Written answers

Tuesday, 1 October 2019

  • Department of An Taoiseach
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Brexit Supports
      65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the sectors of the economy his Department has identified as needing targeted support in the event of the UK leaving the EU without an...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Crossmolina flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39569/19]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he has identified Departments likely to overrun on capital or current spending; his action in regard to same; and if...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when decisions will be made on applications for capital projects in County Kildare under Project Ireland 2040; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if multi-annual funding for elements of the health budget has been considered in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the preferred options for the flood relief works on the Sullane river, Ballyvourney, County Cork, will be finalised; the impediments...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on Exchequer expenditure requirements in order to implement the all-of-Government climate action plan; and if he will make a...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which his Department is addressing expenditure overruns in relation to the national broadband plan and the national...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the Enniscorthy flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38315/19]
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the latest work of the Office of Public Works regarding its strategic review of the Phoenix Park; the cost to date;...
    • National Monuments
      84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the restoration plans for properties under his ownership in Kells, County Meath; his further plans to carry out enhancement or...
    • Fiscal Policy
      85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the overall trend in Government net policy spending since Quarter 1 2015 down to Quarter 3 2019; the way in which he...
    • Public Spending Code
      86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which public spending cuts previously applied are likely to be reversed in the next 12 months; and if he will make a...
    • Building Energy Rating Administration
      87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and cost of retrofitting projects the Commissioners of Public Works has undertaken in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of honouring the Labour Court finding on the community employment scheme supervisors pension costs; if the ongoing issue on...
    • Arts Funding
      90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform that budget 2020 will make sufficient provision to ensure that the Taoiseach’s commitment to double funding for the arts by 2024...
    • Departmental Budgets
      91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position with regard to supplementary estimates which may be necessary in several Departments for 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Office of Public Works Expenditure
      92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to increase the stipend given to keyholders of OPW sites nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39621/19]
    • Project Ireland 2040 Implementation
      93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration has been given to updating the format of the capital tracker to mark projects as delayed; the date in which construction...
    • Public Sector Pay
      94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the public sector pay bill in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of full-time civil and public servants...
    • Public Spending Code
      95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the revised public spending code relating to the appraisal and management of public capital projects will be published; his plans to...
    • Land Development Agency
      96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the acreage of State land managed by the OPW transferred to the Land Development Agency for the development of residential units; the...
    • Construction Contracts
      97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by his Department in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019 in...
    • Home Loan Scheme
      98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Rebuilding Ireland home loan will be extended in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39353/19]
    • Public Sector Pay
      99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of addressing pay equalisation in the public sector. [39354/19]
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the lower Lee flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39594/19]
    • Brexit Expenditure
      101. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the anticipated cost of borrowing funds for the Exchequer in order to fulfil expenditure requirements under a no-deal Brexit scenario;...
    • Budget 2020
      102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the demographic analysis will be ready for budget day; if it will involve an ex-post review of demographic costs in previous years;...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Undocumented Irish in the USA
      103. To ask the Taoiseach if he discussed the undocumented Irish at his meetings in the United States of America; and if so, the response he received. [39952/19]
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      104. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure last met; and when it is scheduled to meet again. [38870/19]
    • Seanad Reform
      105. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Seanad reform implementation group. [38871/19]
    • Regeneration Projects
      106. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the role of his Department in the North East inner city initiative. [38872/19]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      107. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his UN speech on climate change. [39634/19]
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      108. To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee meetings he held in September 2019. [39635/19]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      109. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to New York for the UN Climate Action Summit 2019. [38849/19]
    • Citizens Assembly
      111. To ask the Taoiseach when he plans to convene the Citizens' Assembly on gender equality. [39346/19]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      112. To ask the Taoiseach the correspondence from him or his Department or his advisers with a person (details supplied) or their offices and-or their employees in each of the years 2017 to 22...
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      113. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Mrs. Arlene Foster, the leader of the DUP and the issues that were discussed. [38507/19]
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      115. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on Cabinet Committee B, Social Policy and Public Services. [38509/19]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      116. To ask the Taoiseach the final agreed tender price, the date of the tender for the contract and the final overall amount paid and the date of the final payment in respect of each capital...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Reserve
      117. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 20 of 6 September 2019, the status of information being compiled; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      118. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 26 March 2019, the remit of the working group; the membership of the group; the number of times the...
    • Defence Forces Operations
      119. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress made on the gap analysis of skills sets in the Permanent Defence Forceto identify potential roles for members of the Defence Forces...
    • Military Aircraft
      120. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding the replacement of aircraft (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39570/19]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      121. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the final agreed tender price, the date of the tender for the contract and the final overall amount paid and the date of the final payment in...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Brexit Negotiations
      122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on media reports (details supplied) regarding informal discussions in relation to replacing the backstop; if he or persons on his...
    • UN Conferences
      124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to attend the upcoming conference in Geneva in relation to the UN treaty on business and human rights; and if he will make a...
    • Human Rights
      125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the national plan on business and human rights; the progress made to date; the number of times the implementation group met...
    • Passport Applications Administration
      126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department sought and received legal advice before removing the requirement of the public services card by the Passport Office; and...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the final agreed tender price, the date of the tender for the contract and the final overall amount actually paid and the date of the final...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Credits
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason only 1% of SMEs avail of research and development tax credit; his views on whether this signals the scheme is cumbersome and not user friendly; and...
    • Tax Reliefs Costs
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the capital gains tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39806/19]
    • Tax Code
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding general practitioner infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39811/19]
    • Departmental Policy Functions
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the fundamentals in regard to debt borrowing and prudent economics remain an essential part the policy of his Department; and if he will...
    • Commission on Taxation Report
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of establishing and running the last Commission on Taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39333/19]
    • Insurance Compensation Fund
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 28 February 2018, the status of efforts to ensure third-party claimants of a company are compensated in full; the...
    • Brexit Issues
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that due to differences in tax policies on both sides of the Border, a truckload of coal is €2,217 more...
    • Customs and Excise Controls
      135. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures being taken to monitor goods entering the State across the Border after the UK leaves the EU; if extra customs staff are being deployed for this...
    • Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
      136. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the criteria under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme to qualify for a primary medical certificate; if his attention has...
    • Tax Collection
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance if correspondence by him or to him from all Cabinet Ministers, including the Taoiseach, in respect of policy changes on the collection and ringfencing of...
    • Excise Duties
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of taxes that are levied on aviation fuel; and the estimated revenue that would accrue if VAT and excise duty were applied to aviation fuel....
