Written answers
Wednesday, 18 September 2019
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility
40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review the HAP limits in view of the difficulties those in need of housing are experiencing trying to find homes...
- Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on Dublin social housing waiting lists who have been relocated outside of Dublin in each of the years...
- Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review and introduce appropriate regulations regarding the sale of affordable homes in view of the fact it has been...
- Planning Issues
45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to and his views on the concerns of residents and established communities in SDZ areas in which...
- Private Rented Accommodation Evictions
46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will intervene in the latest eviction attempt of eight tenants at a location (details supplied) by the property owner in...
- Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
47. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a decision will be made on capital funding for the proposed North Quay development in Waterford city; if his attention has...
- Local Authority Housing
48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the choice base letting scheme works (details supplied); the way in which homes are allocated; and the grounds...
- Departmental Bodies
49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 558 of 16 April 2019, the number of times the Galway social housing task force has met;...
- Homelessness Strategy
50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the new homeless policy initiatives he will introduce to prevent the rise in homelessness in and outside Dublin in view of the...
- Local Authority Funding
51. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure that persons who pay their local property tax see an increase in the provision of local...
- Housing Policy
52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when new rural housing guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37698/19]
- Local Authority Housing
53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the original policy on the land initiative of public lands will be revised in view of the fact that a site (details...
- Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of the income eligibility limits for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Local Authority Housing Maintenance
56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority homes that will be retrofitted in 2019 in order to protect tenants from high energy costs and to...
- Tenancy Protection Scheme
57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which tenants will be protected in co-living units if they are not to be given tenancy agreements; if he plans to...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made on the delivery of serviced sites under national objective 18b to ensure the provision of affordable houses...
- Local Authority Housing Rents
60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional interventions he is considering such as increased service site fund allocations and longer loan maturities to...
- Local Authority Housing Data
61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of completions he expects for the full year in 2019 in view of the fact there were 2,022 local authority new build...
- Homelessness Strategy
62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the strategy in place to stem the increase in the number of children in homeless services in view of evidence of the negative...
- Home Loan Scheme
64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when further funding will be made available to local authorities to fund successful applications made under Rebuilding Ireland...
- Wind Energy Guidelines
65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of wind farm planning regulations; when the new draft guidelines will be published; if there will be a...
- Commercial Rates Impact
67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to support businesses concerned regarding the impact of commercial rates increases on the future of...
- Protection of Tenants in Receipt of Rental Supports
68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will prohibit evictions of tenants in which a property has failed a HAP inspection; and if he will make a statement on...
- Homeless Accommodation Provision
69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Housing First tenancies that have been provided in 2017, 2018 and in the first half of 2019; and if he will make...
- Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the provision of affordable homes and the eligibility criteria for such homes; and if he will make a statement on...
- Rental Sector Strategy
73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the contact he has had with local authorities regarding the implementation of the short-term letting regulations since 1 July...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites that are being considered for development of cost rental homes in each relevant local authority area; the...
- Department of Defence
- Ministerial Functions
76. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his role and responsibilities regarding the Defence Forces. [37644/19]
- Defence Forces Strength
77. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he and his officials are concerned regarding the depletion of the number of members of the Defence Forces. [37690/19]
- Defence Forces Recruitment
78. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the plans being prepared by his Department to recruit additional Army personnel should they be necessary to patrol additional Border posts in a...
- Defence Forces Data
79. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Army personnel serving at Custume Barracks, Athlone. [37869/19]
- Defence Forces Retirements
80. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to ensure changes to the current regulations are made which would allow retiring Army personnel to take up roles within other State...
- Defence Forces Pensions
81. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if changes will be made to the Army pension system which would allow retired personnel to work in more financially rewarding roles (details...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- UN Security Council
82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the securing of a UN Security Council seat; and if he has spoken to other foreign ministers regarding same. [37691/19]
- Passport Applications Refusals
83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the basis for refusing to issue a passport renewal in respect of a person (details supplied); the instances in which a person must produce a...
- Foreign Policy
84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he and his EU foreign minister colleagues are taking with regard to repression of the independence movement in West Papua; and if...
- Human Rights Cases
86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he and his EU colleagues are taking to request the extradition to the International Criminal Court in the Hague of the alleged...
- EU Sanctions
87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will request his EU counterparts to consider introducing sanctions against the current Saudi Arabian regime; and if he will make a...
