
    • Schools Building Projects
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the development of a school in the Hollystown area of Dublin 15 will be considered in view of the fact there is now a sufficient population...
    • School Management
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will issue guidance to schools on the appropriate use of reduced timetables; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37526/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who are seeking but cannot secure a place within an ASD unit by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress on a building project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37529/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the number of special education teaching hours in a school (details supplied) in the 2019/2020 academic year; the number of...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37547/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specialised supports and staffing being put in place for a school (details supplied). [37571/19]
    • National Council for Special Education
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the level of liaison between the National Council for Special Education and service providers and preschools to ascertain...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in the western areas of County Dublin asked to provide additional places in accordance with section 37A of the Education...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a full-time SNA by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37577/19]
    • School Enrolments Data
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if children, particularly in cases of children with special needs attending primary school, may be enrolled in more than one primary school in...
    • Counselling Services Provision
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports and counselling services available through schools to assist children suffering with anxiety; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Closures
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 6 September 2019 did not reply to the question posed; the reason the commitment to meet...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new secondary school (details supplied) for Castleknock and Carpenterstown, Dublin 15; when the school will open; if the school...
    • Schools Inspections
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times the inspectorate of his Department has challenged the use of reduced timetables in the context of the school inspection...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in providing a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37747/19]
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the acquisition of land from South Dublin County Council for a school (details supplied) is complete; the timeframe for the future development...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37749/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in advancing proposals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37755/19]
    • School Enrolments
      262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that more than ten children failed to secure a primary school place in Rathcoole, County Dublin, for...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Deportation Orders
      263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made for persons (details supplied) to stay here; when their deportation order will be lifted; and if...
    • Citizenship Applications
      264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for citizenship being processed; the number of active applications being processed for more than...
    • EU Directives
      265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 28 May 2019, the directives forming part of the procedural rights roadmap...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a commission of investigation into the death of a person (details supplied) will be commenced as voted by Dáil...
    • Garda Policing Plans
      267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the implementation group and the Garda Commissioner are taking the national planning framework into consideration in the...
    • Garda Transport Data
      268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars operational in each Garda district area within the Cork city division; the corresponding data in 2018,...
    • Brexit Issues
      269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements in place for family members of UK citizens residing here with a valid EU residence card stamp 4 EUFAM in the...
    • Visa Applications
      270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the case of a person (details supplied) is progressing and or approved; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered conferring Irish citizenship on a person (details supplied). [37157/19]
    • Brexit Issues
      272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the implications for Irish citizens currently the subject of a European arrest warrant to Northern Ireland in the event of a...
    • Immigration Status
      274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if arrangements will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) to make a late application to update their stamp 4; and...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 370 of 11 July 2019, if the relevant section of his Department has received a reply from...
    • Immigration Status
      276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent of progress to date in regard to the regularisation of residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Residency Permits
      277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the relevant section of his Department will extend temporary residency status in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Visa Applications
      278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) whose student visa expires shortly; if they will be informed of the...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Immigration Status
      281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); if their case can be examined under humanitarian...
    • Naturalisation Eligibility
      282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a specific obstacle exists based on information to date which might impede an application for naturalisation in the case of...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected position regarding the application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Proposed Legislation
      284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the cybercrime Bill will be published to give effect to those provisions of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime 2001 of...
    • Legislative Process
      286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the stage the Coroners (Amendment) Act 2019 is now at; and if changes can still be made. [37328/19]
    • Parole Boards
      288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has issued guidance to the Irish Prison Service on the implementation of the Parole Act 2019; and if he will...
    • Garda Transport Data
      289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the age of each horse box vehicle in the Garda mounted unit. [37380/19]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the projected increase in the gross capital expenditure ceiling applying to his Department in 2020 over 2019; and the projects...
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 646 of 6 September 2019, the number of drivers convicted following court proceedings...
    • Citizenship Status
      294. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the circumstances in which he would invoke section 15A(2) of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956; if he will...
    • Crime Data
      295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cautions issued under the adult scheme in each of the years 2007 to 2018, by Garda district rather than...
    • Garda Transport Data
      296. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the divisions within the DMR that received new Garda public order vans; the number of Garda public order vans in each division...
    • Naturalisation Eligibility
      297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to resolve the uncertainty that has arisen regarding the naturalisation process; when the matter will be...
    • Crime Data
      298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of work to return crime statistics to the official statistics standard required by the Central Statistics Office...
    • Garda Deployment
      299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the roll-out of protective services units around the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
      300. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of work within his Department to implement the measures contained in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of...