    • Brexit Issues
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the importance of the road haulage industry to Ireland, the worrying effects Brexit will have on this industry and the implications of a...
    • Tax Data
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year cost of a proposal by an organisation (details supplied). [39654/19]
    • Tax Reliefs Costs
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year cost of a proposal by an organisation (details supplied). [39655/19]
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had with the Central Bank on the increased levy being imposed on certain credit unions in view of the vital role of the credit union...
    • Budget 2020
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reliefs for the haulage industry in budget 2020 by not increasing carbon tax for licensed hauliers; if he will introduce measures to...
    • Property Tax Administration
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 19 September 2019, if he will address issues (details supplied). [39833/19]
    • Property Tax Data
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue generated in each year since the introduction of the local property tax under the penalty charge to self-employed for non-payment in tabular form....
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance the final agreed tender price, the date of the tender for the contract and the final overall amount paid and the date of the final payment in respect of each...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Pension Provisions
      153. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when his Department will issue a notice of determination to an appeal of determinations issued by trustees of schemes (details supplied)...
    • Coastal Erosion
      154. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the need for a permanent solution to the coastal erosion in The Burrow, Portrane, County Dublin; when he will...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      155. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeline for the planned works and-or upgrading to be carried out to the Garda station in Greystones, County Wicklow; if such works...
    • Election Expenditure
      156. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of running each of the four bye-elections being suggested for November 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Climate Change Policy
      157. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which the hypothecated fund will be realised; and the way in which fuel poverty will be protected when carbon taxes are...
    • Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme
      158. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are proposed works to be carried out on a river (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39306/19]
    • Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme Applications
      159. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position in relation to an application by Cork County Council to the OPW for funding for a project (details supplied) in County...
    • Departmental Meetings
      160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the dates, attendees and agendas of all meetings between his Department and the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding all...
    • Irish Coast Guard Issues
      161. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is planned to move the Greystones Coast Guard from its current location to Greystones Harbour; if so, the timeline for the work;...
    • Energy Schemes
      162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date on which he was consulted regarding the closing of applications for the deep retrofit scheme; if he has engaged with the...
    • Public Service Stability Agreement
      163. 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 2018 to 2020...
    • Departmental Projects
      164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of projects supported by his Department in County Kildare in each of the past five years; the value and status of each...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      168. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of flood relief schemes to be introduced at various locations in south County Galway; the timelines for same; and if he will...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      169. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the delay in commencing works on Bailieborough Garda station, County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Pay
      170. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a permanent independent Defence Forces pay body will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38512/19]
    • Decentralisation Programme
      171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding decentralisation within the Civil Service; his plans to extend this policy to the southeastern region and County...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the final agreed tender price, the date of the tender for the contract and the final overall amount actually paid and the date of the...
    • Brexit Issues
      173. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains assured of the ability of the economy to withstand the shock of Brexit; and if he will make a statement...
    • Government Expenditure
      174. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he continues to liaise with all Departments with a view to preventing potential expenditure overruns or making...
    • Legislative Measures
      180. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which FEMPI restoration provisions continue to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39967/19]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      182. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific issues to which his attention has been drawn which indicate a lack of compliance with the criteria set down by his...
    • Public Service Reform Plan Measures
      183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which reforms throughout the public sector remain in place to ensure accountability, collective responsibility and good...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Services Staff
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he and his Department plan to address the imbalance of salaries, annual leave and pension rights for school secretaries; and if...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the school supports in place for a person (details supplied); the number of waiting lists for schools with special classes they are on; and when...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of alternative suitable temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied); the stage the plans are at for the permanent school...
    • School Management
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason schools are required to submit accounts on-line via an accountant to FSSU; the reason an individual school cannot file the figures...
    • School Transport Appeals
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the waiting time to have an appeal heard by the student transport appeal board for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Schools Health and Safety
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a fire safety inspection of the former premises of a school (details supplied) in Bray, County Wicklow, will be commissioned to see if it...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a special autism unit at national school level in Roscommon town, County Roscommon, to address and facilitate the needs of young...
    • School Transport Data
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost per child availing of the school bus programme on an annual basis; and the number of children attending primary and secondary...
    • Tionscadail Tógála Scoileanna
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil aon phlean aige cúnamh a thabhairt do Scoil (sonraí thíos), le hathchóiriú a dhéanamh ar a cuid...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide a retrofitting programme for education facilities, including primary, secondary, and third-level to ensure that they become...
    • Higher Education Authority Funding
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received a request for funding for the renovation of the Kane Science Building in UCC; and the consideration given to it. [39380/19]
    • Schools Facilities
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of consent to a school (details supplied) to apply to Kildare County Council for planning permission for a sports...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ASD units in schools in County Meath. [39390/19]
    • Death-in-Service Benefits
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a death-in-service payment case ongoing for nine months (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39393/19]
    • School Transport Data
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school children that avail of school buses at both primary and secondary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Teaching Qualifications
      201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) with bachelor degrees from the United States of America is required to contact each individual statutory authority...
    • School Placement
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children that travel out of Donabate, County Dublin to attend secondary school outside the area; the number of children that travel...
    • Departmental Records
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a copy of all correspondence between him and-or his office and-or his advisers and other offices or personnel in his Department regarding a...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide additional funding to a school (details supplied) to fit out its classrooms with the necessary furniture and appropriate...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) is only in short-term accommodation; when the official temporary...
    • School Funding
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be awarded a grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39546/19]
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider reintroducing free Gaeltacht places for national trainee teachers that must attend and pay to attend a Gaeltacht twice during...
    • Education Policy
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a policy to deal with the use of the Irish language from preschool to university will be published. [39558/19]
    • University Global Rankings
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether education is key to maintaining competitiveness here; and his further views on the continuing falling in the rankings by...
    • School Transport Administration
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the public services card will soon be required to make an appeal to his Department in relation to the provision of access to school...
    • School Services Staff
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement since 16 September 2019 with unions representing school secretaries in an effort to resolve the dispute; and if he will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new Gaelscoil primary school for areas (details supplied); when enrolment is expected to commence; the details...
    • School Patronage
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the online patronage process system for new primary schools to be established in 2020 will commence in order for parents of eligible...