- Brexit Negotiations
88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he was last briefed on the ongoing Brexit discussions between the EU and the UK. [37645/19]
- Northern Ireland
89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when talks will resume with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Mr. Julian Smith, and with the political parties in Stormont in...
- Department of Finance
- Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Reports
90. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and his officials have received the most recent Irish Fiscal Advisory Council report with its comments on a disorderly Brexit. [37689/19]
- Property Tax Exemptions
91. To ask the Minister for Finance the situations in which a householder with a house that has pyrite will be given an exemption from property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Code
93. To ask the Minister for Finance if the review of SARP has been completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37884/19]
- Motor Tax Rates
94. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that detailed consideration is given to the submission of a society (details supplied) for budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Circulars
96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will explain the rationale relative to circular 15/2016 from his Department on the subject of superannuation benefits; if there is...
- Flood Prevention Measures
97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the cause of the serious flooding which occurred recently at Coonagh on the counties Limerick and Clare border and the delay in the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Home Tuition Scheme
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications outstanding for home tuition grants as at 13 September 2019. [37773/19]
- Schools Building Contractors
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent in 2018 on a company (details supplied) by legal fees, other professional and consultancy fees and other costs including...
- School Transport Provision
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied) on a school transport issue from Carlingford to Dundalk, County Louth; and if he will...
- Homelessness Strategy
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he has not provided guidelines to schools in the way in which to deal with and be of help to school pupils and their families who are...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he has not provided the needed number of school places for children with special needs at the beginning of this academic year. [37791/19]
- Student Grant Scheme Applications Data
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who qualified for a category of support from SUSI in each of the academic years 2010 to 2018; and the projected number for...
- Home Tuition Scheme Provision
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when hours for children with autistic spectrum disorders who are awaiting home support hours will be sanctioned; and if he will make a statement...
- Home Tuition Scheme Administration
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is a month delay in payment being issued to home support teachers after they submit their hours; and if he will make a statement...
- School Transport Applications
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied) on a school transport issue from Carlingford to Dundalk, County Louth; and if he will...
- School Accommodation Provision
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a permanent extension at a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the urgent need for...
- School Transport Appeals
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied) on a school transport issue from Carlingford to Dundalk, County Louth; and if he will...
- Pension Provisions
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if superannuation documents will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37818/19]
- Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an aontaíonn sé gur éagóir oideachais é a iarraidh ar dhalta atá chun an scrúdú ardleibhéil mata a...
- School Transport Provision
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to help students travel to and from school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37832/19]
- State Examinations
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when teachers will receive sample exam papers for the new junior cycle Irish course which is due to be first examined in 2020; and if he will...
- Schools Building Projects Status
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a report on progress towards the building programme of a school (details supplied) will be provided; the schedule being followed; the details...
- School Transport Provision
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of special school transport for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37887/19]
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a SUSI application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37894/19]
- School Accommodation Provision
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in advancing a project to provide additional permanent classrooms at a second-level school which was sanctioned in September...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the SUSI grant income threshold for families will be increased to the same amount as the affordable childcare scheme to reflect the growing...
- Schools Building Projects Status
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances in which a school (details supplied) was told that a proposed temporary move would not go ahead; and the reason this major...
- School Transport Administration
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the new bus routes established further to his changing or reinterpretation of the rules in summer 2019. [37950/19]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Direct Provision Data
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in direct provision centres; his plans to review and reform the asylum process with a view to extending...
- Direct Provision System
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procurement processes used in the procurement of commercial direct provision centres; and if he will make a statement on...
- Refugee Status Applications Data
130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time for a first instance decision on an application for international protection from the International...
- Direct Provision Data
131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who entered the direct provision system in each year since 2000; the numbers of persons having being...
- EU Bodies
132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the level of Irish involvement in Eurojust; his assessment of the involvement; if the involvement will be continued or altered;...
- Bail Law
133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has had contact with the Garda Commissioner on the objection of the State to bail in the case of persons (details...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Work Permits Eligibility
134. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to ensure that overseas general nurses who are diploma holders working here can receive critical work permits in the normal...
- Department of Health
- HSE Correspondence
135. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE failed to reply to correspondence (details supplied); if same will now be dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37945/19]
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
136. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance that can be given to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37757/19]
- Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
137. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that recent requests by service users to be allowed membership of the group company of an organisation (details...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
138. To ask the Minister for Health the reason, despite assurances from the HSE and his Department that there would be no cuts or reduction in services at an organisation (details supplied) that...
