Written answers

Tuesday, 24 September 2019

  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Strength
      12. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the current strength of the Defences Forces is 8,724; his views on the fact that this is below the minimum strength of 9,500 that it is...
    • Industrial Relations
      13. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will request amendments to the Industrial Relations Act 1990 to ensure representative rights for Army personnel; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      15. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated number of persons likely to leave the Defence Forces in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38422/19]
    • Defence Forces Medical Services
      18. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on mental distress in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38223/19]
    • Defence Forces Training
      21. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the degree to which he remains satisfied that all military personnel including reserves receive ongoing upgraded training in military techniques...
    • Brexit Preparations
      22. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to reintroduce new Army barracks in counties Cavan and Monaghan or the greater Border region in view of Brexit and the possible...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      23. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times the Defence Forces have been called on to perform aid to the civil power duties at Shannon Airport to date in 2019; the...
    • Naval Service Staff
      24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures he is taking to tackle the retention and recruitment crisis in the Naval Service in view of issues (details supplied); and if he...
    • Departmental Properties
      25. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will consider allowing a premises in a location (details supplied) in the ownership of his Department to be used by UN veterans for...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      27. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the implementation of the Barry report in respect of the Defence Forces conciliation and arbitration scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      28. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which he has prioritised retention of suitable personnel as an essential factor in developing military capabilities in line with...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      29. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which current expenditure of his Department for 2019 is off target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38425/19]
    • Naval Service Operations
      32. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the role the Naval Service may have in the designation and protection of marine protected areas; and if the Naval Service would have capacity to...
    • Army Barracks
      33. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding will be allocated to improve working and living conditions for soldiers in the Curragh camp; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Remuneration
      35. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on the fact that the recruitment drive in 2017 for the Defence Forces yielded modest results; if he will consider pay and conditions of...
    • Military Medals
      37. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the medals being sought by the veterans and families of the siege of Jadotville will be awarded. [38359/19]
    • Defence Forces Strength
      38. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the strength of the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps remains sufficient to meet a situation emerging such as a natural...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Civil Service Staff Data
      39. To ask the Taoiseach the number of civil servants that 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 up new...
    • Living Wage
      41. To ask the Taoiseach the number of workers employed by his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department who earn less than the living wage of €12.30 per...
    • British-Irish Council
      42. To ask the Taoiseach the date on which he will host the next British-Irish Council summit. [38510/19]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      43. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Mrs. Arlene Foster of the DUP and the topics discussed relating to Brexit and the Northern Ireland Assembly. [38841/19]
  • Department of Defence
    • Living Wage
      45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of workers employed by his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department who earn less than the living...
    • Naval Service Equipment
      46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding has been provided in 2019 for the upgrade of the fire detection and firefighting system at the Oil Wharf naval base in Haulbowline; if...
    • Defence Forces Reserve Training
      47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which annual training is made available to members of the Reserve Defence Force; the number participating; the number that have...
    • Overseas Missions Data
      48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number and proposed location for the expected deployment of Irish troops in overseas enmeshments over the next 12 months; and if he will make...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel in the Air Corps that have resigned or retired on full service in each of the past three years to date; the number of...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      52. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which he continues to ensure that Irish military personnel serving overseas on EU or UN deployments are equipped to the highest...
    • Defence Forces Personnel Data
      53. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of women serving in each branch of the Defence Forces; the number that have resigned and-or retired; the extent to which they have...
    • Defence Forces Strength
      54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the average membership of the Defences Forces in the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps; the extent to which it has been maintained or fluctuated...
    • Air Corps Equipment
      55. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the training and working aircraft readily available to the Air Corps; the availability of upgrades if required; and if he will make a statement...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      56. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the Naval Service and Air Corps have sufficient resources and equipment available to them to meet surveillance or other...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Brexit Negotiations
      57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the EU ministers discussed extending the longer period of transition by consent instead of a hard Brexit on 31 October 2019. [38266/19]
    • Living Wage
      60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of workers employed by his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department who earn less than the living...
    • Human Rights
      61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the input and involvement of Ireland in the draft international treaty on business and human rights to be discussed at the fifth session of...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent decision by India to revoke the autonomy of Kashmir; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38294/19]
    • Human Rights
      68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position of the Rohingya; the efforts being made at EU level to safeguard same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38299/19]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in Yemen; the response of the EU to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38300/19]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      70. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to deploy additional staff to the embassy in New Zealand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38390/19]
    • Public Services Card
      71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason for ending the requirement for a public services card for applications to the Passport Office; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Finance
    • VAT Rate Application
      73. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a guidance issued by the Revenue Commissioners in May 2007 that advised that food supplements were allowed to be supplied at...
    • Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
      74. To ask the Minister for Finance the yearly wage cost of a whole-time accountant at the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. [38691/19]
    • Living Wage
      75. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of workers employed by his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department who earn less than the living wage of...