    • Construction Contracts
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a contractor has been appointed to a college (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39617/19]
    • Minor Works Scheme Payments
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the minor works grant is being provided to schools for the 2019-2020 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39670/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39734/19]
    • School Services Staff
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement proper pay and working conditions as sought by school secretaries following the recent work stoppage; and if he will make...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a SNA for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39757/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time a school (details supplied) has been at the pre-qualification stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39758/19]
    • State Examinations
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding payments to examiners under the SEC; if there are delays; and when outstanding payments will issue. [39775/19]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the amalgamation of the national schools in Cahir, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39782/19]
    • School Curriculum
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the agencies that have been permitted to provide sex education in schools; and the amount each agency has received for its services in each of...
    • School Transport
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the additional funding the Minister of State for training and skills is of the view will be made available through his Department will be able...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the delivery of a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39817/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving the necessary supports to ensure their full participation in junior infants at a school;...
    • Education Data
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address issues raised in a new report by an organisation (details supplied) which shows schools need far greater...
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding pay restoration for teachers here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39888/19]
    • School Staff
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the allocation of a weekly release day for teaching principals; his views on this policy; if he will create national...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the final agreed tender price, the date of the tender for the contract and the final overall amount actually paid and the date of the final...
    • School Transport
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding school transport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39934/19]
    • Minor Works Scheme
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the minor works grant for a school (details supplied) for 2019; if the school is receiving this grant in 2019; when is it likely to...
    • Summer Works Scheme
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a summer works scheme application by a school (details supplied) will be granted due to the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on...
    • School Curriculum
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on placing the time for religious faith formation outside of core school hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39974/19]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Parental Leave
      237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the social insurance based parental leave benefit scheme announced as part of budget 2019; if the scheme will be...
    • Visa Applications
      238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding revised advice to volunteer visa applicants regarding the policy on the volunteering in Ireland scheme;...
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the possibility of increased crime, smuggling and fraud in Northern Ireland and at the Border region was discussed during...
    • Crime Prevention
      241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the role his Department will have with respect to the newly established National Rural Safety Forum; and the funding that will...
    • Direct Provision System
      242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the families in direct provision centres are there on a voluntary basis in view of the comments by the Taoiseach on a...
    • Asylum Applications Data
      244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time it takes to review and assess asylum applications for those families being accommodated in direct...
    • Direct Provision System
      245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of legal cases that are ongoing for those families that are still being accommodated in direct provision centres;...
    • Garda Data
      246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of operational gardaí on duty across all stations in north County Kildare on each Saturday in August 2019, in...
    • Court Sittings
      247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the OPW has carried out a recent assessment of Carndonagh Court House, Carndonagh, County Donegal; if issues have been...
    • Garda Powers
      248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to ongoing public concern regarding the dangers of the widespread illegal use of scramblers and...
    • Fire Safety
      249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that legislation in relation to the sale and use of fireworks is effective and fit for purpose; and if he...
    • Court Judgments
      250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will apply the recent High Court judgment by a person (details supplied) regarding the continuous residence requirement...
    • Direct Provision Data
      253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of residents in direct provision granted refugee status or subsidiary protection; the cost of retaining these...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when sections of the Judicial Council Act 2019 regarding the personal injuries guidelines committee will be commenced; the...
    • Firearms Licences
      256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of handguns licensed in the State; and the number of handgun licences issued by Garda district and Garda division in...
    • Garda Data
      257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints made to An Garda Síochána against activists protesting against the termination of pregnancy...
    • Alcohol Sales Legislation
      258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is specific legislation or regulations that those organising underage discos must adhere to; and if he will make a...
    • Private Security Authority
      259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is specific training carried out by the Private Security Authority for door supervisors that work for underage discos;...
    • Health Insurance
      260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the INIS requirements regarding private medical insurance for non-EEA students undertaking full-time education here; if his...
    • Visa Applications
      261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason it takes two to three months to process a visit visa; the causes of the delay; his plans to implement an improved...
    • Direct Provision System
      262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of direct provision centres under consideration for development in east County Galway; and if he will make a...
    • Naturalisation Certificates
      263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider an application for a certificate of naturalisation for a person (details supplied) under the provisions of...
    • Prisoner Data
      264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of pregnant women that have been cared for in prison in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if...
    • Garda Data
      268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations, Garda district offices and Garda vehicles in the Cavan and Monaghan Garda division by county, in...
    • Gambling Sector
      269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to prohibit or limit the broadcasting of advertisements by gambling companies on television during certain hours of...
    • Road Traffic Offences Data
      270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of PSV licences revoked in 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39571/19]
    • Crime Data
      271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of detections of financial crime in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019 by category; and if he will...
    • EU Regulations
      272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the consultation that took place between his Department and the stakeholders relative to SI 420/2019; if an organisation...
    • Passport Applications Administration
      273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which a person (details supplied) can regularise themselves when they cannot acquire either a Macedonian or Irish...
    • Guardian Status
      274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding fathers’ rights here; his views on fathers’ difficulties in securing access to see their...
    • Vehicle Registration
      275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of efforts taken by his Department, An Garda Síochána and the relevant tax authorities to resolve a matter...
    • Asylum Applications Data
      276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unaccompanied children seeking asylum residing here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39668/19]
    • Cross-Border Co-operation
      277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the work of the cross-Border crime task force; the budget of the task force in 2019; the number of permanent...
    • Gambling Sector
      279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to prohibit the use of sponsorship on children’s replica jerseys when that sponsor is a gambling company or...
    • Garda Operations
      280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to threats by a group (details supplied) to shut down Dublin city centre for a week in October...
    • Asylum Seeker Employment
      281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers that sought permission to access the labour market; the number of successful applications; and if...
    • Penalty Points System Offences
      282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the non-surrender of driver licences and the lack of prosecutions of those taken to court for this...
    • Garda Stations
      283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the development of the new Garda station in Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legal Aid Service Data
      284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the costs incurred for the provision of criminal and civil legal aid since 1 January 2018 to date; and if he will make a...
    • International Protection
      285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in the international protection process that are housed in emergency accommodation; the number that are...
    • Garda Data
      288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí serving in An Garda Síochána as of 25 September 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Courts Service Data
      289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions under Parts 11 and 13 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 in each year since the commencement of those...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the operation of the juvenile diversion programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39836/19]
    • Assisted Decision Making
      291. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in commencing all parts of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; the timeframe for the...
    • International Protection
      292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to address concerns in a new report by an organisation (details supplied) which shows refugee children...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      294. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the final agreed tender price, the date of the tender for the contract and the final overall amount paid and the date of the...