    • Proposed Legislation
      301. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he plans to publish the sex offenders (amendment) Bill; the reason for the delay in presenting a stamped copy of the Bill...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Work Permits Applications
      302. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date in respect of a service employment permit in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Regional Development Initiatives
      303. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 1013 of 23 July 2019, when construction will commence on the MERITS enterprise hub development...
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      304. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which a person that meets the criteria of the critical skills list may gain a permission to become self-employed here in...
    • Work Permits Applications
      305. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a review will be undertaken of the refusal of a work permit in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Staff
      306. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the post of corporate compliance manager and two forensic accountant posts at the Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      307. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the projected increase in the gross capital expenditure ceiling applying to her Department in 2020 over 2019; and the projects this...
    • Trade Agreements
      308. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will expand on comments made on the future vote on the Mercosur agreement, its impact on the Amazon and climate commitments in...
    • IDA Ireland Portfolio
      309. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the IDA is in talks with Teagasc with a view to Teagasc occupying part of the IDA lands at a location (details supplied). [37549/19]
    • Brexit Data
      319. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applicants and participants in Brexit schemes and supports provided by her Department or agencies under her remit in...
    • Brexit Supports
      320. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason for the high number of reapplications for the Brexit loan scheme in view of the fact that as at 2 September 2019, 145...
  • Department of Health
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      321. To ask the Minister for Health if one-to-one support will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if the application for funding submitted in April 2019 will be expedited...
    • Vaccination Programme
      322. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make the HPV vaccine available on the medical card and or provide a subsidy for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36968/19]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      323. To ask the Minister for Health when a second endocrinologist will be appointed to University Hospital Waterford; the position regarding the recruitment process for such an appointment; and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      327. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [36977/19]
    • Disability Support Services
      328. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting a minimum of 300 therapy staff for children’s services over the next four years; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Transport Support Scheme
      329. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing the transport support scheme to replace the mobility allowance; if this is due to take place as part of budget 2020; and if...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      330. To ask the Minister for Health the amount refunded and or paid to date following a HSE audit of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36990/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      331. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 364 of 25 June 2019, when a person (details supplied) will receive a date; the reason for the delay; and if he will make...
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      332. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the cross-border health directive in view of reports that users of the initiative are facing delays to be refunded by the HSE; the measures under...
    • HSE Staff Remuneration
      333. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to issues regarding a new payroll software in use by the HSE in respect of persons and various grades and or rank and or duty...
    • HSE Expenditure
      334. To ask the Minister for Health the year to date expenditure in the HSE based on the accrual method of accounting; the budgeted year to date expenditure based on the same method; if an...
    • General Practitioner Training
      335. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the intake to the annual general practitioner training scheme to 240 places; the first and full year cost of same in tabular...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Services Expenditure
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to fund IVF treatment through the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37017/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      338. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [37037/19]
    • Vaccination Programme
      341. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a catch-up vaccination programme for meningitis B for children that do not qualify for the current HSE programme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      342. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an electric wheelchair they have been measured for; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Vaccination Programme
      343. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a HPV vaccine for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37047/19]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      344. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels of each department in Cavan General Hospital in the past five years; the patient numbers in each department in the hospital in the same...
    • Health Services Data
      345. To ask the Minister for Health the population of each community health organisation by each local health office. [37050/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      346. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting on a heart operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37066/19]
    • Pharmacy Services
      348. To ask the Minister for Health when he will examine extending pharmacy services in view of the fact a commitment given in the programme for partnership Government to extend pharmacy services...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      350. To ask the Minister for Health when additional staff will be recruited at a community hospital (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37076/19]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      351. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 of 10 July 2019, if capital funding has been approved for the project; when tenders will be invited; when...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      354. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for pain management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37106/19]
    • Home Care Packages Administration
      355. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 395, 396, 706 and 707 of 11 June 2019, when a reply will issue from the HSE. [37112/19]
    • Nursing Staff Recruitment
      356. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the commitment given in May 2018 at a conference (details supplied) that all graduating nurses and midwifes would be offered jobs in the public...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      357. 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. [37116/19]
    • Home Help Service Data
      360. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting home help support; and the number awaiting additional support at the latest available date in counties Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      361. To ask the Minister for Health if staffing allocations have been filled in a school (details supplied). [37124/19]
    • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
      362. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision by the HSE to abolish the rehabilitation training allowance from 1 September 2019 for persons with disabilities applying to do a rehabilitative...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      363. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case a person (details supplied) who needs surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37127/19]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      365. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who was declined a six month supply of medication; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      366. 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. [37134/19]
    • Hospital Services
      367. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of neurological services at a hospital (details supplied); the services being offered there; if there are plans to cut services...
