Written answers
Thursday, 3 October 2019
- Department of Justice and Equality
- International Protection
9. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the interdepartmental taskforce that was in place during the drafting of the European Communities (Reception Conditions)...
- Courts Service Data
12. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the non-service of summons in relation to road traffic offences in view of the fact that Court Service...
- Anti-Social Behaviour
13. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the powers An Garda Síochána has to deal with anti-social behaviour, in particular on-street drinking in Dublin city...
- Penalty Points System
14. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has engaged with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with regard to the considerable loopholes that exist within...
- International Protection
15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vulnerability assessments carried out pursuant to the transposition of the EU reception conditions directive into...
- Criminal Law Review
16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recent report titled A Review of the Criminalisation of Paying for Sexual Services in Northern Ireland; if...
- Northern Ireland
17. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of ongoing discussions with his UK counterpart on the Kingsmill massacre. [28213/19]
- Garda Stations
18. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the negotiations he has had with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the much-needed extension to Mullingar...
- Organised Crime
19. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase co-operation in policing and security issues on a North-South basis arising from the recent annual...
- Garda Strength
21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the last review was undertaken to determine the optimum number of gardaí required; if he is satisfied that this is now...
- Courts Service Data
22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which he plans to respond to recently published figures from the Courts Service which revealed the large proportion...
- Proposed Legislation
23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in publishing the parental leave and benefit Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40131/19]
- Garda Transport Data
24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda marked and unmarked cars and vehicles assigned to each Garda station in the Meath division. [40168/19]
- Crime Prevention
25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the impact the use of Eircodes will have in combating crime in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28565/19]
- Direct Provision System
26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address the number of persons living in direct provision centres nationally; his further plans to stop using hotels...
- Garda Resources
27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding secured for a new Garda headquarters in Macroom, County Cork; and the timelines agreed. [40163/19]
- Departmental Reports
28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the safety of members it...
- Commission on the Future of Policing
29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when his attention was drawn to the new divisional structures by the Garda Commissioner; and the date senior gardaí were...
- Garda Stations
30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the discussions his Department has had with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and other State agencies regarding a...
- Sexual Offences Data
31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the new SAVI survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40125/19]
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ensure that the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal is adequately resourced to ensure cases is dealt with in a...
- Garda Expenditure
33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the part of the budget of An Garda Síochána the estimated €15 to €18 million cost of the visits of...
- Asylum Seekers
34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress with regard to allowing asylum seekers apply for a driver licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Prison Service Data
35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the findings of the recent CSO Prison Recidivism Study will be addressed, namely, that almost half of prisoners here went on...
- International Protection
36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the promised independent inspectorate will be established further to the recent release of the national standards for...
- Probation and Welfare Service
37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community service supervisor vacancies; the length of time the positions have been vacant; the location of the...
- Garda Operations
38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding passport checks taking place on the Border at Garda checkpoints and on public transport; the rationale...
- Ministerial Priorities
39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his priorities for budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39990/19]
- Asylum Seeker Accommodation
40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers being housed in emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39988/19]
- Department of Defence
- Civil Defence
41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the policy for equipment disposal within the Civil Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40213/19]
- Ministerial Transport
42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times the Government jet has landed and taken off from each airport here since 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces Strength
43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Permanent Defence Forces; the breakdown by rank across the three services; the gender breakdown of same in tabular form; and...
- Defence Forces Reserve Strength
44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Reserve Defence Forces with regard to all three services and all ranks; the gender breakdown of same; and if he will make a...
- Defence Forces Operations
47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of suspect devices that the Army disposal unit has dealt with to date in 2019, by county, in tabular form. [40478/19]
- Naval Service Data
48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of days spent at sea by members of the Naval Service Reserve to date in 2019. [40479/19]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Communications
49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if travel advice or a travel warning was issued to Irish citizens for a part of Spain which has been devastated by severe flooding (details...
- Department of Finance
- Consumer Protection
50. To ask the Minister for Finance if dual pricing by the insurance industry is permitted under consumer protection legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40458/19]
- Banking Sector Data
51. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has met with senior executives of a bank (details supplied) recently; if he has meetings scheduled; if he has raised the issue of job losses with the...