    • Domestic Violence Policy
      295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a report by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39973/19]
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Work Permits Applications
      296. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of an application for a work permit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39363/19]
    • Regional Enterprise Development Fund Data
      297. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the 2017, 2018 and 2019 budget allocations to the regional enterprise development fund for projects in each county relating to e-hubs,...
    • Work Permits Applications Data
      298. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the valid employment permit application processing time by total number of work days in each month in each of the years 2009 to 2018...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      299. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the correspondence between her Department and INAB in 2018 and to date in 2019. [39457/19]
    • Enterprise Support Schemes
      302. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the ranking of 22nd in the EU for Ireland for new start-ups; and her priorities to improve the ranking. [39562/19]
    • State Aid
      303. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress being made with the EU in seeking approval for the relaxation of State aid rules. [39565/19]
    • IDA Ireland Data
      304. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland facilities constructed in Dublin in each of the past three years to date; the cost of each facility; the...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      305. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the final agreed tender price, the date of the tender for the contract and the final overall amount paid and the date of the final...
  • Department of Health
    • HSE Staff Remuneration
      306. To ask the Minister for Health the status of pay restoration for grade 3 and clerical officer that was agreed in March of this year (details supplied) but has not been implemented to date in...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      307. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39803/19]
    • General Practitioner Services
      308. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the general practitioner visit card to include carers that are in receipt of the carer's support grant; and if he...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      309. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for approval for new drugs; the way in which this compares to other OECD or EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      310. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a hospital appointment; the number of persons ahead of them on the list; his plans to invest in the service...
    • HSE Reviews
      311. 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...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      312. To ask the Minister for Health if the reimbursement dataset will cover only current HSE funded users of FreeStyle Libre or if the health technology assessment review will simply compare...
    • Treatment Benefit Scheme Applications
      313. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in authorising the treatment abroad scheme for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39294/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      314. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to incrementally reduce the age limit for a cervical screening test which is currently available to women aged 25 years and over; and if he will make...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      315. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an assessment of needs in the CH0 4 area; the length of time they are waiting; the details of the assessment of needs process;...
    • Autism Support Services
      316. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an ASD assessment as opposed to an assessment of needs in the CH0 4 area; the length of time they are waiting; and if he will...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      317. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delays in securing approved homecare services for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if supports will commence and be made...
    • Rehabilitative Training Allowance Payments
      318. To ask the Minister for Health if the training allowance payment to disability allowance recipients will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38313/19]
    • Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
      319. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions made to streamline the registration of doctors from the UK, the Netherlands, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand with the national doctors...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      320. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a CT scan at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39314/19]
    • Cross-Border Health Initiatives
      321. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of the cross-Border directive in each year since its inception; the cost of reimbursements for same in each year since its...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      322. 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. [39322/19]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      323. To ask the Minister for Health the status of works at a community hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39323/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration
      324. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the publication of the review of pricing system for long-term residential care facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39325/19]
    • Cancer Services Provision
      325. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to progress the stand-alone chemotherapy unit at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39329/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      326. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person to the oncologist post at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39330/19]
    • Traveller Community
      328. To ask the Minister for Health when the national Traveller health action plan will be published in view of the fact that a commitment was given to publish same by the end of March 2019; and...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      329. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to withdraw funding for the medication Simponi used in the treatment of ulcerative colitis under the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a...
    • HSE Staff
      330. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the number of inspections that EHOs have undertaken of service stations; if they are inspected as regularly as restaurants;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      331. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39357/19]
    • Departmental Schemes
      332. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the motorised transport grant scheme; and when details of a new scheme will be announced. [39364/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      334. 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. [39366/19]
    • HSE Expenditure
      335. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE on agency staff to date and the amount of same spent on mental health agency staff. [39375/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      336. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for cataract surgery for a person (details supplied). [39376/19]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      337. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39381/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      338. To ask the Minister for Health when the new audit of CervicalCheck will commence; if it will commence from the date the previous audit finished in 2016; and if he will make a statement on...
    • HSE Funding
      339. To ask the Minister for Health if grant funding will be provided for renovations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39387/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      340. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will secure treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39388/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      341. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be provided to staff a care home (details supplied) for young men with intellectual disabilities following the generous donation of a house...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      342. To ask the Minister for Health if a copy of all correspondence between his Department and the HSE regarding University Hospital Limerick since 1 January 2017 will be provided. [39403/19]
    • Hospital Beds Data
      343. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional beds opened at University Hospital Kerry in 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39409/19]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      344. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide all correspondence between his Department and BreastCheck from 2017 to 22 September 2019. [39410/19]
    • Physiotherapy Provision
      345. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be made available for physiotherapy services in Louth County Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39414/19]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      346. To ask the Minister for Health the status of planned progress of the block at Sligo University Hospital in view of the urgent need for increases in bed capacity at the hospital; and if he...
    • Health Services Provision
      347. To ask the Minister for Health when a home support package will be put in place for a person (details supplied). [39421/19]
    • Infectious Diseases
      348. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure the HSE consider the introduction of new UV technology such as a unit (details supplied) in State hospitals nationally as a mechanism to...
    • Health Insurance Prices
      349. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a decision by the Health Insurance Authority that will see a significant rise in the cost of international students' private...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      351. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the provision of the new 50-bed unit in Portiuncula Hospital, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39442/19]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      352. To ask the Minister for Health the number of reviews of doctors taking place in Portiuncula Hospital, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39443/19]
    • Physiotherapy Provision
      353. To ask the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists employed by the HSE and-or children’s physiotherapy services in County Galway; if there are vacancies for...
    • HSE Staff Data
      354. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the community general adult staffing levels in CHO 2 as recommended in a Vision for Change in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Strategies
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the involvement he or his Department has had in the preparation of the clean air strategy; the organisations he has consulted with in relation to the strategy;...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      356. To ask the Minister for Health the start date for the new endocrinologist for the paediatric diabetes service in Cork University Hospital; the management plans in place to assist the almost...
    • Health Services Data
      357. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for treatment types (details supplied) in CHO 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39480/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      358. To ask the Minister for Health if the waiting time of a person (details supplied) will be investigated; and the overall waiting times for the service. [39484/19]
    • Hospital Staff Data
      359. To ask the Minister for Health if an updated report will be provided on the number of vacant posts unfilled in each of the Departments in Letterkenny University Hospital; the type of posts...
