Written answers
Thursday, 19 September 2019
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- World Heritage Sites
6. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications received requesting to be included on the 2020 tentative list for nomination as a UNESCO world heritage...
- Architectural Heritage
8. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has held discussions with Dublin City Council or other bodies in respect of the decayed state of a market (details...
- European Capital of Culture
12. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of times the legacy committee of Galway 2020 has met; the membership of the committee; the terms of reference of the...
- Cultural Policy
14. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the expansion of the creative schools programme; and the status of the programme in counties Longford and Westmeath....
- Environmental Policy
15. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress being made on protecting biodiversity in view of the publication by the National Parks and Wildlife Service of...
- Natural Heritage Areas
17. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the awarding of funding for the 2019 peatlands community engagement scheme; the recipients of same in County Offaly;...
- Maoiniú d'Eagrais Ghaeilge
18. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén céimeanna atá á nglacadh chun a bheith cinnte de go bhfuil an maoiniú cuí ann...
- Hare Coursing Regulation
19. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will maintain a ban on hare netting which was imposed since 9 August 2019 in response to the RHD2 disease; if her attention...
- Aerfoirt Réigiúnacha
20. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le hAerfort na Mine i gContae na Gaillimhe, an bhfuil an cás gnó réitithe; cad iad na céimeanna eile...
- Tax Exemptions
21. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has taken steps to extend the artists tax exemption scheme in advance of Budget 2020; and if she will make a statement on...
- Animal Disease Controls
22. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she has taken in conjunction with the National Parks and Wildlife Service to address the deadly rabbit haemorrhagic...
- Artists' Remuneration
23. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to ensure a fair and equitable working wage for persons working in the arts, culture and heritage sector; and if she will...
- Scéim na mBóithre Áise
24. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndeimhneoidh sí go mbeidh allúntas á chur ar fáil i mbliana do thograí bóithre Gaeltachta; an...
- Commemorative Events
25. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the programme for a State-run decade of centenary commemorative events and legacy projects for 2020 and 2021 will be...
- Budget 2020
26. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the priorities for her Department for budget 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37877/19]
- Community Development Projects Funding
27. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to create a specific funding scheme for community groups to assist them in the conservation and promotion of...
- EU Directives
28. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the recent European Commission six-yearly habitats directive article 17 report on Ireland (details supplied); and the...
- Cultural Policy
29. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she plans to take to ensure greater income and employment security and full entitlement to employment rights in the...
- Brexit Supports
30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the provisions her Department has put in place to protect the film and television industry in the event of a no-deal Brexit; and if...
- Heritage Sites
31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she plans the development of various historical and heritage sites or buildings nationally with a view to...
- Natural Heritage Areas
32. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the awarding of funding under the peatland community engagement scheme 2019; and the number of recipients in...
- National Parks
33. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress being achieved on the development of national parks and reserves, including Connemara National Park, and improving the...
- Cultural Policy
34. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the expansion of the creative schools programme; the status of the programme in County Sligo; and if she will make a...
- Inland Waterways Maintenance
35. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital funding allocated for the restoration of the Ulster Canal in 2019; the expenditure to date and the works undertaken;...
- Natural Heritage Areas
36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the awarding of funding under the peatlands community engagement scheme 2019; the number of recipients in counties...
- EU Directives
37. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of an organisation (details supplied) on a proposed EU-wide ban on lead shot; and...
- Calafoirt agus Céanna
38. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sí cuntas ar an dul chun cinn go dáta ar an iarratas chun uasghrádú agus cóiriú a...
- EU Directives
39. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to tackle the loss of biodiversity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37879/19]
- An Teanga Gaeilge
41. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le hanailís bhreise a dhéanamh chun teacht ar bhunlíne maidir le...
- National Monuments
42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to progress the recommendations of the Moore Street report: Securing History 2 (31 July 2019); and if she will make a...
- Department of Defence
- Military Medals
43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the medals that are being sought by the veterans and families of the siege of Jadotville will be awarded. [37993/19]
- Naval Service Vessels
44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the stage the maritime patrol aircraft replacement project is at; when the project will go out for tender; when construction will commence; when...
- Departmental Staff Data
45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of civil servants who have left and or retired from his Department in the past ten years who were bound by a cooling-off period in...
- Defence Forces Data
47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 34 of 13 June 2019, the basis within which the Department of Defence sees fit to undermine the decision of...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Birth Registration
48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an application for foreign birth registration by a person (details supplied) was received; if same will be expedited; and if he will make...