    • Eurozone Issues
      76. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the suggestions by his EU colleagues to revamp the eurozone fiscal rules; if the matter is being considered; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Budget Submissions
      77. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the issues raised in a budget 2020 submission (details supplied) taking into account the additional challenges facing the sector due to...
    • Insurance Industry
      78. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that there is a competitive market for insurance here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26961/19]
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that there is a competitive market for mortgages here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26960/19]
    • Tax Exemptions
      80. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is paying tax on their State pension. [38432/19]
    • National Economic Dialogue
      81. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his attendance at the National Economic Dialogue. [29955/19]
    • European Council Meetings
      82. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the discussions at the June 2019 ECOFIN meeting on the reformed eurozone budget plan and the possibility of a fiscal stabilisation tool on...
    • National Economic Dialogue
      84. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his address to the National Economic Dialogue conference and the competitiveness of Ireland. [27990/19]
    • Financial Services Regulation
      86. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated saving to be made from moving the entire cost of regulating the financial industry, with the exception of the credit union industry, from the...
    • Corporate Governance
      87. To ask the Minister for Finance if the anomaly will be rectified by which the Companies Registration Office is asking community-based organisations such as community employment schemes and...
    • Corporation Tax
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount forgone due to historic losses being used as tax deductions and exemptions for banks and insurance companies. [38523/19]
    • Fuel Traders Licences
      89. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will grant permission to a business (details supplied) to sell diesel while awaiting approval of the fire officer. [38554/19]
    • Property Tax Data
      90. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount and value of property tax collected in each local authority in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [38597/19]
    • Tax Data
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised by an increase of the VRT surcharge on imported diesel cars new and second-hand from 1% to 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 40% and 50%. [38693/19]
    • Tax Incentives
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost of the domestic retrofit tax incentive. [38710/19]
    • Tax Yield
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue raised through the application of the mineral oil tax to aviation fuel. [38711/19]
    • Interest Rates
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance the equivalent interest rates in banks in which he is a majority shareholder; the reason they differ; the figures a mortgage holder would pay over 20 years on...
    • Insurance Costs
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions he is taking to address issues raised in a study conducted by an organisation (details supplied), which found that a significant number of...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his meeting with the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer; the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38836/19]
    • Duty Free Sales
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has discussed the introduction of duty free in the event of a hard Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38837/19]
    • Budget Timetable
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance the options open to considering European semester requirements and other conventions of a second budget once the outcome of Brexit negotiations is known....
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Living Wage
      122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of workers employed by his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department who earn less than the...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the status of full restoration in this case; and if he will make a...
    • Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
      124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of requests his Department received from the Office of Comptroller and Auditor General seeking approval for the recruitment...
    • Freedom of Information Fees
      125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated full-year cost of abolishing all fees under the Freedom of Information Act 2014. [38673/19]
    • Public Sector Pay
      126. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the yearly wage cost of a whole-time corporate compliance manager. [38674/19]
    • Garda Remuneration
      138. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the yearly wage cost of a whole-time Garda Síochána detective inspector. [38687/19]
    • Oireachtas Members' Remuneration
      139. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated savings by capping Deputies' salaries at €75,000. [38722/19]
    • Shared Services
      149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to recent issues with the operation of the Payroll Shared Service Centre website Core portal; the nature...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      150. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the proposed flood relief works at Kanturk, County Cork; if funding has been approved by the OPW for the works; the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport Fees
      151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of universal free travel on the school transport scheme operated by Bus Éireann. [38671/19]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of capital projects planned to provide extra places in schools for pupils with special needs; if the waiting times for such projects...
    • School Patronage
      153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the boundaries for the determination of patronage for the new second level school in Blanchardstown, Dublin 15 will be extended to include...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for ASD accommodation; and if these works will be sanctioned. [38260/19]
    • Third Level Staff Remuneration
      155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the application of a circular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38265/19]
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be approved for the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38273/19]
    • School Staff Appeals Mechanism
      157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is an appeal process for SNAs who cannot get on a panel; if not, the reason therefor; the reason the supplementary manager of the panels...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building for a Gaelscoil (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38357/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the allocation of home tuition hours for children with autism and special educational needs for the 2019-20 academic year will be expedited;...
    • School Textbooks
      160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 3 October 2017, his policy in terms of the use of workbooks at post-primary school level; and the...
    • School Equipment
      161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy regarding the use of information technology tablets; and if schools have been issued departmental guidelines or circulars in terms of...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied); if progress has been made in securing a greenfield or brownfield site for a permanent building; the...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Administration
      163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the applications for home tuition for the current academic year have now been processed; if not, when it is expected that they will be...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when home tuition hours will be sanctioned for children with autism spectrum disorders in primary schools in view of the fact that schools are in...
    • Third Level Funding
      165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of increasing funding to third level institutions by 1%. [38561/19]
    • Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
      166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of restoring the non-adjacent SUSI grant level from 24 km to 30 km, 35 km and 40 km, in tabular form. [38562/19]
    • School Catchment Areas
      168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will include an area (details supplied) in the catchment area for the new secondary school for west Blanchardstown, Dublin 15; and if he...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason it takes a minimum of 12 weeks and in some cases even longer for a teacher to register with the Teaching Council in view of the fact...