    • Hospital Equipment
      360. To ask the Minister for Health when a new MRI scanner will be provided for University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39514/19]
    • Pharmacy Services
      361. To ask the Minister for Health when a new contract between the HSE and a union (details supplied) will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39529/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a referral for a person (details supplied); the average wait time for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39534/19]
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      364. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to ocrelizumab being made available to persons with multiple sclerosis; his plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      365. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the commencement of the minimum unit pricing provisions of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; when these provisions will come...
    • Hospital Staff
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the reason training recognition for registrars in otolaryngology at University Hospital Limerick was withdrawn following a visit by a member of the surgical...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      367. To ask the Minister for Health the status of licensing of the Tagrisso osimertinib drug used for treatment of certain lung cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39554/19]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      368. To ask the Minister for Health when the position of audiologist will be filled at the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar; the length of time the post has been vacant; and the measures put...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
      369. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient appointments outsourced to the private sector under the NTPF in 2019; the number of these patients that had full treatment in the...
    • European Health Insurance Card
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which European health insurance cards will be delivered to persons in Northern Ireland as committed to; and the way in which the applications...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the significant fluctuations in the waiting list for placements under the nursing homes support scheme fair deal in 2019 (details supplied); the...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      372. To ask the Minister for Health if approved home help hours will be facilitated for a person (details supplied). [39580/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      373. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for an operation will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39581/19]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      374. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be expedited to prevent the closure of a service (details supplied); if the reason for the shortfall in funding over the past five years which...
    • Disability Support Services Funding
      375. To ask the Minister for Health the number of business cases submitted to the HSE from a service (details supplied) that are still being processed without an indication being given to the...
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      376. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by his Department that earn less than the living wage of €12.30 per hour. [39597/19]
    • General Practitioner Services
      377. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to out-of-hours care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39601/19]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      378. To ask the Minister for Health if a facility (details supplied) is in use; the date of the construction of the facility; the capacity of same; if the HSE plans to make greater use of the...
    • Newborn Screening Cards
      379. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to expand the newborn screening programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39606/19]
    • Vaccination Programme
      380. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding mandatory vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39616/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      381. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the significant gap which exists between the funding requirements of a service provider (details supplied) in County Donegal...
    • Health Services
      382. To ask the Minister for Health if some of the workload from the local health office in Ballinasloe, County Galway will be allocated to health offices in west County Galway or Galway city on...
    • Mental Health Services
      383. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39645/19]
    • Mental Health Services Data
      384. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health support services available for inpatients in each hospital nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39648/19]
    • Medicinal Products
      385. 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...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      386. To ask the Minister for Health if the reimbursement dataset specifically covers only current HSE-funded users of FreeStyle Libre; if the health technology assessment review will compare...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      387. To ask the Minister for Health if an operation for a hip replacement for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; if Waterford University Hospital will prioritise the case in view of...
    • Hospital Discharges
      388. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost to date in 2019 as a result of delayed discharges in each public and voluntary hospital in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      389. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the East Coast Drugs and Task Force has been without an outreach officer for some time; the provisions being...
    • Medical Conditions
      390. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to update knowledge and skills in relation to the diagnosis, management and treatment of ME for medical professionals working in the HSE; and if he...
    • Paediatric Services
      393. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an increase in the number of children presenting with symptoms that fit a diagnosis of ME and the lack of paediatric...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      394. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a national HSE policy for assessment and provision of powered mobility equipment, for example, powered wheelchairs and mobility scooters; and if he...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      395. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be moved to a more appropriate setting in which they can obtain the treatment they require. [39721/19]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      396. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new intensive care unit proposed for Tallaght University Hospital; the funding allocated for the project; if the construction and development...
    • Protected Disclosures Data
      397. To ask the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures made to his Department in relation to the NMBI in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number ongoing;...
    • Medicinal Products
      398. 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...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      399. To ask the Minister for Health if the reimbursement dataset will specifically cover only current HSE funded users of the FreeStyle Libre device; if not, if the Health Technology Assessment...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      400. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment to see a plastic surgeon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39743/19]
    • Hospital Transfers
      401. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body with whom responsibility for transport to hospital appointments rest in cases in which a person is a long-stay in a nursing home under the...
    • Primary Care Centres
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure for medical centres to choose the price for paid parking outside the centres; if the costs of healthcare facilities nationwide are bound to...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      404. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 28 May 2019, to which the HSE failed to respond, when a child (details supplied) in County Mayo can expect an...
    • Hospital Consultant Contracts
      405. To ask the Minister for Health the start date for the new endocrinologist for the paediatric diabetes service in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Services
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the management plans in place to help teenage patients transition into adult diabetes services at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      407. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent to date on providing free contraceptives as promised during the referendum on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution; the quantity and type...
    • Health Services Provision
      408. To ask the Minister for Health when a HSE service (details supplied) will reopen. [39794/19]
    • Voluntary Hospital Sector
      409. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the financial difficulties which the six members of voluntary hospital groups currently find themselves in providing...
    • Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
      410. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the orthodontic appointment referral for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39805/19]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the commencement dates of the medical cannabis access programme; and when the first patients will be referred to the pilot programme. [39807/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      412. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding women's sexual health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39809/19]
    • Hospital Services
      413. To ask the Minister for Health if hospital capacity will be increased (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39810/19]
    • Vaccination Programme
      415. To ask the Minister for Health if the HPV vaccination which is already available for girls born in 2004 will become available for boys born in 2004. [39816/19]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme
      416. To ask the Minister for Health the conditions which are eligible for the long-term illness scheme; his plans to review the scheme with a view to adding more conditions to same; and if he...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      419. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to meet a group (details supplied) which was promised at the last meeting with the group in March 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Provision
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address issues raised in a new report by an organisation (details supplied) into supports for children through the Irish refugee...
    • Hospital Discharges
      421. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1304 of 6 September 2019, if he is satisfied that 363 persons waited over a month to be discharged from hospital and 79...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      422. To ask the Minister for Health when the HTA review team will make a decision on extending the availability of FreeStyle Libre to all type 1 diabetic patients irrespective of age; and if he...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      423. To ask the Minister for Health the differences in the way in which different pension products and funds are assessed, both in terms of income and capital, as part of the financial assessment...
    • Hospital Services
      424. To ask the Minister for Health when the more than 90 type 1 diabetes young adults and teenagers attending Cork University Hospital will be transitioned form the paediatric diabetes services...