- Ministerial Travel
49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will visit the United States of America before the end of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37979/19]
- Departmental Staff Data
50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of civil servants who have left and or retired from his Department in the past ten years who were bound by a cooling-off period in...
- Passport Data
52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports issued but subsequently revoked and or voided due to the fact they were obtained by fraud and or deception in the...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
53. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the betting tax review; when the review will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37952/19]
- Universal Social Charge
54. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the significant step effect (details supplied) in the application of the universal social charge for persons aged 70 years of age or over;...
- Property Tax Administration
55. To ask the Minister for Finance the penalty and surcharge arrangements that apply to self-employed persons who fail to make a local property tax return or pay their LPT; his plans to revise...
- VAT Rate Application
56. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the VAT proposals on food supplements in view of the publication of the tax strategy group papers in summer 2019; and if he will make a statement...
- Vehicle Registration
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals in place for the motor industry and changing vehicle registration tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37969/19]
- Central Bank of Ireland
59. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing legislation to rescind the autonomy of the Central Bank in view of the failure of the bank to create financial regulations to...
- VAT Rate Reductions
60. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider re-evaluating the decision to increase the VAT rate for the restaurant and hospitality sector from 9% to 12% and instead consider a 10% VAT...
- Banking Sector Regulation
61. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Irish banks implemented an illegal version of accounting standard IAS 39 in the period 2005 to 2018 (details...
- Tax Reliefs Data
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have availed of the special assignee relief programme in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by salaries in ranges...
- Brexit Staff
64. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of new customs officials who will be hired to help deal with Brexit; the number hired and trained to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Staff Data
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants who have left and or retired from his Department in the past ten years who were bound by a cooling-off period in respect of taking...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Heritage Centres Data
68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which the number of visitors visiting various national historic sites or buildings have been recorded in the past two years...
- Estimates Process
69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the supplemental expenditures in each year since 2012 by Department in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38026/19]
- Office of Public Works Properties
70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Miesian Plaza Office of Public Works fit-out of offices has been completed; if not, when it is expected to be completed; the...
- Flood Relief Schemes Status
71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Skibbereen flood relief scheme has been completed; if not, when it is expected to be completed; the estimated cost of the project;...
- Office of Public Works Properties
74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Hawkins House capital project has commenced; if so, the stage the project is at; when the project is expected to go out for...
- Office of Public Works Projects
75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Leeson Lane redevelopment capital project has commenced; if so, the stage the project is at; when the project is expected to go...
- National Concert Hall
77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the children’s science museum National Concert Hall project has commenced; if so, the stage the project is at; when the project...
- Project Ireland 2040 Administration
81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has considered adding a column to the capital tracker to indicate whether a project has been delayed or not; the reason for not...
- Fiscal Data
82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the pre-committed expenditure which is committed to demographics in each of the years 2020 to 2024 by vote. [38116/19]
- Public Service Stability Agreement
83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the outstanding allocations for the public service stability agreement and other public pay agreements in each of the years 2020 to 2024...
- Departmental Staff Data
84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants who have left and or retired from his Department in the past ten years who were bound by a cooling-off...
- Public Spending Code
86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the revised public spending code will be released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38198/19]
- Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme
87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the appropriate assessment report made pursuant to the provisions of Directive 92/43/EEC as amended for the dredging...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Accommodation Provision
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects a school building to be put in place for a special needs school (details supplied) in County Cork; the process and timeline in...
- Compensation Schemes
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to compensate victims of sexual abuse in day schools in view of the findings of the report of a person (details supplied) published in...
- Student Universal Support Ireland Administration
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 8 November 2018, the outcome of the debate and or discussions with his officials; and if he will make...
- School Services Staff
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the policy that even large schools are only allowed one Department-funded caretaker; if his attention has been drawn to the...
- Third Level Facilities
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the University College Dublin Confucius institute has been completed; if not, when it is expected to be completed; the estimated cost of the...
- Public Private Partnerships
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the school bundle 5 public private project has been completed; the schools within the bundle that have been completed; the schools that have...
- Institutes of Technology
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the capital project at Dundalk Institute of Technology has commenced; if so, the stage the project is at; when the project is expected to go...
- Third Level Facilities
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage the E3 Trinity College Dublin project is at; when the project will go out for tender; when construction will commence; when the project...
- Institutes of Technology
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage the Limerick Institute of Technology project is at; when the project will go out for tender; when construction will commence; when the...