    • Pyrite Issues
      170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the situation at a school (details supplied) affected by pyrite; if his attention has been drawn to the many issues this is causing...
    • Social Insurance Payments
      171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding social insurance contributions for a person in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for further delays to the payment of teachers in September 2019; the nature of the delays; the actions being taken to address this...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to and meet a group (details supplied). [38647/19]
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the negotiations to secure a permanent site for two secondary schools (details supplied). [38720/19]
    • Industrial Relations
      176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to avoid industrial action by members of a union (details supplied); if further talks are scheduled; and if he will make a...
    • School Transport Appeals
      177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a Bus Éireann appeal (details supplied); if he will review the response from the transport provider; and if he will...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed major building project at a school (details supplied). [38740/19]
    • State Examinations Appeals
      179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that appealed their leaving certificate results and attained a higher mark in 2017, 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has inadequate provision of special needs assistants for the 2019-2020 academic year; and if he will make...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans for a permanent location for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38756/19]
    • Departmental Properties
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a building (details supplied) which is owned by his Department in view of the need for a permanent location for schools; and if he...
    • Schools Establishment
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new schools planned in the Dún Laoghaire area in the coming years; the patrons of these schools; the sites and or buildings...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the method of calculation of special needs assistant allocation for schools; the way in which children that are still awaiting an assessment of...
    • School Services Staff
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to end pay injustice facing school secretaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38783/19]
    • Schools Building Projects
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to address the delays being experienced by his Department to progress its school building projects beyond stage 2B; if the...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an emergency works application by a school (details supplied) regarding a replacement boiler that is urgently needed; and if he...
    • School Transport
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the possibility of utilising the recently announced €1 million funding for school transport to provide additional bus capacity for...
    • Autism Support Services
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the system being put in place in order to school twin brothers with autism (details supplied); if a system will be put in place by which they may...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the completion of footpaths and pedestrianised crossings at a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay in the ESB...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility
      195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a housing assistance payment is assessed as means when eligibility for free legal aid is being examined; his views on an...
    • Road Traffic Accidents Data
      196. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of road traffic accidents recorded in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019 on the Cork to Limerick road....
    • Garda Expenditure
      197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the yearly wage cost of a whole-time digital forensic specialist. [38678/19]
    • Family Reunification
      201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a particular issue in the embassy in Abuja, Nigeria, that is causing difficulty in the processing of join family...
    • Living Wage
      202. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of workers employed by his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department that earn less...
    • Gender Equality
      203. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions taken and planned to address the gender pay gap that exists in the workforce; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Citizenship Applications
      204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases in which citizenship was granted in the past three years to persons that had no Irish born grandparent but...
    • Asylum Applications Data
      205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the increase in the number of persons seeking asylum or subsidiary protection over the past three years; the reason for same;...
    • Direct Provision Data
      206. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the increase in the number of persons in direct provision over the past three years; the number of persons in direct provision;...
    • Direct Provision System
      208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for putting asylum seekers, persons seeking subsidiary protection and others in direct provision rather than...
    • Direct Provision Data
      209. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the present tendering process being carried out in the west of Ireland in relation to the provision of direct provision...
    • Road Safety
      210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he convened a meeting regarding parking by private motorised vehicles in cycle lanes with the Ministers for Transport,...
    • Citizenship Applications
      211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the ongoing lengthy delays in a citizenship application by a person (details supplied) will be examined; when a decision...
    • Proposed Legislation
      212. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the first draft of new legislation will be brought forward which will grant applicants for Irish citizenship the right to...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of meetings he has engaged with the CEO and-or equivalent of each State agency under his remit to date in 2019, in...
    • Garda Data
      214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda public service vehicle inspectors assigned to each Garda division at 9 September 2019, in tabular form; and...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to extend the application dates for the community-based CCTV scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Legal Aid Service Data
      217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of solicitors, paralegal and administrative staff participating on the free Legal Aid Board by county, in tabular...
    • Legislative Reviews
      218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the review of the Defamation Act 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38464/19]
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the contact details within his Department for local groups to liaise with in relation to the CCTV scheme and their respective...
    • Direct Provision System
      222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new direct provision centres planned for 2019 and 2020; the way in which the proposed new centres are selected...
    • International Protection
      224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if each aspect of service and accommodation aspects are put out to tender of if a preferred supplier list is used; the number...
    • Immigration Status
      225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the immigration status of the persons who were adversely affected by the recent student recruitment agency closure; the...
    • Deportation Orders
      226. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay for a person (details supplied) in receiving a family permanent visa; and if he will make a statement...
    • Garda Data
      227. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda stolen vehicle investigation unit; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Judicial Council
      228. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to accelerate the process of establishing the judicial council in order to protect voluntary and...
    • Garda Expenditure
      229. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of costs associated per year in regard to implementing the report A Policing Service for the Future; and if he...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Living Wage
      230. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of workers employed by her Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of her Department that earn less than...