    • Hospital Equipment
      368. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the retention of an MRI scanner at Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, referred to in the capital plan; and the number of staff...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      369. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff recruited to date to operate an MRI scanner at Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [37151/19]
    • Hospital Staff
      370. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to difficulties regarding the lack of key staff to operate an MRI scanner at Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore; and if he...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37161/19]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      372. To ask the Minister for Health the timelines for the extension in Fermoy Community Hospital in view of the fact that it was included in the HSE Capital Plan 2019; and the details of the...
    • Hospital Services
      373. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the HSE proposals with respect to the future of Lifford Community Hospital post-2021; if health services offered at the facility will be...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      374. To ask the Minister for Health the status of replacement home help hours for a person (details supplied). [37173/19]
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      375. To ask the Minister for Health when a position (details supplied) will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37175/19]
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      377. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 390 of 9 July 2019, the updated position regarding the provision of duodopa for peritoneal dialysis patients in view of...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      378. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hearing aid for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37186/19]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      379. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a primary care centre in Rathmore, County Kerry; his plans to prioritise the provision of this service as a permanent...
    • Community Development Projects Funding
      380. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) to support its work in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37189/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      381. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the growing waiting lists and the pressures upon families, hospitals and community care nationally due to delays in accessing fair deal...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      382. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37196/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      383. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation will be rescheduled for a person (details supplied). [37200/19]
    • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
      384. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate the rehabilitative training allowance for new students; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      385. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [37225/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      386. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to introduce free contraception as recommended by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution; if...
    • Tattooing and Body Piercing Regulation
      393. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1264 of 6 September 2019, the number of investigations carried out in premises or businesses carrying out the business of...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      394. To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of emergency residential places in the HSE CHO Dublin north city and county area will be funded for the remainder of the year to meet the...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      395. To ask the Minister for Health if he received letters of concern regarding genetic testing from geneticists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37241/19]
    • Abortion Legislation
      396. To ask the Minister for Health if he received copies of independent guidelines for the termination of pregnancy under the specific grounds permitted under the Health (Regulation of...
    • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
      398. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the weekly training allowance of €31.80 for new entrants to rehabilitative training courses which is normally paid by the HSE has been...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for assessments of needs under the Disability Act 2005 in which a referral was made by the assessment officer under section 8(3) of...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      402. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help hours will be provided for a person (details supplied). [37313/19]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding services for a person (details supplied). [37315/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
      404. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can avail of compression stockings via a medical card. [37325/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      405. To ask the Minister for Health if home help hours or a care plan will be put in place for a person (details supplied); if hours can be allocated under the home support scheme as a matter of...
    • Hospital Discharges
      407. To ask the Minister for Health the process of discharge from a hospital in Kilkenny relative to the case of a person (details supplied); if a discharge plan was agreed with their family; if...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      408. To ask the Minister for Health if one-to-one support will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if the application for funding submitted in April 2019 will be expedited...
    • Stroke Care
      409. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 409 of 9 July 2019, the full suite of rehabilitation services available to stroke victims in counties Carlow and...
    • Paediatric Services
      410. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there are no primary care paediatric services in County Kilkenny; if children referred to this service can be seen in another county or a location...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      411. To ask the Minister for Health if the home support hours of five per week will be restored in the case of persons (details supplied); if the case of both children will be reviewed and the...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      412. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the purpose of accommodation and care for a person (details supplied); if a response will be expedited; and if he will make a...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      413. To ask the Minister for Health if home help hours or a care plan will be put in place for a person (details supplied); the action being taken to recruit staff to address this need; and if he...
    • Occupational Therapy Provision
      414. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to provide occupational therapy services for a person (details supplied); and if the matter will be expedited in view of the urgency of...
    • HSE Staff
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the pension information relative to each employee of a centre (details supplied) has not been made available to them; if the national pensions...
    • Newborn Screening Cards
      416. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 907 of 6 September 2019, the options being considered regarding the archive of bloodspot screening cards retained without...
    • Medical Card Applications
      417. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a medical card in view of the various medical conditions in the case; if the decision in this case will be...