    • Hospital Staff
      425. To ask the Minister for Health when the newly appointed paediatric endocrinologist will commence at Cork University Hospital; and the date on which they will commence. [39882/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the extension of the three year cap under the fair deal scheme to farms and small businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the final agreed tender price, the date of the tender for the contract and the final overall amount paid and the date of the final payment in respect of each...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      428. 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. [39938/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      429. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on the waiting list at University Hospital Waterford waiting to see an endocrinologist up to 12, 12 to 24, 24 to 36, 36 to 48 and more...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Animal Welfare
      430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to regulate the provision of horse-drawn carriages for hire in Dublin in view of concerns for animal welfare; and if he...
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the BEAM payment scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Live Exports
      432. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of live cattle export volumes by destination, both EU and third countries, respectively, over the past five years....
    • Rural Development Programme Funding
      435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated from Exchequer funding to support the establishment of producer organisations in each sector in each of the...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a payment; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Scheme Penalties
      438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm penalty appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39671/19]
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39680/19]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications
      440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in processing an ANC application for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding TAMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39802/19]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an ANC payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39814/19]
    • Beef Industry
      443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding funding for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39827/19]
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39884/19]
    • Beef Industry
      445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the concerns of councillors will be addressed (details supplied) in view of the severe income pressure on farmers; and if he will...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an ANC payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39890/19]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the final agreed tender price, the date of the tender for the contract and the final overall amount paid and the date of the final...
    • Agriculture Scheme Appeals
      448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); if a small discretion can be made for the minor omission; and if he will make...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Building Energy Rating Administration
      449. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of houses nationwide in need of retrofit by retrofit scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Air Quality
      450. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the actions to be taken (details supplied) following on from the 2019 EPA report Urban...
    • Climate Change Policy
      451. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the commitments made by Ireland on climate change at the UN Climate Action Summit. [39631/19]
    • Waste Management
      452. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to review the policy on the imposition of a levy on commercial incineration; and if he will make a statement...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      453. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the delay in the roll out of broadband in the Canningstown area (details supplied) Shercock, County...
    • Prospecting Licences
      454. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a prospecting licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39359/19]
    • Commencement of Legislation
      456. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the Minerals Development Act 2017 will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39361/19]
    • Departmental Meetings
      457. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of times representatives of his Department have met mining companies in the past two years; and if he will...
    • Warmer Homes Scheme Eligibility
      458. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 1497 of 6 September 2019 (details supplied), if he will address the matter; and...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      459. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if thebroadband service being provided to persons (details supplied) will be investigated; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Records
      460. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if, prior to the privatisation of a company (details supplied), two financial reports or audits were produced which...
    • Online Safety
      461. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his engagement at European level on child safety measures relating to online content; the proposals being considered to...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      465. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband will be available in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39509/19]
    • Air Quality
      466. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the implementation of the smoky fuel ban here, particularly in County Wexford; when he plans to...
    • Climate Action Fund
      467. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount allocated to the climate action fund in the first round; when the next round of funding will be announced;...
    • National Oil Reserves Agency
      468. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current levy to fund the National Oil Reserve Agency; the amount raised in each year since 2007 from the levy; the...
    • Energy Conservation
      471. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the SEAI deep retrofit scheme 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39667/19]
  • Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
    • Maoiniú Chraoltóirí Seirbhíse Poiblí
      472. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government ar son na hAeráide agus Comhshaoil cén sciar den cheadúnas teilifíse a thugtar do RTÉ, do TG4...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Broadcasting Sector
      474. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current and capital expenditure allocations to TG4 in each years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form...
    • Exploration Licences Data
      475. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of licences for oil and gas exploration issued in each of the past five years; if oil and gas exploration...
    • Electric Vehicles
      477. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if cost mitigation measures will be introduced on domestic electricity rates to incentivise the purchase of more...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      481. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the final agreed tender price, the date of the tender for the contract and the final overall amount actually paid and...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Travel Trade Sector
      482. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the recourse Irish consumers and businesses have regarding holiday bookings made with a company (details supplied) that has ceased...
    • Haulage Industry
      483. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider introducing a grant or capital allowance scheme in order to assist road haulage companies to transition their fleet...
    • Road Safety Authority
      484. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if the matter will be referred to the RSA for investigation; and if he will...
    • Traffic Management
      485. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an emergency review of ways to alleviate congestion on the N11 will be commissioned in view of the ongoing worsening congestion on the...
    • Transport Policy
      486. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of feasibility studies carried out on transport routes in each of the past five years and the cost of each study; and if he...
    • Swimming Pool Programme Status
      488. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for a decision to be made on an existing application for a public swimming pool to be built in west County Wicklow; and if...
    • National Car Test Data
      490. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tests carried out and the maximum number that could have been carried out had they been at full capacity during the past 12...
    • Ports Development
      491. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the progress of implementing the Shannon Foynes Port Company Vision 2014 master plan; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects
      492. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the €34 million in funding promised for the Ardee bypass can be ring-fenced in order that the project will not lose out if...
    • Driver Licences
      493. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the deadline for persons here driving with UK licences in order to swap their licence for an Irish licence in the...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications Data
      494. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the applications made for funding under the sports capital programme for the 2018-2019 funding round in County Cork. [39405/19]
    • Departmental Records
      497. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all internal correspondence between persons (details supplied) will be published. [39456/19]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      499. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a matter in relation to a grant awarded to a club (details supplied) will be investigated with the sports capital section of his...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      500. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff employed in each division of his Department by grade. [39487/19]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      501. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a cost estimate of the administrative cost of establishing a new division within his Department will be provided. [39488/19]
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      502. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of hiring an additional economist and statistician, respectively, to his Department. [39489/19]
    • Fáilte Ireland Funding
      503. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided to Fáilte Ireland in 2019. [39490/19]
    • Tourism Ireland Funding
      504. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided to Tourism Ireland in 2019. [39491/19]
    • Tourism Policy
      505. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has conducted studies into the tourism potential of State-owned heritage buildings and sites such as OPW sites. [39492/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      506. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1623, 1624, 1625 and 1626 of 6 September 2019, the number of times he has met the Minister for...
    • Driver Licences
      507. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a grace period will be extended to Irish citizens that hold UK driver licences but are unable to swap their licences before 31 October...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      509. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and dates that he has met the Taoiseach to discuss the recognition of UK driver licences in the event of a no-deal Brexit....
    • Railway Stations
      510. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the service that is out of order at a train station (details supplied); the length of time it is out...
    • Rail Services Provision
      511. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce a system in which persons with a travel pass can book seats on Irish Rail trains in view of the fact the current...