    • Trade Missions
      231. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to travel on a trade mission to Spain; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38387/19]
    • Fire Safety
      232. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the recently revealed high level of fire safety toxins in homes (details supplied). [38436/19]
    • Trade Union Membership
      233. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of members of trade unions that notified her Department of being in benefit on 31 December 2018 (details supplied); and if...
    • Work Permits Applications
      234. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason An Bord Altranais issues a recognition of both a diploma and degree certificate for non-national nurses to be eligible to...
  • Department of Health
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      235. To ask the Minister for Health the weighting percentages to be used as part of the upcoming HSE FreeStyle Libre group review decision making process that will be given to criteria (details...
    • Freedom of Information Requests
      244. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a freedom of information request to the HSE by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38217/19]
    • Suicide Prevention
      245. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he will collect improved data and research on suicidal behaviour as outlined in the National Office for Suicide Prevention Annual Report 2018;...
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      246. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of extending free general practitioner care to children under eight years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      247. To ask the Minister for Health if a bus service managed by the HSE could arrange collection of a person (details supplied) at a suitable time. [38230/19]
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      248. To ask the Minister for Health if progress has been made in appointing a clinical lead for the national clinical dual diagnosis programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Beds Data
      249. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient detox beds for persons with a dual diagnosis; the HSE regions in which these beds are available; when such beds will be available for...
    • Living Wage
      250. To ask the Minister for Health the number of workers employed by his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department that earn less than the living wage of...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      251. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38263/19]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      252. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria in relation to emergency medical cards; the extent to which a person must be sick; the way in which such an assessment is made; and if he will...
    • Rehabilitation Training Allowance Payments
      253. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the rehabilitative training allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38277/19]
    • Hospital Groups
      254. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision has been made to remove Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, from the Ireland East hospital group and put it into the RCSI hospital group; if consultation...
    • Healthcare Professionals
      255. To ask the Minister for Health if he will legislate for a Supreme Court judgment (details supplied) in the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019. [38283/19]
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      256. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of the national children’s hospital; the estimated costs of the enabling work, construction and fit-out in this regard; and if he...
    • Infectious Diseases
      258. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases of CRE confirmed at Waterford University Hospital; the protocol in place if patients are being transferred from the hospital to another...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      259. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment for a knee operation will be arranged at Cappagh hospital for a person (details supplied); and if the matter will be expedited. [38304/19]
    • General Practitioner Services
      260. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners can charge medical card patients for blood tests carried out in their surgeries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38305/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      261. To ask the Minister for Health if surgery will be scheduled for a person (details supplied). [38327/19]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      262. To ask the Minister for Health if additional home help hours will be provided to a person (details supplied). [38338/19]
    • Health Services Staff Remuneration
      263. To ask the Minister for Health if a salary arrears payment will issue as a matter of priority to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38339/19]
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      264. To ask the Minister for Health if a letter of complaint was received from a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38343/19]
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      265. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied); and when the child will receive respite at a centre. [38350/19]
    • Community Pharmacy Services
      266. To ask the Minister for Health when negotiations will commence on a new community pharmacy contract in view of his commitment given at a conference (details supplied); when the talks will...
    • Pharmacy Regulations
      268. To ask the Minister for Health when pharmacists will be permitted to provide oral contraception to women without prescription in line with his commitment to improve access to contraception...
    • Pharmacy Services
      269. To ask the Minister for Health when the pharmacy-based minor ailment service will be rolled out to provide medical card holders with advice and appropriate treatment for minor ailments...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      270. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if the person can be moved to a similar independent facility in County Cavan to be close to...
    • Ambulance Service Data
      271. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance cars assigned to HSE officers; if HSE officers are the only persons allowed to drive the vehicles; if not, if named non-ambulance...
    • Hospital Groups
      272. To ask the Minister for Health when the perceived significant inequality in funding for the UL hospital group will be addressed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Dental Services Provision
      273. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide funding for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38363/19]
    • Electronic Cigarettes
      274. To ask the Minister for Health the research his Department has commissioned and-or carried out on vaping; the regulations issued on the sale of vaping devices and liquids; the health advice...
    • Prescriptions Data
      275. To ask the Minister for Health the number of prescriptions issued to medical card holders for oxycodone in each of the years 2009 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement...
    • Counselling Services Provision
      279. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the National Counselling Service waiting list in County Louth; and the length of time they have been waiting [38370/19]
    • Home Care Packages Data
      280. To ask the Minister for Health the number of intensive home care packages approved in County Louth to date in 2019; and the number of persons seeking same. [38371/19]
    • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
      281. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed additional nursing home beds at a hospital (details supplied). [38372/19]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      282. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed 50-bed facility for a hospital (details supplied). [38373/19]
    • Primary Care Centres
      283. To ask the Minister for Health the status of Dundalk primary care centre. [38374/19]
    • Hospitals Data
      284. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cataract surgeries performed in County Louth in each of the past five years. [38375/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      285. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth awaiting cataract surgery; and the length of time they have been waiting. [38376/19]
    • Hospital Services
      286. To ask the Minister for Health the ophthalmology services available at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk; and if he has implemented the recommendations of the primary care eye services review...