    • HSE Staff Remuneration
      418. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is being left short four years in their pension benefit calculation; and if a review of their entitlements will be...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      419. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be called for an assessment of needs at a location. [37393/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on a waiting list for the HSE Galway and Roscommon autism services to date in 2019, in tabular form; the average length of waiting...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      422. To ask the Minister for Health if an outpatient appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37411/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      423. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received communication from the family of a person (details supplied) who is waiting for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      424. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the disability sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37427/19]
    • Disability Support Services
      425. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to resolve the issues being experienced by the employees of a centre (details supplied) relative to decongregation and their...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      426. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for a further podiatrist in County Wexford will be made available to support persons with diabetes; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the projected increase in the gross capital expenditure ceiling applying to his Department in 2020 over 2019; and the projects this increase has been earmarked...
    • HSE Reviews
      428. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure there are no further delays by the HSE in reviewing blood sugar monitoring technology such as the FreeStyle Libre device; and if he will...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      429. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [37488/19]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      430. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be assessed under the Disability Act 2005. [37501/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      431. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an urgent medical procedure for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [37502/19]
    • Audiology Services Provision
      433. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter in relation to audiology booths (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37507/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37528/19]
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      435. To ask the Minister for Health when an approved homecare package will be put in place for a person (details supplied). [37535/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      436. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined. [37537/19]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      437. To ask the Minister for Health when assessments will be carried out in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37541/19]
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      438. To ask the Minister for Health the wait time for a dental appointment for children in the public health system in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37545/19]
    • Hospital Closures
      439. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to close Cobh Hospital in County Cork. [37548/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      440. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be provided for a person (details supplied). [37560/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the ongoing delays in relation to the approval of applications submitted to the health centre in Ballinasloe, County Galway under the HSE...
    • Health Services Data
      442. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications awaiting approval under the HSE community ophthalmic services scheme for medical card patients in counties Galway and Roscommon to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      443. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37576/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      444. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be seen in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37578/19]
    • Hospital Services
      445. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request Cavan General Hospital to clarify if patients (details supplied) are being diverted from the hospital; if his attention has been drawn to...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      446. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment. [37606/19]
    • Physiotherapy Provision
      447. To ask the Minister for Health when sanction will be given by the National Director of Community Operations in relation to the essential full-time physiotherapy post in Connemara in view of...
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      448. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts in primary care for which interviews have been held, posts offered and accepted and awaiting sanction by the National Director of Community...
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      451. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for braces for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37654/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      452. To ask the Minister for Health the status of liners for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37655/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      453. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment. [37670/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      454. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide additional supports in respect of the provision of health services (details supplied) in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      455. To ask the Minister for Health the capital funding committed in 2019 for a project (details supplied); the level of expenditure to date; the work undertaken; and if he will make a statement...
    • Hospital Groups
      456. To ask the Minister for Health when a project (details supplied) will proceed; the range of facilities to be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37674/19]
    • HSE Expenditure
      457. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure incurred on drugs, medicines and pharmaceutical products across hospitals and community schemes in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to date...
    • Respite Care Services Data
      458. To ask the Minister for Health the number of overnights with or without day respite accessed by persons with a disability in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, for each...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
      460. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to help with the waiting lists in University Hospital Kerry for bone scans (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • HSE Expenditure
      461. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure incurred in the GMS scheme on generic drugs, branded generics and proprietary drugs with an equivalent generic and on proprietary drugs without...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      464. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a national educational awareness campaign on the dangers of casual drug use here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37738/19]
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      466. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the funding that is currently allocated to local and regional drug task forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37740/19]
    • National Drugs Strategy
      467. To ask the Minister for Health the progress which has been made in organising a yearly national forum on evidence based and effective practice on drug and alcohol education (details...
    • National Drugs Strategy Implementation
      468. To ask the Minister for Health the progress which has been made in developing a guidance document to ensure substance use education is delivered in accordance with quality standards; and if...
    • Drug Rehabilitation Clinics
      469. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new treatment episodes from residential and rehabilitation services which have been commissioned in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he...
    • National Drugs Strategy
      470. To ask the Minister for Health the planned phased increase in the availability of buprenorphine and naloxone treatment as an alternative treatment for the identified cohorts of patients for...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Reports
      473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline, by year and quarter, for the delivery of each action under the First Progress Report by the Bioeconomy Implementation...
    • Forestry Sector
      474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to allow the planting of agroforestry in areas designated as acid sensitive lands; and the size of additional lands which...
    • Live Exports
      475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding certification for the transport of cattle to Turkey (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received under the beef compensation plan by the closing date of the scheme; his plans to reopen the...
    • Brexit Supports
      477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in the context of Brexit, he will put a comprehensive package of market support measures in place including direct support for...