- School Management
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the cost of audits for schools will be reviewed with a view to reducing the burden of costs for small schools with a low number of...
- Institutes of Technology Staff
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Waterford Institute of Technology staff members currently undertaking courses, degrees, masters or doctorates by the name of the course, the...
- Departmental Staff Data
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of civil servants who have left and or retired from his Department in the past ten years who were bound by a cooling-off period in...
- Schools Building Projects Status
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school project (details supplied) will be expedited in view of recent events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38196/19]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Naturalisation Certificates
104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) must pay €1,000 to become an Irish citizen in order to obtain an Irish passport;...
- Garda Strength
105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of doubling the number of dogs in the Garda dog unit; the estimated cost of doubling the number of horses in...
- Proposed Legislation
106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he plans to introduce the Family Law Bill; when he expects to have it enacted; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Visa Applications
107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a visa will be issued on humanitarian grounds to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Transport Data
108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles available within the Donegal division in each of the years 2009 to date; his views on recent media...
- Departmental Staff Data
109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civil servants who have left and or retired from his Department in the past ten years who were bound by a...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to revoking the order to deport in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Immigration Status
112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to update stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Residency Permits
113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which persons (details supplied) can best regularise their residency and permission to remain; and if he will make a...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- IDA Ireland Supports
114. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number and exact values of State-funded grants provided to a company (details supplied) that supported the company from its...
- Third Level Facilities
115. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the stage the upgrading of the Tyndall National Institute project is at; when the project will go out for tender; when construction...
- National Development Plan
116. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the stage the National Design Centre project is at; when the project will go out for tender; when construction will commence; when the...
- Regional Development Initiatives
117. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the stage the e-hubs project is at; when the project will go out for tender; when construction will commence; when the project will be...
- Commencement of Legislation
118. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Companies (Amendment) Act 2019 will be commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38118/19]
- Advertising Regulation
119. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position with regard to online influencers as advertisers; if sponsored content falls under the criteria of advertising; and if...
- Departmental Staff Data
120. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of civil servants who have left and or retired from her Department in the past ten years who were bound by a cooling-off...
- Work Permits Applications
122. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration will be given to an application for a work permit in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Department of Health
- National Children's Hospital Status
123. To ask the Minister for Health the stage the national children’s hospital higher education elements project is at; when the project will go out for tender; when construction will...
- Hospital Appointments Status
124. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [37959/19]
- Commencement of Legislation
126. To ask the Minister for Health when section 14 of the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act 2014 will come into force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37978/19]
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
128. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for elective surgery within the Saolta Hospital Group by county; the category of surgery for which they are waiting, that is,...
- Hospital Staff Data
129. To ask the Minister for Health the number of agency and staff nurses on duty on 13 September 2019 at Children's Health Ireland at Connolly Hospital, Temple Street Children's University...
- Hospital Complaints Procedures
131. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to complaints regarding patient care and or patient conditions at Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin to date in 2019; the...
- Electronic Cigarettes
132. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce legislation to ban the advertisement of vaping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37988/19]
- Disability Services Funding
133. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37989/19]
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
134. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS by CHO, LHO, age category and time waiting. [37998/19]
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
135. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts in whole-time equivalent terms employed by the HSE in the child and adolescent mental health services in each CHO and LHO. [37999/19]
- Hospitals Capital Programme
136. To ask the Minister for Health if the national forensic mental health service, Portrane, has been completed; if not, when it is expected to be completed; the estimated cost of the project;...
- Hospitals Building Programme
137. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Rehabilitation Hospital redevelopment has been completed; if not, when it is expected to be completed; the estimated cost of the project; the...
- Public Private Partnerships
142. To ask the Minister for Health if the primary care centres bundle public private project has been completed; the centres within the bundle that have been completed; the centres not completed...
- National Maternity Hospital Status
143. To ask the Minister for Health if the national maternity hospital capital project has commenced; if so, the stage the project is at; when the project is expected to go out for tender; when...
- Hospitals Capital Programme
144. To ask the Minister for Health if the Naas General Hospital endoscopy suite capital project has commenced; if so, the stage the project is at; when the project is expected to go out for...
- Patient Transfers
149. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a patient (details supplied) referred from Letterkenny University Hospital to St. James’s Hospital, Dublin was returned to Letterkenny...
- Hospital Appointments Status
151. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a procedure at St. James’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Respite Care Services Provision
152. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a respite care allocation was reduced for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; when a full respite care service will be reinstated; and if...