    • Disability Services Data
      287. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities in County Louth that have requested long-term residential care [38378/19]
    • Mental Health Services
      289. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the model of care for dual diagnosis; if a clinical lead has been recruited; the way in which the project will be further developed; and if...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      290. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding allocated to the development of a model of care for dual diagnosis in each of the past five years. [38381/19]
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      291. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting an initial assessment for occupational therapy in County Louth; and the number that have been waiting for three, six, 12 and...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      294. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an ophthalmology appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38391/19]
    • HSE Reviews
      295. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department received the findings of the review of the HSE reimbursement and pricing decision-making process; if he will make these findings publicly...
    • Medical Card Drugs Availability
      296. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will be provided access to a supplement on the child's long-term illness card without a script from a hospital. [38397/19]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      297. To ask the Minister for Health when it is planned to fill two vacancies that have existed for some time in order to address the lack of psychology services in north County Tipperary. [38402/19]
    • Nursing Staff Remuneration
      298. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated net cost for 2019 of implementing the nurses’ pay deal agreed in February 2019 based on the savings and productivity measures to be put in...
    • HSE Funding
      299. To ask the Minister for Health the estimate provided to his Department by the HSE on its financial position at the end of 2019. [38419/19]
    • Mental Health Services Provision
      300. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the development of a new mental health unit at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38428/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      301. To ask the Minister for Health the weighting percentages to be used as part of the upcoming HSE FreeStyle Libre review decision making process that will be given to criteria (details...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      303. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an operation has not proceeded for a person (details supplied); when they will be called for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Ambulance Service Data
      304. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance call-outs due to road traffic accidents recorded on the Cork to Limerick road since January 2019. [38434/19]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      305. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to vaping advertising on bus stops here; his views on whether such advertising should be curtailed; if he or his officials have...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      306. To ask the Minister for Health the weighting percentages to be used as part of the upcoming HSE FreeStyle Libre device review decision making process that will be given to criteria (details...
    • Pharmacy Services
      310. To ask the Minister for Health if the necessary arrangements will be put in place to ensure that prescribed medications and repeat prescriptions issued by pharmacies will be on a calendar...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      311. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the availability of propranolol under the drug payment scheme; if the drug will be made available to a person (details supplied); and if...
    • HSE Staff
      315. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an employment issue for healthcare workers (details supplied) in County Cork. [38455/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      316. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the processing time for colposcopy results by hospital; the number of laboratories examining these biopsies; and if he will make a...
    • National Carers' Strategy Funding
      317. To ask the Minister for Health if he will allocate annual funding of €3.2 million in budget 2020 to an organisation (details supplied) to assist it in the delivery of vital core...
    • Transport Support Scheme
      318. To ask the Minister for Health if he will replace the mobility and transport grant which was withdrawn in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38472/19]
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      319. To ask the Minister for Health if he will extend the general practitioner visit card to carers in receipt of the carer's support grant in Budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      320. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the transfer of staff from one facility to another (details supplied). [38513/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      321. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has received a request for funding from the HSE for the reimbursement of the drug Tagrisso for the treatment of adult patients with locally...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      322. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1190, 1191 and 1197 of 6 September 2019, if a direct response will issue on the specific question regarding a patient...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      324. To ask the Minister for Health if the reimbursement dataset specifically covers only current HSE-funded users of the FreeStyle Libre device; if the health technology assessment group review...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      326. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times he has formally met his UK counterpart to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38569/19]
    • Autism Support Services
      327. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an autism assessment appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38572/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      328. To ask the Minister for Health if the reimbursement dataset will specifically cover only current HSE-funded users of the FreeStyle Libre device; and if not, if the health technology...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      331. 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. [38580/19]
    • Medical Card Drugs Availability
      332. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medication (details supplied) has been withdrawn and is no longer available under the medical card; if a replacement or substitution of another...
    • Disability Services Provision
      333. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking regarding the crisis with the lack of resources in early intervention, adequate respite services and a lack of residential spaces for...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      334. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the rolling out of Plenadren as an alternative hydrocortisone therapy here under the HSE drugs schemes in view of the fact it has been approved...
    • Medical Products
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Chief Medical Officer's report on mesh implants carried out here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38598/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      340. To ask the Minister for Health the weighting percentages to be used as part of the upcoming HSE FreeStyle Libre review decision making process that will be given to criteria (details...
    • Occupational Therapy Provision
      341. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of early intervention occupational therapy services in Coolock primary care centre (details supplied); and if he...