    • Agriculture Scheme Expenditure
      478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding for suckler cow farmers will be increased in addition to the existing BDGP and BEEP schemes to bring the total funding to...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a TAMS application will be finalised for persons (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Scheme Penalties
      483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a 2019 basic payment penalty applied to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be withdrawn in view of the information...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the consideration being given to halting further open sea cage fish farming to protect the marine environment in view of the decision...
    • Forestry Data
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received by the Forest Service for planting approval in 2017, 2018 and to the end of June 2019, by county...
    • Forestry Sector
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive approval for planning of forestry. [37192/19]
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1430 of 6 September 2019, the details of the issue that has arisen; the reason a person...
    • Knackery Industry
      488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional supports, including funding, he will make available to ensure the viability of the knackery industry in view of the...
    • Horse Sport Ireland
      489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the funding granted to the sport horse industry will be considered for additional funding of €5 million in budget 2020 to...
    • Aquaculture Licence Data
      490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the aquaculture licences renewed or further renewed pursuant to sections 19 and or 19A of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997; and if...
    • Horse Sport Ireland
      491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding Horse Sport Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37426/19]
    • Brexit Supports
      492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps which have been taken to protect the fishing industry here in the event of a no-deal Brexit; and if he will make a...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projected increase in the gross capital expenditure ceiling applying to his Department in 2020 over 2019; and the projects this...
    • Single Payment Scheme Payments
      496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37477/19]
    • Forestry Data
      497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the length of time it takes to process forestry applications within the Forest Service by longest, shortest and average for the past...
    • Climate Change Advisory Council
      498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has read the third Climate Change Advisory Council annual review (details supplied); the actions that will be implemented to...
    • Agriculture Industry
      499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the assertion being expressed by Bord Bia that farming systems here are very sustainable mainly based on grazed grass;...
    • Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Pilot
      501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the beef environment efficiency pilot scheme is compatible with recommendations of the report from the Climate...
    • GLAS Establishment
      502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he has made much of the success of GLAS participations levels (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Climate Change Policy
      503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his planned policy action to achieve the Climate Action Plan 2019 target for annual afforestation rates of 6,500 hectares by 2025,...
    • Horse Sport Ireland
      504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to implement a review by a company (details supplied) of Horse Sport Ireland; his views on the recommendation...
    • Forestry Sector
      505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the natural regeneration of the biodiversity on a bog will supersede the requirement to replant forestry; and if he will make a...
    • Teagasc Administration
      506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Teagasc is in talks with the IDA with a view to Teagasc occupying part of the IDA lands at a location (details supplied). [37550/19]
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37585/19]
    • Climate Change Policy
      508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his emissions budget for methane and nitrous oxide for 2020 to 2030; the emission budget cumulatively for the same period; the...
    • EU Regulations
      509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the implications of the proposed EU regulation 2017/2403 for marine conservation and the preservation and sustainable management of...
    • Climate Change Policy
      510. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he plans to take to ensure that Ireland is not a net emitter of GHGs once the LULUCF regulation takes effect; and the...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the instructions given to agriculture and food attachés to embassies that have such officials in respect of climate change...
    • Teagasc Activities
      512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has requested Teagasc to develop a new MACC analysis for climate mitigation that includes scenarios with a smaller national...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
      513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to develop rewilding and peatland restoration projects on blanket bogland designated for agricultural purposes; his further...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to include a requirement that existing hedgerows are maintained and improved as part of dairy expansion projects that...
    • Teagasc Funding
      515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he plans to take to improve the accessibility and affordability of farm advisory services to farmers from Teagasc under...
    • Climate Change Adaptation Plans
      516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has made calculations of the land that is not under grass that might be available for conversion to tillage or...
    • Grant Payments
      520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a partial depopulation grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37651/19]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment for ANC will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Beef Industry
      522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress in the resumed talks in addressing the issues facing the beef sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Data
      524. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications to the beef environmental efficiency pilot scheme by the closing deadline by county; the number of...
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      526. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of eligible farmers under the beef emergency aid measure scheme by county; the number of applications to the scheme; the...
    • Brexit Issues
      527. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on comments (details supplied) that in the event of a no-deal Brexit there will be checks on goods and live animals, with...
    • Land Issues
      528. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated quantity of land in hectares nationally and by county that is not eligible for current CAP pillar 1 payments which is...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Data
      529. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the processing time for new applications under the SEAI warmer homes scheme in counties Meath and Louth. [37233/19]
    • National Broadband Plan
      530. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the national broadband plan contractor will be able to claim compensation for the additional premises connected by...
    • Fuel Poverty
      531. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has or is conducting a review into fuel poverty in accordance with the priority recommendation on page 48...