- Hospital Appointments Status
153. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment for an assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38108/19]
- Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
154. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate the rehabilitation training allowance for new entrants; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty the decision to terminate the...
- Alcohol Advertising
155. To ask the Minister for Health if online influencers are subject to the provisions of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38128/19]
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
156. To ask the Minister for Health the options and interventions being put in place for the long-term care by CAMHS of a person (details supplied); if family support will be provided in this...
- Home Care Packages Provision
157. To ask the Minister for Health when home support assistance will be allocated to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38141/19]
- Departmental Staff Data
158. To ask the Minister for Health the number of civil servants who have left and or retired from his Department in the past ten years who were bound by a cooling-off period in respect of taking...
- Home Care Packages
160. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he plans to take as part of the winter plan initiative to alleviate the backlog at present in allocating home help hours in County Donegal; if his...
- Hospital Overcrowding
161. To ask the Minister for Health if the short-stay unit consisting of 20 beds at Letterkenny University Hospital, County Donegal will be fully funded under the winter plan initiative; if the...
- Home Care Packages Provision
162. To ask the Minister for Health when a home care package and or home help hours will be offered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision
163. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by users when trying to access speech and language services at a hospital (details...
- Disability Support Services Provision
164. To ask the Minister for Health if a vacant post for a special needs counsellor (details supplied) in west County Donegal has been filled; the reason for the delay in having a permanent...
- Medical Card Applications
166. To ask the Minister for Health when applications for medical cards submitted will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38210/19]
- European Health Insurance Card
167. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has an entitlement to health insurance cover in respect of their attendance at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; and if he will...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Equine Data
168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of establishing a national equine database to record microchipped equine. [37958/19]
- Organic Farming Scheme
169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the organic farming scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37981/19]
- Fallen Animal Collection Scheme
170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animals processed through the fallen animal scheme which was in place from 2001 to 2009; the cost in this regard; the...
- Regeneration Projects Status
171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the remediation of Haulbowline Island has been completed; if not, when it is expected to be completed; the estimated cost of the...
- Food Industry Development
172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the national food innovation hub has been completed; if not, when it is expected to be completed; the estimated cost of the...
- Hare Coursing Regulation
174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) regarding the greyhound industry and licences; and the latest...
- Brexit Staff
175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of additional staff that are trained and in place to deal with Brexit; the number expected to be in place by 31 October...
- Weather Events
177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if assistance will be provided to farmers in the Shannon Callows who have lost fodder, aftergrass and to those that have been forced...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) under the area based payment scheme for 2018; and if he will make a statement...
- Beef Industry
179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the recent discussions with stakeholders relating to the difficulties facing the beef sector; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Staff Data
180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of civil servants who have left and or retired from his Department in the past ten years who were bound by a cooling-off...
- Animal Carcase Disposal
182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the interim measures taken to mitigate the issue of unburied animal carcasses that have been left on farms as a result of the ongoing...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Inland Fisheries
186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a project (details supplied) went before the local authority for planning. [37953/19]
- Energy Efficiency
190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount which will be spent in each county under the national programme to upgrade public lighting; and if he will...
- Broadband Service Provision
191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to extend high-speed fibre broadband to a household (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make...
- Departmental Staff Data
193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of civil servants who have left and or retired from his Department in the past ten years who were bound by a...
- Broadband Service Provision
195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a property (details supplied) will be connected to efibre broadband. [38190/19]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Capital Expenditure Programme
196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital expenditure of his Department from 1 January 2019 to 31 August 2019 under the heading of B8 Sustainable Transport; and if he...
- Road Projects Status
197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, requested Louth County Council to review the Ardee bypass scheme project; if all...
- Light Rail Projects Expenditure
199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of the Luas cross-city project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38043/19]
- Road Projects Status
200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the N56 Dungloe to Glenties project has been completed; if not, when it is expected to be completed; the estimated cost of the...
- Sports Facilities Provision
202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Indoor Arena phase 2 project has been completed; if not, when it is expected to be completed; the estimated cost of the...
- Road Projects Status
203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Grange Castle business park project has been completed; if not, when it is expected to be completed; the estimated cost of the...
- Rail Network
211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the national train control centre capital project has commenced; if so, the stage the project is at; when the project is expected to...
- Sports Facilities Provision
214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the velodrome and national badminton centre capital project has commenced; if so, the stage the project is at; when the project is...