    • Hospital Services
      342. To ask the Minister for Health if a new emergency department and a cystic fibrosis unit will be provided at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, without delay; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Promotion
      344. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 201 of 19 June 2018, 345 of 5 February 2019, and 497 of 9 July 2019, the position regarding the staff breastfeeding in...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      345. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is not being called for a MRI scan; the reason they were provided with false information; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      346. 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. [38648/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      347. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be given a date for an appointment to be assessed for early intervention services. [38718/19]
    • Primary Care Centres
      348. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the decision to close the Castlemartyr health centre in Cork; if it is his decision; and if not, the person that made this decision. [38732/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      354. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children by CHO awaiting an assessment of needs to be completed; the length of time they have been waiting since they were first referred; and if...
    • HSE Staff Data
      356. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time dieticians employed by the HSE in CHO area 9 in 2018 and to date in 2019; if this number will be further increased; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Services
      358. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the new cochlear implant unit at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 to be fully opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38770/19]
    • Antimicrobial Resistance
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the policy of his Department and the HSE regarding the spread of antibiotic resistant superbugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38771/19]
    • Cancer Services Provision
      360. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve services for survivors of cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38772/19]
    • Dental Services Waiting Lists
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for a dental appointment at 31 December 2018 and 13 September 2019 in CHO area 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Consultant Contracts
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the reason many consultant doctors in the health system here are not on permanent contracts; the further reason for the large number of consultant vacancies in...
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      363. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase both home and residential care to reduce pressure on bed availability in hospitals as a result of a new ESRI report (details supplied);...
    • National Drugs Strategy Implementation
      364. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to launch a targeted awareness campaign regarding the dangers of drug use aimed at high-risk groups such as festival goers and students; and if he...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
      365. To ask the Minister for Health if a decision by the HSE to move youth mental health services from Jigsaw, Clondalkin, to Jigsaw, Tallaght, in January 2020 will be reviewed; and if he will...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      367. To ask the Minister for Health the weighting percentages to be used as part of the upcoming HSE FreeStyle Libre Group review decision-making process that will be given to criteria (details...
    • Departmental Reports
      369. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the previously promised scoping exercise on a statutory home care scheme; the stage it is at; when a report will issue; and if he will make a...
    • Maternity Benefit
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a maternity payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38793/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Applications Data
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for aids and appliances for those under 18 years of age in each health area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38839/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      372. To ask the Minister for Health the most recent waiting list and waiting times for children waiting for scoliosis surgery in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a...
    • HSE Properties
      373. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the refurbishment of a property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38856/19]
    • HSE Planning
      374. To ask the Minister for Health if the recently published HSE capital plan contains a commitment to secure the residential care units for St. Joseph’s Community Hospital, Stranorlar,...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the weighting percentages to be used as part of the upcoming HSE FreeStyle Libre Group review decision-making process that will be given to criteria (details...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Forestry Grants
      379. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce proposals to reward financially landowners who have their lands planted with forestry to take into account the...
    • Brexit Supports
      380. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to upgrade the Port of Cork to the status of a border inspection post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38346/19]
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      382. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding funding streams to subsidise, promote and implement storage energy units, which harness the power of solar and...
    • Brexit Supports
      383. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the rules of the BEAM scheme will be reviewed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38218/19]
    • Fur Farming
      384. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress in the banning of fur farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38237/19]
    • Living Wage
      385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of workers employed by his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department who earn less than...
    • Fallen Animal Collection Scheme
      386. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on animal waste mileage limits (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38268/19]
    • Brexit Supports
      387. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the membership of a person (details supplied) in the hen harrier environmental scheme can be used as a qualifying criterion for...
    • Aquaculture Licence Appeals
      388. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding fishermen in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Brexit Preparations
      389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made on increasing lairage capacity at Cherbourg to cope with the volume of dairy calves in spring 2020; if the agreed...
    • TAMS Applications
      390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the TAMS scheme; and the reason a previous application failed....
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in ANC payments; when payments will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38344/19]
    • Climate Change Adaptation Plans
      392. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has been provided calculations by Teagasc of the potential amount of land that is not under grass that might be available for...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      393. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an ANC payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38396/19]
    • Live Exports
      394. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on an issue in relation to the exportation of live cattle to Libya (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Brexit Supports
      395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied). [38742/19]
    • GLAS Appeals
      396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS appeal application by a person (details supplied). [38754/19]
    • Fisheries Offences
      397. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for introducing a penalty points system for fishing infringements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38830/19]
    • Beef Industry
      398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of establishing a national beef market index database. [38885/19]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Electric Vehicle Grants
      399. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated full-year cost of increasing the grant for each category of electric vehicle by €1,000,...
    • Electric Vehicles
      400. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of electric vehicle charging points he anticipates will be in place in Dublin by the end of 2019, 2020 and...
    • Living Wage
      405. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of workers employed by his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department that...
    • Illegal Dumping
      406. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount allocated to each local authority in each of the years 2017 to 2019 under the enforcement measures grant;...
    • Waste Management
      407. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is compulsory for a household to use a separate brown biodegradable waste bin provided by their waste collection...
    • Electric Vehicles
      408. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to assess the reduction in general carbon emissions of an electric car, the power for which is derived...