    • Landfill Sites
      533. 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 have been invited to tender for...
    • Legislative Measures
      534. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Minerals Development Act 2017 is fully enacted; if not, the legislation that pertains to minerals development;...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      535. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll out of broadband to a premises (details supplied). [37172/19]
    • Fishing Industry
      536. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to fines being issued by Inland Fisheries Ireland to anglers fishing without possession...
    • Salmon Management Report
      537. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to a recent article (details supplied); if his Department is committed to the salmon...
    • Medical Waste Disposal
      538. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding introducing a bin charge waiver for households that have to dispose of incontinence wear; and if...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      539. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if fibre broadband will be supplied to an area (details supplied). [37289/19]
    • Energy Efficiency
      545. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process by which 500,000 homes are to be retrofitted to reduce carbon emissions; and if the details of the scheme...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      546. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected increase in the gross capital expenditure ceiling applying to his Department in 2020 over 2019; and the...
    • Climate Change Advisory Council
      547. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the report of third Climate Change Advisory Council annual review on climate change addressed concerns that...
    • Climate Change Policy
      548. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which he plans to deal with carbon storage rather than peatland emissions (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Metropolitan Area Networks Programme
      549. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the review of pricing and access arrangements for MANs underway at the Commission for Communications...
    • Climate Change Policy
      550. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected energy need of Ireland in 2050 on a no policy change basis and if Ireland achieves carbon reduction...
    • National Broadband Plan
      551. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the signing of a contract for the national broadband plan is contingent on upcoming legal challenges to which the...
    • Energy Policy
      553. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will carry out a strategic environment assessment of the EU Projects of Common Interest list, including...
    • Oireachtas Joint Committee Recommendations
      557. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the efforts he has made to implement the recommendation regarding assigning overall responsibility for the peatland...
    • Commission for Regulation of Utilities Remit
      558. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether the Commission for Regulation of Utilities functions under the 1999 and 2016 electricity and...
    • Postal Codes
      560. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the provision of an Eircode to a person (details supplied) will be expedited as a matter of urgency in view of the...
    • Electric Vehicles
      561. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to increase the number of e-car charging points in County Kildare and nationally; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Data Sharing Arrangements
      562. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if data held by the State is provided to private air carriers or airports for use in facial scanners in operation in airports here; if...
    • Road Network
      563. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commence a review into the service station policy for national roads. [36961/19]
    • Driver Licences
      564. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if progress has been made regarding the provision of driver licences for asylum seekers. [36962/19]
    • Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
      565. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review a matter in relation to a person (details supplied); if a solution to same will be provided; if he will consult with...
    • Sports Funding
      566. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application for funding by a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37052/19]
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the agency responsible for the issuing of licences for the operation of horse-drawn carriages and enforcement of same in Dublin city...
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      568. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timing of the processing of the current round of sports capital grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37067/19]
    • Public Transport Expenditure
      569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated annual monetary saving in energy costs arising from the planned investment in hybrid-diesel buses. [37147/19]
    • Road Projects Status
      571. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the northern relief road at Mallow, County Cork. [37164/19]
    • Rail Network
      572. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct Iarnród Éireann to desist from lifting the old railway tracks in the Nobber and Castletown areas of County...
    • Sports Facilities Provision
      573. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of progress on the proposed new national velodrome and badminton centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37190/19]
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      574. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the DAA has completed the airport noise contour maps; the stages the process has been through; the bodies or persons with which it...
    • Road Projects Status
      575. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the M20 Cork to Limerick motorway. [37323/19]
    • Horse Sport Ireland
      576. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the funding granted to the sport horse industry will be considered for additional funding of €5 million in budget 2020 to...
    • Road Safety Data
      577. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if road safety statistics are available for the section of road on the N25 from Seieverue to Glenmore, County Kilkenny; if Transport...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      578. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to encourage Bus Éireann to facilitate customers that want to bring their bikes onboard buses through the use of an online...
    • Fáilte Ireland Staff
      579. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the post of chairperson of Fáilte Ireland will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37364/19]
    • Air Services Provision
      580. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Dublin Airport Authority and the Irish Aviation Authority will provide a report in relation to the number of complaints made by...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      581. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projected increase in the gross capital expenditure ceiling applying to his Department in 2020 over 2019; and the projects this...
    • Bus Services
      582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the requirements and-or procedures in place to ensure full transparency of profits made by a company (details supplied) on routes awarded...