- Departmental Staff Data
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of civil servants that have left and-or retired from his Department in the past ten years that were bound by a cooling-off...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Childcare Services Funding
227. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding withdrawn from childcare subvention programme, CCSP, services via Pobal compliance visits during the full contract...
- Maternity Leave
229. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of introducing an additional one, two and six weeks respectively, of maternity leave. [38112/19]
- Parental Leave Expenditure
230. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of introducing one, two, three and six weeks respectively, of paid parental leave to be taken by either parent. [38113/19]
- Departmental Staff Data
231. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of civil servants that have left and-or retired from her Department in the past ten years that were bound by a cooling-off...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Insurance Rates
235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost if the entry threshold for class A PRSI increased from €38 to €100; and if...
- Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility
236. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to persons (details supplied) being given access to the treatment benefit scheme; and if she...
- Maternity Leave
237. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full combined cost of increasing maternity benefit by €20, €30, €40 and €50 per...
- Parental Leave Expenditure
239. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of introducing one, two, three and six weeks, respectively, of paid parental leave to be taken by either...
- Community Employment Schemes Review
240. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the interdepartmental review into the future of the community employment scheme will be completed and published; and if...
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
241. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of plans to progress the provision of an occupational pension for community employment supervisors and assistant...
- Disability Allowance Payments
242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive arrears due to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38134/19]
- Public Services Card Data
243. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of meetings she has had with her officials regarding the public services card in the past three years to 16...
- Departmental Staff Data
244. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of civil servants that have left and-or retired from her Department in the past ten years that were bound by a...
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the pension entitlement of a person (details supplied); if a bilateral or other pension arrangement exists between Ireland...
- Working Family Payment Eligibility
247. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the working family payment continues to remain payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Homeless Accommodation Provision
248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1947 and 1977 of 6 September 2019, if another approved housing body or other...
- Unfinished Housing Developments
249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason an unfinished housing estate (details supplied) in County Kerry was not included in the 2013 list of unfinished...
- Departmental Staff Data
250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of civil servants that have left and-or retired from his Department in the past ten years that were bound by a...
- Building Energy Rating Compliance
252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policy in relation to standard BER ratings for new social housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Local Authority Housing Standards
253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policy in relation to the use of fossil fuel burning boiler systems in new build local authority housing units; and if he...
- Local Authority Housing Maintenance
254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if approval will issue without delay for housing projects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of single stage approval process applications for social housing projects received per annum since its inception by...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to bring forward legislation to allow councils to conduct antisocial behaviour checks on HAP tenants; and if he will...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- National Concert Hall
259. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of capital and current funding her Department has provided to the National Concert Hall in 2018 and 2019, in tabular...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
260. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the National Parks and Wildlife Service require planning permission for salmon conservation fund projects (details supplied);...
- Hare Coursing Regulation
262. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if full protection will be granted to the Irish hare; if all forms of hare hunting and coursing will be banned; and if she will...
- Wildlife Protection
263. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which corncrake numbers still exist at specific sites nationally; the preservation actions in place or proposed in...
- Cultural Policy
265. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she is actively involved in supporting cultural events at various locations nationally directly or through...
- Arts Funding
267. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she has provided financial support to the arts nationally in the past three years; and if she will make a...
- Film Industry
268. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to support the film industry with particular reference to the need to encourage the use of...
- Cultural Policy
270. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she has offered assistance towards specific developments in the arts such as music and drama events at local...
- Built Heritage Investment Scheme
271. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which restoration and repairs have been initiated or are ongoing in respect of damaged historical buildings; and if...
- Inland Waterways Maintenance
272. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the engagement that she has had with Waterways Ireland and its contractors regarding the management of water levels in the...
- Brexit Issues
273. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the outcome of discussions she has had with her counterpart in the UK Government and with departments and agencies in Northern...
- Departmental Staff Data
274. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of civil servants who have left and or retired from her Department in the past ten years who were bound by a...
- Creative Youth Plan
276. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the expansion of the creative schools programme; and the status of the programme in Limerick city and county. [38183/19]
- Culture Night
277. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the events planned for Culture Night 2019 in Limerick city and county. [38184/19]
- Animal Diseases
278. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration will be given to appointing an independent assessor to determine the impact of the rabbit haemorrhagic disease....
- Hare Coursing Regulation
279. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next meeting will be scheduled between her Department and the National Parks Wildlife Service with clubs (details...