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      409. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated full year cost of providing a €100 bin charge waiver annually to those provided with incontinence...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme
      417. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of adding the replacement of single glaze windows with double glaze under the warmer home scheme....
    • Better Energy Homes Scheme Expenditure
      419. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of doubling the grant for solar thermal heating under the better energy home scheme, assuming an...
    • Energy Schemes Data
      420. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of providing a grant of €1,000 for a solar PV scheme. [38624/19]
    • Wind Energy Generation
      423. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of construction of an offshore wind farm. [38628/19]
    • Energy Efficiency
      424. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of universal insulation for 808,000 homes. [38631/19]
    • Electric Vehicles
      425. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of 1,000 electric car charging points. [38632/19]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Sports Organisations
      433. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the groups, clubs and stakeholders that were invited to the football forum in the Mansion House on 31 May 2019. [38225/19]
    • Living Wage
      434. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of workers employed by his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department who earn less than the...
    • Bus Services
      435. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the provision of a new bus schedule service on the S1 and S2 services in Sligo town, in particular a new service...
    • Brexit Preparations
      436. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of preparations for facilitating persons and materials travelling through Cork Airport in the event of a no-deal Brexit; and...
    • Budget Submissions
      438. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the issues raised in a budget 2020 submission (details supplied) taking into account the additional challenges facing...
    • Electric Vehicles
      442. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to regulate the use of e-scooters including through taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter [38392/19]
    • Brexit Issues
      443. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made in discussions with the European Commission on agreeing under Article 8(2) of the motor insurance directive a mechanism...
    • National Transport Authority Funding
      445. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided to the NTA for an oversight delivery office in Cork for the delivery of the Cork Metropolitan Area Transport...
    • Public Transport
      446. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the commuter zone in Cork will be extended to include Mallow; if so, the estimated cost of such a measure; and if he will make a...
    • Railway Stations
      447. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the development at Kilbarry train station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38405/19]
    • Road Network
      448. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the body that has responsibility for the Tivoli dual carriageway including the N8, Lower Glanmire Road. [38437/19]
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      449. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the agency responsible for the issuing of licences for the operation of horse-drawn carriages in Dublin city; the body responsible with...
    • Rail Services Provision
      450. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade and increase the train service in Arklow and Wicklow in view of the severe overcrowding being experienced by...
    • Tourism Data
      451. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated yield of a bed night tax or levy of one euro per night in a hotel or bed and breakfast in a full year for each local...
    • Trans European Transport Network Programme
      452. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the need to amend the TEN-T core network regulated requirements; if the need for further investment in transport...
    • Road Projects Status
      453. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the construction of the Cork to Limerick M20 motorway project; the timeline for the project; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
      455. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person can hold a UK driver licence and a European and-or Irish licence simultaneously; and if not, if there are force majeure...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      456. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the next steps regarding consultation and decision-making in relation to a recent scoping report prepared by Transport Infrastructure...
    • Public Transport Data
      457. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full year cost of universal free travel on the Luas. [38649/19]
    • Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles
      479. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of wheelchair accessible buses operational in east County Cork particularly operating on the N25 Cork to Waterford and along...
    • National Transport Authority Expenditure
      480. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget expended by the National Transport Authority in 2018, and to date in 2019, in respect of the promotion of the BusConnects...
    • Proposed Legislation
      481. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the railway safety (amendment) Bill will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38775/19]
    • Electric Vehicles
      482. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter regarding the transition from diesel to electric buses and coaches (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Rural Transport Programme Funding
      483. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of increasing funding to Local Link by 10%, 20%, 33% and 50%, respectively in tabular form. [38858/19]
    • Public Service Obligation Data
      484. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of increasing the public transport PSO by 5%, 10%, 25% and 50%, respectively, in tabular form. [38859/19]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      490. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a sports capital grant application (details supplied); the timeframe for the announcement of the grants; and if he will...
    • Road Projects Status
      491. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a commitment given by TII to carry out road safety works at the junction for Cootehall along the N4 road connecting...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Living Wage
      492. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of workers employed by her Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of her Department who earn less than the...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      493. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adults and children in Tusla-funded domestic violence refuges and domestic violence step-down accommodation, respectively, in...
    • Ministerial Correspondence
      494. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if communication has been recently received from a group (details supplied); if she has received a report carried out by it outlining...
    • Children in Care
      496. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to reduce public spending on private residential care companies involved in housing and protecting children in State care due to...
    • Recreational Facilities
      497. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will work with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and other relevant agencies to ensure that a supervised playground...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Community Development Projects Funding
      498. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the allocation to each local authority for community development functions in 2018 and 2019. [38341/19]
    • Living Wage
      499. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of workers employed by his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department who earn less than the...
    • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Scheme
      500. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to extend the carbon monoxide alarm pilot scheme as administered by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding
      501. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the budget allocation for the social inclusion and community activation programme in 2017, 2018 and 2019, in tabular form; and if he...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider increasing the hours a carer can work or study from 15 hours to 18.5 hours per week; and if she will...
    • Living Wage
      503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of workers employed by her Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of her Department that earn...