- Services for People with Disabilities
139. To ask the Minister for Health if the expenditure of public funds at an organisation (details supplied) will be reviewed, in particular the decision to spend €800,000 on a prime site...
- Hospital Appointments Status
140. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment. [37778/19]
- Medical Card Applications
141. To ask the Minister for Health if a full medical card will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37779/19]
- Electronic Cigarettes
142. To ask the Minister for Health the status of examinations by his Department into the potential health impacts of e-cigarettes; if regulation will be forthcoming in relation to same; and if...
- HSE Expenditure
143. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred to date and the projected costs regarding the integrated finance and procurement management system project design that is being refined to...
- Hospital Appointments Status
144. To ask the Minister for Health if a surgery appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37794/19]
- Primary Care Centres Provision
145. To ask the Minister for Health if final sign-off of the east Meath primary care centre has taken place; the details of the plans that were agreed on the meeting scheduled for 10 September...
- Vaccination Programme
146. To ask the Minister for Health the financial assistance available for parents and or guardians of boys who will miss the entry requirements to the programme in respect of the HPV...
- Hospitals Funding
147. To ask the Minister for Health the annual budget allocated to each hospital in each of the years 2016 to 2019; the number of open hospital beds in each hospital; and if he will make a...
- HSE Staff Recruitment
148. To ask the Minister for Health if the counties Longford and Westmeath clerical officer panel (details supplied) is still active; and if so, when persons will be called for positions. [37824/19]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
149. To ask the Minister for Health if the FreeStyle Libre device will be made available to all persons with type 1 diabetes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Speech and Language Therapy Staff
150. To ask the Minister for Health the proposals in place for job opportunities for speech and language therapists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37833/19]
- Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
151. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a replacement for the recently abolished rehabilitation training allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37838/19]
- Pesticide Use
152. To ask the Minister for Health the policy of the HSE on the use of pesticides on grounds managed by it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37839/19]
- Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision
153. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the publication of the model of care for infertility being drawn up by his Department and the HSA; the timeline for the accessibility of the...
- Disability Support Services
154. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a new assessment of needs officer has not been appointed in the Dublin 15 assessment of needs area; if this is due to a recruitment freeze; when...
- Pharmacy Regulations
155. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received rules (details supplied) for his consideration; if he has prepared plans to prevent job losses among pharmaceutical assistants nationally on...
- Home Care Packages Eligibility
156. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider setting up a specialised home care unit for persons who have sudden onset catastrophic life changing injuries or illnesses that require...
- Services for People with Disabilities
157. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 214 of 18 October 2018, the status of the plans to provide an appropriate adult day service for persons; and if he will...
- Hospital Appointments Status
158. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing a date for surgery in view of the exceptional...
- Medicinal Products Supply
160. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37924/19]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Hare Coursing Regulation
161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether live hare coursing has a place in a modern society in view of the grave concerns over greyhound welfare in...
- Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the role of the Competition and Consumer Protection Authority will be examined in investigating alleged cartels in the meat...
- Climate Change Advisory Council
163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the Climate Change Advisory Council called for a 53% reduction in the national suckler herd with no corresponding...
- Beef Industry
164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the 30-month age limit for beef production will be removed in a bid to help alleviate some of the difficulties and income crisis...
- Beef Exports
165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken by his Department and Bord Bia to establish new markets for Irish beef in non-EU countries; and if he will make...
- Aquaculture Licences
166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a report (details supplied) will be made available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37772/19]
- Pigmeat Sector
167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures in place to ensure that the pig sector is protected from possible contagion with African swine fever; if a case of has...
- Rural Development Programme Data
168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the transaction costs built into 2014-2020 RDP schemes and the way in which they operate (details supplied); the detail of each...
- Forestry Grants
169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the length of time to process forestry applications within the Forest Service; the longest, shortest and average processing times for...
- Horse Racing Industry Funding
170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request an additional €5 million for the sport horse industry (details supplied) via Horse Sport Ireland to be...
- Knackery Industry
171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to address the impact of the closure of almost all knackeries; and if he will make a statement on the...
- TAMS Eligibility
173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review and reduce or remove the eligibility clause on the minimum spend of €2,000 for TAMS to eliminate the...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Brexit Preparations
174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if all oil reserves held in Britain have now been relocated to Ireland as part of no-deal Brexit contingency plans by...