    • Public Transport Initiatives
      512. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce a leap 90 discount scheme in the wider Cork area to complement the proposals in the CMATS strategy. [39552/19]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      513. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to an application by a group (details supplied) for funding under the sports capital funds for a new...
    • Road Projects Status
      514. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of roads (details supplied) in the context of allocated budget to date; the expected budget required to bring them to...
    • Ports Development
      515. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received concerns from the tourism industry regarding the potential negative consequences on the sector owing to the new limits...
    • Road Projects Data
      516. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the TII sanctioned road projects for which full permissions have been granted by all planning and statutory bodies and in which all land...
    • Road Projects Status
      517. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the tendering process for stage II of the Dunkettle interchange upgrade project; and the fast tracking or procurement for...
    • Road Projects
      518. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the route study for the M20 Cork to Limerick motorway. [39704/19]
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      519. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding for the Pettigo to Laghey road R232 in County Donegal will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Traffic Legislation
      520. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NTA plans to regulate the provision of horse-drawn carriages for hire in the Dublin city area. [39719/19]
    • Rural Transport Services Provision
      522. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the evaluation of the provision of a LocalLink service from Bailieborough, Virginia, Ballyjamesduff and Cavan towns; his...
    • Brexit Preparations
      523. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the preparations of his Department for Brexit; the steps he will take to prevent gridlock in the vicinity of key ports and airports here;...
    • Tourism Funding
      524. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has allocated specific funding or resources to attracting tourists from the Chinese market; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Transport
      525. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the considerable capacity issues across the public transport system; and the steps he will take in the...
    • Brexit Issues
      526. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the transport system, most notably at major entry and exit points, is adequately prepared for the ramifications of a...
    • Driver Licences
      527. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with his Cabinet colleagues and UK counterparts to ensure that returning emigrants that hold UK licences will continue...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      528. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered establishing a transport security unit to tackle widespread and dangerous antisocial behaviour on public transport...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      529. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Cork County Council has made applications to the safety improvement grants scheme for 2020; and the details of these applications...
    • Rail Services Data
      530. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of reported incidents of antisocial behaviour on Irish Rail services in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      531. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of reported incidents of antisocial behaviour on Bus Éireann services in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will...
    • Dublin Bus Services
      532. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of reported incidents of antisocial behaviour on Dublin Bus services in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport Data
      533. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of reported incidents of antisocial behaviour on Luas services in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Roads Maintenance Funding
      535. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding is available for the upgrading of roads specifically located along the Wild Atlantic Way; if he will consider upgrading a road...
    • Public Services Card
      536. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department sought and received legal advice before removing the public services card as a requirement for certain applications to...
    • Road Projects Status
      537. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of the northern distributor road from Coonagh Cross to the R445 on the outskirts of Limerick city; the funding allocated to...
    • Railway Stations
      538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the investigations undertaken by MetroLink, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, the National Transport Authority and organisations or...
    • Bus Services
      540. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason certain submissions regarding BusConnects from residents of Mountjoy Square were not considered as part of the consultation...
    • Dublin Bus Services
      541. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a review or study has ever been undertaken by Dublin Bus to access the difficulties experienced by commuters in inner suburbs of the...
    • Dublin Bus Fleet
      542. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether there is ambition in the bus procurement strategy of the NTA for the coming years to transition to zero emission...
    • Tourism Policy
      543. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to develop the Norman way in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36521/19]
    • Road Projects Expenditure
      544. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full cost for construction and delivery of the M2 to north of Ashbourne, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      545. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the final agreed tender price, the date of the tender for the contract and the final overall amount actually paid and the date of the...
    • Public Transport
      546. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the closure of a company (details supplied) in Ballymena, County Antrim, and the possible impact this will have on the...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Childcare Services Funding
      547. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason funding was not provided to a service (details supplied) in order to stop it from closing; if Pobal will now outline its plans...
    • Childcare Services Provision
      548. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to replace the public services card as a requirement for those applying for the national childcare scheme online from October...
    • Childcare Services Data
      549. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in crèche and childcare; the individual annual subsidy on average per child; the annual subsidy in the sector;...
    • Childcare Services Funding
      550. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 227 and 228 of 19 September 2019, the number of registrations of children the total amount of...
    • Community Care
      551. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the provisions in place for community care homes in County Kilkenny facing a deficit in 2019. [39422/19]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      554. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of the recommendations from the first report of the Collaborative Forum of Former Residents of Mother and...
    • Child and Family Agency
      555. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to legal action being pursued by Tusla against a company (details supplied) based on the material gathered...
    • Childcare Services Funding
      556. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of funding paid to a company (details supplied) in Dublin in 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, and to each of its centres, in...
    • Child Abuse
      557. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there are persons accused of historical child sex abuse who have worked or volunteered for agencies that have received State funding;...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      558. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of early years services that Tusla has applied conditions to upon granting their registration or re-registration by county, in...
    • Child and Family Agency
      559. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the length of time Tusla has been working on a memorandum of understanding with An Garda Síochána; when it is due to be...
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      562. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and location of hostels or emergency hostel-style accommodation approved by Tusla for the placement of children; the number, age...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      563. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adults and children in Tusla-funded domestic violence refuges in 2017. [39477/19]
    • Childcare Services Provision
      564. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the efforts made since 2016 and which continue to be made to make childcare more affordable to employed parents; and if she will make a...
    • Childcare Services Staff
      565. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the efforts she is making towards improving pay and condition for childcare staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39479/19]
    • Departmental Staff Remuneration
      566. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff employed by her Department that earn less than the living wage of €12.30 per hour. [39598/19]
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      567. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers employed by Tusla in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of agency staff hired as...
    • Childcare Services Data
      568. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the length of time each of the 37 créches deemed as critical by Tusla have been classed as such; the length of time each of these...
    • Child and Family Agency Remit
      569. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is considering the introduction of immediate powers of closure as a tool for Tusla for its inspection of early years services; and...
    • Childcare Services Funding
      570. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to her statements in Dáil Éireann on 28 May 2019 (details supplied), the area in which the additional €50 million...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      571. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the final agreed tender price, the date of the tender for the contract and the final overall amount paid and the date of the final payment...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Community Services Programme Funding
      572. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his attention has been drawn to the threat to the viability of a centre (details supplied) which provides vital community services...
    • LEADER Programmes Funding
      573. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if consideration will be given to the LEADER groups in south west and northern areas of County Cork when distributing the additional...
    • Men's Sheds
      574. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will consider providing funding of €1,000,000 over a three year period to an association (details supplied); if he will...
    • Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation
      575. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress on the pilot scheme to encourage residential occupancy in rural towns and villages as committed to under the Action Plan...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      576. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the final agreed tender price, the date of the tender for the contract and the final overall amount paid and the date of the final...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Employment Support Services
      578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce an employment support scheme for the most adversely affected sectors following Brexit; and if so, when...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      579. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the 2008 Labour Court recommendation regarding pensions for community employment scheme supervisors;...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      580. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision will be expedited on a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the inability of those on Tús, RSS or gateway schemes to have their fuel allowance...
    • Living Alone Allowance
      582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is no longer receiving a living alone allowance; if it will be reinstated in order...
    • Public Services Card Data
      583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the monthly number of public services cards issued since the programme was launched; the body which administered and-or...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance rate review will be completed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an invalidity pension application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed. [39319/19]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a domiciliary care allowance application by persons (details supplied) will be assessed; and if she will make a statement...
    • Employment Data
      587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated number of persons considered bogusly self-employed to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Community Services Programme Funding
      588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider the provision of €10,000 funding in order to save crucial community services (details supplied)...
    • Working Family Payment Applications
      589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a working family payment application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a claim for illness benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) will be processed to completion; and if she will...
    • Carer's Allowance Appeals
      591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      592. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a claim for illness benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) will be processed to completion; and if she will...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to the maximum rate of pension; if details of the award will be provided; when the...
    • Free Travel Scheme
      594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if discussions with her British Government equivalent will be held in order to consider the possibility of allowing the free...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications Data
      595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of invalidity pension applications received in 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of applications approved and...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied) will be made; and if she will make a...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to implement a fully functioning homeless persons unit in counties Kildare, Wicklow and Meath; the...
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      600. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and when they can expect a decision on their...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if the case will be processed [39702/19]
    • Public Services Card Data
      605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which and the location the data contained on the public services card is stored; the companies used to store the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      606. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39840/19]
    • One-Parent Family Payment
      607. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications made to the District Court by her Department for orders directing that contributions be paid by...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of letters issued to State pension (contributory) recipients as part of the ongoing review of the increase for...
    • JobPath Data
      610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons referred to JobPath in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [39848/19]
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      614. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the provision in the Water Services Act 2014 to cease the collection of PPSN numbers was not commenced until four...
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a review of a State pension (contributory) application by a person (details supplied) in...
    • Brexit Issues
      616. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 519 of 24 September 2019, if the winter fuel payment from the UK will continue to be...
    • School Meals Programme
      617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the dietary requirements provided for in each school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39911/19]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      620. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the final agreed tender price, the date of the tender for the contract and the final overall amount actually paid and the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      621. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and when they can expect a decision on...
    • Carer's Allowance Eligibility
      622. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to increasing the hours a carer can work per week from 15 to 18.5 hours; and if she will make...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Brexit Issues
      623. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the impact on the construction and housing market from a no-deal Brexit was included in the Preparing for the withdrawal of...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
      624. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding will be announced for a new group water scheme (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Irish Water Administration
      625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the first fix free programme promoted by Irish Water has been put on hold for the remainder for 2019; if so, the reason for...
    • Septic Tank Grants
      626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the provision of funding and grants to persons to upgrade their domestic septic tanks; and if he will make a...
    • Repair and Leasing Scheme
      627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications granted under the repair and leasing scheme; the number of applications refused; the number of...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the correspondence between his Department and Tipperary County Council between 1 May 2016 and 22 September 2019. [39460/19]
    • Emergency Accommodation Data
      629. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019 by county on emergency accommodation, in tabular form;...
    • Social and Affordable Housing Data
      630. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the affordable housing scheme will be open to applicants in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Planning Issues
      632. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the report into alleged planning irregularities in County Donegal will be published; and the action he plans to take...
    • State Bodies Data
      633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the fees and expenses paid to each member of the management board of the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency...
    • Foreshore Issues
      634. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 554 of 24 September 2019, if a local authority (details supplied) has applied for a...
    • Rental Sector
      635. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce regulations for a tenancy deposit protection scheme; and if his Department has commenced work on the...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      636. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of AHBs not signed up to the voluntary regulation code for approved housing bodies; and if he will...
    • Emergency Accommodation Data
      637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the quality standards framework inspection regime for emergency homeless accommodation; and when the framework...
    • Housing Assistance Payment
      638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the homeless housing assistance payment maximum monthly allowable rent limits for the Dublin City Council area are set by...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      639. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the roll-out of choice based letting across all local authorities as per page 5 of the guidance document issued...
    • Pyrite Issues
      640. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated to the pyrite remediation scheme and expended, respectively in each of the years 2013 to 2018; and if he...
    • Local Authority Housing
      642. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a maximum number of housing units that a local authority may purchase from a private developer; and if there is a...
    • Water Services
      644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the roll-out and take-up of the multi-annual rural water programme announced in February 2019 and for which the...
    • Water Services Infrastructure
      645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new Irish Water pipe from Staleen to Ratoath, County Meath, will be complete; and the budget allocated for this new...
    • Central Statistics Office Data
      646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the population statistics provided by the Central Statistics Office are accurate; and the reason he did...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the final agreed tender price, the date of the tender for the contract and the final overall amount paid and the date of the...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Waterways Ireland
      648. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding houseboats; if there are mooring locations available in Leinster; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Funding
      649. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the role her Department has in the allocation of grant assistance to a centre (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will...
    • Official Languages Act
      650. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2017 will be debated and enacted. [39557/19]
    • Departmental Surveys
      651. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when her Department last conducted a grey seal survey; the outcome of same; her plans to introduce a grey seal management plan;...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta Funding
      652. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to rebalance the budget to Údarás na Gaeltachta to ensure it can fulfil its obligations in...
    • Heritage Sites
      653. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a list and map will be provided identifying all UNESCO sites in south County Louth and County Meath; and if a list and map...
    • Maoiniú Údarás na Gaeltachta
      654. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil iarratas déanta ag Údarás na Gaeltachta ar mhéadú ar an maoiniú a fhaigheann siad ón...
    • Interdepartmental Committees
      655. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the meeting of the interdepartmental committee on island development; and the actions and timelines agreed....
    • Offshore Islands
      656. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans, reports and strategy documents published regarding island development or rural development on the islands in each of...
    • Wildlife Control
      657. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the health of hares; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      658. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the final agreed tender price, the date of the tender for the contract and the final overall amount paid and the date of the final...

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