    • Dublin Bus
      587. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the fines imposed on Dublin Bus over the past five years for failure to operate scheduled services. [37513/19]
    • Road Projects
      589. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding his Department has set aside for a roads project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37539/19]
    • Departmental Funding
      590. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a final reply will issue to an interim response (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37543/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      591. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the systems put in place at ports and airports in preparation for Brexit have been tested and evaluated by external experts and-or...
    • Motor Tax Exemptions
      592. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a car used by a cancer support group (details supplied) can be classed as an ambulance and be tax exempt accordingly; if not, if it is...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • School Completion Programme
      593. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when funding for the Longford school completion programme will be restored to pre-2012 levels; her views on the fact that successive budget...
    • Early Years Sector
      594. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans in place regarding a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37215/19]
    • Children in Care
      595. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the Department that has primary responsibility for the education of children in the care of the State; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Child Poverty
      597. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans in place to end child poverty and homelessness (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37145/19]
    • Adoption Records Provision
      598. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the restrictions now being placed on adopted persons that are tracing information on their birth families and particularly birth parents;...
    • Adoption Legislation
      599. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department has received counsel from the European Commission in respect of refusing to give identifying information in respect of...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      600. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her office has made no contact with the UN special rapporteur, Mr. Pablo de Greiff, for the specific purpose of inviting him here to...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      602. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated full year current and capital cost of a proposal by an organisation (details supplied) for the community and voluntary...
    • Departmental Strategies
      604. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the proposed annual budget line for strategies (details supplied); and if a funding provision will be made in budget 2020 for the...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      605. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of dormant accounts funding allocated to social enterprises over the 2016 to 2019 period in tabular form; and if a...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      606. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the projected increase in the gross capital expenditure ceiling applying to his Department in 2020 over 2019; and the projects this...
    • Mountain Access Schemes
      607. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made on the mountain access programme to provide insurance indemnity to landowners that provide access for hillwalkers;...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost to increase the disability allowance payment by €20 per week; and if she will make...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
      610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons receiving rent supplement support in each municipal district (details supplied) in County Clare in each...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if arrears in relation to an application by a person (details supplied) will be awarded and expedited; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      614. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial assistance and-or social protection payments available to unmarried couples with children that live together...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Applications
      615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Payments
      616. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will commission the establishment of a minimum social welfare floor set against the minimum essential standard of...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
      617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which a person that is estranged from their spouse can access dental benefit on the basis of the PRSI...
    • Free Travel Scheme Data
      618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the funding provided for the free travel scheme from 2008 to date. [36996/19]
    • Public Services Card
      620. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent of external legal advice and-or consultancy she engaged on the issue of the report of the Commissioner for Data...
    • State Pensions Payments
      621. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the denominator is 40 when reassessing the pension entitlements of a person (details supplied) under the total...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      622. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of plans to implement a total contributions approach in relation to the State pension (contributory); and if she...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      623. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied). [37051/19]
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      624. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for carer's benefit by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be expedited; and if she will...
    • Illness Benefit Payments
      625. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason workers that take sick leave receive no financial support for the first six days of leave; her plans to amend the...
    • Carer's Benefit Applications
      626. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if assistance will be offered in processing a carer's benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      627. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision in respect of an invalidity pension will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      628. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a basic social welfare payment will be approved in case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Carer's Allowance Review
      629. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will issue in relation to a carer's allowance review request by a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      630. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of talks between her Department and the unions representing community employment supervisors and their pensions....
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the restrictions on recipients of social welfare payments such as carer’s allowance on leaving the country for short...
    • Invalidity Pension Reviews
      632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an oral hearing will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      633. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance will be reinstated for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Money Advice and Budgeting Service Funding
      634. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that funding to a company (details supplied) is being stopped on 30 November...
    • Working Family Payment Payments
      635. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears of the working family payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
      636. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) continues to receive a lower rate of rent support than is applicable to a similar...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      637. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      638. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a PPS number will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37249/19]
    • Public Services Card
      639. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the report carried out by the Data Protection Commission into the public services card will be published. [37261/19]
    • Illness Benefit Reform
      641. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review into the implementation of the new illness benefit system; the date for the publication of same; and...
    • Departmental Strategies
      642. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date for the publication of the new national action plan for social inclusion which is overdue; the reason for the delay;...
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
      643. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the report into the reduced jobseeker's rates for 18 to 25-year olds committed to in Pathways to Work 2016-2020 is...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      644. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the possibility of allowing a person (details supplied) to take up a position on a community employment scheme will be...
    • Pensions Reform
      645. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consult widely with the stakeholders involved in relation to the IORPS II directive before introducing same; if...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Status
      646. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal in the case of a person (details supplied) in respect of their entitlement to a pension benefit; and...