- Waste Disposal Charges
175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of those identified in work regarding the bin waiver as needing State assistance as a result of medical...
- Better Energy Homes Scheme Administration
176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to appoint a hub controller installer for residents in County Monaghan that applied for the heating controls...
- Waste Disposal
177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is permissible for waste companies to decide not to service certain estates or areas in Dublin; his views on...
- Planning Issues
178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a submission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37874/19]
- EU Programmes
179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will define the midlands peat region as designated in the EU platform for coal; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Rail Network Expansion
180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a railway order made by An Bord Pleanála can contain elements which are contrary to zonings or local objectives contained in...
- Local Authority Funding
181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to allocate specific funding to local authorities in the remainder of 2019 to carry out essential road repairs due to flood...
- National Transport Authority Administration
182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of fines and-or penalties and-or warning letters issued by the NTA to companies (details supplied) in respect of non-provision...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital expenditure of his Department from 1 January to 31 August 2019 under the heading of B3 road improvement, maintenance. [37836/19]
- Rail Services Provision
184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve Luas frequency particularly between Bride's Glen and Sandyford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37837/19]
- Cycling Facilities Funding
185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make extra financial provision in order that the bike locker scheme can be expanded in existing locations and extended to new...
- Noise Pollution Legislation
186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if regulations on road noise have been made under section 77 of the Roads Act 1993; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37844/19]
- Public Transport Provision
188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the new Pelletstown station will be open and pedestrian bridge across the Royal Canal complete; and if he will make a statement on...
- Public Transport
189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Transport for Ireland real-time application for mobile phones is based on actual real-time information provided by buses and...
- Sports Funding
192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide additional financial support to elite boxing athletes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an Irish citizen and resident must give up their UK driver licence in order to swap it and obtain an Irish driver licence; and...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
194. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the exceptional circumstances in which a person may be enrolled onto the ECCE programme in situations in which birth dates do not meet the...
- Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
195. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs an aontaíonn sí gur sárú ar chearta an duine óig é a iarraidh ar dhalta atá chun an scrúdú...
- Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
196. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding will be allocated to a centre (details supplied) in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37831/19]
- Childcare Services Funding
197. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the projected financial impacts on each family type of the proposed universal childcare scheme; if those lone parents who are currently in...
- Childcare Services Regulation
198. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the names and locations of 37 childcare facilities that Tusla stated were on its critical list at its recent appearance at the Joint...
- Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
200. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the case of a person (details supplied) will be assessed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37889/19]
- Early Childhood Care and Education
201. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for the future of the programme support payment for the administration of the ECCE scheme in view of the roll-out of the national...
- Public Services Card
202. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if it is still a requirement for parents to use a public services card to register for the national childcare scheme in view of the recent...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Security of the Elderly
203. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a person (details supplied) who has a fully operational landline will be provided with the panic button they applied for some...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Carer's Allowance Applications
204. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
- Child Maintenance Payments
205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of cases examined by the liable relatives unit; and the number of these cases which resulted in payments being...
- Invalidity Pension Appeals
206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an invalidity pension backdating appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Carer's Benefit Applications
207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and the person advised regarding same; if the case will be viewed...
- Child Maintenance Payments
213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that more than half of lone parents in receipt of either the one-parent family...
- One-Parent Family Payment Data
215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the one-parent family payment. [37820/19]
- Working Family Payment Data
216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the working family payment. [37821/19]
- Invalidity Pension Applications
217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity allowance review for a person (details supplied). [37830/19]
- Blind Person's Pension Data
218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in Limerick city and county in receipt of the blind pension. [37834/19]
- Social Welfare Benefits Data
219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in Limerick city and county in receipt of both the invalidity pension and the living alone allowance...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the low uptake of hearing aids; her further views on whether cost is a barrier to low and middle-income workers...
- Disability Allowance Applications
222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability payment will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if the matter will be expedited. [37902/19]
- Carer's Allowance Applications
223. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); if same will be expedited; and...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- EU Legislation
224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure that all the rights in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights are fully respected and promoted in all the...
- Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expenditure on LIHAF in 2018 and from 1 January to date in September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants
227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the level of grant aid for individual domestic water well supply grants; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
228. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason her Department has to convene a meeting of the film forum following a recommendation in the July 2018 Joint Committee...
- Na hOileáin amach ón gCósta
231. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil tús curtha le féidearthachtaí na n-oileán a mheas agus tosaíochtaí straitéiseacha...