    • Employment Data
      504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost and-or loss caused by bogus self-employment here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38257/19]
    • Youth Unemployment Data
      505. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons aged between 18 and 24 years of age that remain unemployed; the actions being taken to assist...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a social welfare claim by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for a cap of 1,040 for State contributory pension credits; and if same will be rectified in the case of a person...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      508. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an invalidity pension application will be approved for a person (details supplied). [38302/19]
    • Redundancy Payments
      509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reinstate supports to assist employers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38369/19]
    • Gender Recognition
      510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of legislation that amends the Gender Recognition Act 2015 in view of the recommendations of the report of the...
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears will issue to a person (details supplied) in respect of a social welfare payment; the reason for the delay; and...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      513. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reform the means test for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38466/19]
    • Working Family Payment Eligibility
      516. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider excluding carer payments in the financial assessment of the working family payment; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Reviews
      517. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which her Department plans to carry out a review of over 750,000 social welfare claims; the way in which this...
    • Brexit Issues
      518. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if British pensions paid to persons living here will continue as normal post 31 October 2019 in the case of a no-deal Brexit;...
    • JobPath Programme
      520. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans in place for the JobPath scheme post 2019 in view of the fact that the report into the ongoing review of contracted...
    • Public Services Card
      521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the third party legal advice received regarding the legality of the public services card will be published. [38487/19]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      522. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures she is taking to ensure workers on a worker's permit who are being temporarily laid off due to the beef protests...
    • Social Welfare Appeals Data
      523. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures she has taken to reduce the long waiting times for processing certain welfare payments and the number of...
    • Redundancy Payments
      524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to update the Redundancy Payments Act 1967; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38570/19]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      525. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied); when they will receive payment of same; and...
    • Public Services Card Data
      526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on the roll-out and development of the public services card before and since October 2017 to date when the...
    • Public Services Card
      530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a report is forthcoming from the Data Protection Commission regarding biometric data; and if so, when it will be...
    • Jobseeker's Benefit Appeals
      531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision will be made on an appeal for a jobseeker's benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry;...
    • JobPath Programme
      533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of JobPath; her plans to renew the contracts of the two private companies tasked with delivering same; and if she...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38850/19]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Fire Service Staff
      535. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce rent allowance payments for members of the retained fire services similar to those in full-time fire...
    • Local Authority Funding
      536. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocation to each local authority in each of the years from 2008 to 2018 and to date in 2019 by the LGF, different grants...
    • Living Wage
      537. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of workers employed by his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department who earn less...
    • Derelict Sites Data
      538. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of voids for each local authority area by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38262/19]
    • Local Authority Funding
      539. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated to each local authority for rental property inspections to date in 2019; and the projected increase in...
    • Local Authority Expenditure
      540. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocation to each local authority for estate management functions in 2018 and 2019. [38340/19]
    • Local Authority Members' Remuneration
      541. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost in a full financial year of increasing the representational allowance for local councillors to...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      542. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of measures being funded through his Department under the Multi-annual Rural Water Programme 2019-2021,...
    • Shared Ownership Scheme
      543. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent under the shared ownership scheme from its inception to its abolition, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authority Housing Data
      545. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of low cost housing sites sold since the inception of the low cost site scheme per annum, in tabular form; and if...
    • Referendum Campaigns
      546. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to hold a referendum on reducing the voting age to 16 years of age prior to or on the same day as the next general...
    • Rental Sector
      547. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to an issue of rent discrepancy on the Laois and Carlow border (details supplied). [38438/19]
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      548. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities that have appointed a HAP pathfinder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38454/19]
    • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
      549. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of pre-committed expenditure for the serviced site fund in 2020, 2021 and 2022. [38491/19]
    • Mayoral Election
      551. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of preparations for the establishment of the office and elections for the position of directly elected mayor of...
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      552. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the provision of storage heating will be considered in the housing aid for older people scheme in view of climate action...
    • Foreshore Issues
      554. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the regulatory position regarding the machine cleaning of beaches by local authorities, and-or their contractors; if local...
    • Water Services
      555. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is grant aid available to drill a private water well. [38743/19]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      556. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will work with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to ensure that the apartments at a location (details supplied)...
    • Housing Provision
      557. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied that the minimum annual target of 25,000 homes to be built will be reached for 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      558. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Athy, County Kildare, will be included as a rent pressure zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38851/19]
    • Local Authority Funding
      560. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the month the report on the local government funding baseline review was completed; and when he plans to publish same. [38869/19]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Funding
      561. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the funding and staging of the procurement process of the new convention centre in Cork city; and if she will make a...
    • Living Wage
      562. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of workers employed by her Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of her Department who earn less than...
    • Animal Disease Controls
      563. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps being taken to protect the wild hare population from rabbit haemorrhagic disease; and if animals that have been found...
    • Arts Funding
      565. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the available funding for artists under 18 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38398/19]
    • Animal Disease Controls
      566. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a netting licence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38412/19]

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