    • Community Employment Schemes Cessation
      647. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive pay in lieu of notice when funding was withdrawn from the community...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      648. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding a Workplace Relations Commission adjudication in the case of a person (details...
    • Maternity Benefit Applications
      649. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect a person (details supplied) who appealed the decision made in respect of their...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      650. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      651. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be included in the upcoming pensions review; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Investigations
      652. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the outcome of an investigation by the scope section into employment arrangements at a company (details supplied) in County...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      654. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Legislative Programme
      655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the marine planning and development management Bill. [36422/19]
    • Commercial Rates Exemptions
      656. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding offices occupied by Intreo or social welfare branches being exempt from commercial rates; and if he...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      657. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to setting up a specialised building unit for persons that have sudden onset catastrophic life...
    • Grant Payments
      658. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are grants available through the OPW to support the rethatching of a roof on a listed building; and if he will make a...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      659. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of subsidies paid to approved housing bodies over the past three years to date; the way in which he monitors the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
      661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made to date in relation to the introduction of a new scheme to provide funding supports to local authorities for...
    • Pyrite Remediation Programme
      662. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the proposed pyrite and MICA scheme; the way in which it applies to affected residents in County Mayo; and if...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      663. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is normal practice for his Department to fund homeless hubs in Dublin or nationally; if not, if his Department been...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      664. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities are taking applications under the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      665. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons receiving the housing assistance payment in each municipal district (details supplied) in County Clare...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      667. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be allocated for a group water scheme (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Property Registration Authority
      669. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position with regard to the digitisation of Land Registry maps; if all maps have been digitised; when it is expected that...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the improved funding scheme for onsite wastewater treatment systems that was announced in February 2019 is open for...
    • Planning Issues
      671. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the obligations of local authorities in relation to keeping records of the planning permissions granted for quarries and their...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme
      672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37394/19]
    • Legislative Programme
      673. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Tailte Éireann Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37398/19]
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure
      674. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full year cost if the budget for housing adaptation grants for older people and people with a disability scheme...
    • Local Authority Housing Funding
      675. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding contributed to Kildare County Council regarding the acquisition of units at a location (details...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projected increase in the gross capital expenditure ceiling applying to his Department in 2020 over 2019; and the projects...
    • Building Regulations Compliance
      677. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure full compliance with the 2014 building control regulations in view of recent reports in the...
    • Building Regulations
      679. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a latent defects redress scheme will be considered, as outlined by the report, Safe As Houses, by the Oireachtas Committee...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      680. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will remove or increase the restriction of 175 square metres in respect of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan; and if he...
    • Fire Service
      681. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is standard procedure for the Fire Service to no longer be called to road traffic accidents (details supplied); and if...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Data
      682. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1930 to 1933, inclusive, of 6 September 2019, the number of exits from HAP per category...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      684. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which the impact of a sizeable capital expenditure on the building of local authority houses is required...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      685. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority housing developments of accommodation under construction by local authority area, in tabular...
    • Local Authority Housing Applications Data
      686. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new housing applicants registered with the various local authorities throughout the country in each of the past...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      687. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons that have made an application for Rebuilding Ireland loans; the number granted, refused and pending,...
    • Housing Issues
      691. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he can take to enable first-time or family home buyers to be in a better position to compete with investors in the...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      693. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the degree to which he and his Department are in a position to monitor the number of families or persons becoming homeless or...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service Expenditure
      694. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to ensure that €10 million is allocated for the reopening of the NPWS farm plan scheme for farmers with natura...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      695. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the compensation package to landowners under the farm plan scheme which was previously administered by the National...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
      696. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for the ongoing delays in issuing arrears to a person (details supplied) under the turf cutting compensation scheme in...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Data
      697. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applicants, and the amount in arrears still outstanding, by county, under the turf cutting compensation scheme in...
    • EU Regulations
      698. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the regulation to ban lead shot; the details of the proposed regulation; the changes or amendments being considered...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      699. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the grades in which males and females are employed in her Department and the agencies under the remit of her Department; and if...
    • Agriculture Scheme Penalties
      700. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views in relation to a payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37586/19]
    • Architectural Heritage
      701. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the planning implications, limitations and requirements in relation to a building structure which is not a protected structure...
    • Built Heritage Investment Scheme Funding
      702. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is funding available to refurbish a boat (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Oireachtas Joint Committee Recommendations
      703. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which she plans to implement the recommendation regarding assigning overall responsibility for peatland conservation...

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