- Tax Code
52. To ask the Minister for Finance if a distinction is made across the various enterprise tax schemes such as EIIS, KEEP, and CGT entrepreneur relief for high risk and high potential innovation...
- NAMA Property Construction
53. To ask the Minister for Finance if a land locked site (details supplied) will be examined by NAMA with a view to enabling the necessary details and procedures to be progressed in order to...
- VAT Rate Application
54. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the restoration of the VAT rate to 9% to improve competitiveness in view of the fact this is the highest rate of VAT on tourist accommodation in...
- VAT Exemptions
55. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that the zero VAT rate on food supplements which is in the Irish legislation will continue; if the concession introduced in recent times...
- Central Bank of Ireland Enforcement Actions
56. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of instances in each year since 2013 in which the Central Bank brought summary prosecutions against entities or persons operating here without...
- Credit Unions
57. To ask the Minister for Finance if credit unions will be permitted to hold existing deposits and investments with non-EEA UK institutions in a no-deal Brexit scenario; if so, the...
- Electric Vehicle Grants
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost of a 100% tax rebate or grant for the purchase of e-bikes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40302/19]
- Brexit Data
59. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses that have applied for the key customs registration, the economic operators registration and identification number; the number of Irish...
- Tax Yield
60. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of corporation tax collected in each year since 2010; the percentage of total tax take accounted for by corporation tax receipts in each year since...
- Corporation Tax Regime
62. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated impact on corporation tax receipts of the full implementation of BEPS 2 over the years ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Trade Data
63. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of trade in both directions with the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40397/19]
- Help-To-Buy Scheme Data
64. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of the help-to-buy scheme in each year since its establishment; the number of persons that availed of the scheme in each year; the number that...
- Tax Reliefs Data
65. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that availed of the capital gains tax entrepreneurs relief in each year since it was established; the cost in each of those years; and if...
- Insurance Industry Regulation
67. To ask the Minister for Finance the principal legislation dealing with the regulation of the insurance industry by the Central Bank from both a macro prudential role and a consumer protection...
- Tax Data
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that availed of the KEEP scheme in each year since its establishment; the cost in each year; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Employment and Investment Incentive Scheme Data
70. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that availed of the EIIS scheme in each year since its establishment; the cost in each year; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Knowledge Development Box
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that availed of the knowledge development box scheme in each year since its establishment; the cost in each year; and if he will make a...
- Motor Insurance Costs
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the rank of Ireland in the EU in terms of the level of motor insurance costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40481/19]
- Property Tax
74. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly by which if a self-employed person that files an income tax return and has not paid their local property tax, the...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works
75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a company (details supplied) continues to be contracted to the OPW in respect of general maintenance; and if he will make a statement...
- Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme Funding
76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) regarding flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40242/19]
- Public Spending Code
77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the revised public spending code will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40390/19]
- Departmental Expenditure
78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the supplementary estimates that have been introduced by Department vote in each year since 2000, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Budgets
79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount provided in 2020 for demographic costs by Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40401/19]
- Public Procurement Contracts Data
81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of SMEs that have availed of public contracts in each year since 2009; the aggregate value of these contracts in each year;...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Admissions
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to persons (details supplied) who wish to send their child to their local primary school; and if he will make a statement on...
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a summer works scheme grant for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40262/19]
- School Completion Programme
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the completion of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40268/19]
- Departmental Staff Promotions
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if executive officer grade positions are available in his Department in Mullingar, County Westmeath. [40291/19]
- Education and Training Provision
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the objectives of the EXPLORE programme; the budget for the programme in 2019; the current number of participants supported by the programme; and...
- Education and Training Boards
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the objectives of the skills to advance programme; the budget for the programme in 2019; the current number of participants supported by the...
- Education and Training Provision
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the objectives of the skills for work programme; the budget for the programme in 2019; the current number of participants supported by the...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the introduction of a national access to apprenticeship programme as proposed by an organisation (details supplied) in its 2020...
- Education and Training Boards Administration
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of the Code of Practice of the Governance of the Education and Training Boards; and if he will make a statement...
- Education and Training Boards
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of the five persons and their nominating bodies elected to the boards of each education and training board under section 30(11) of the...
- Pyrite Issues
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 24 September 2019, the timeline for the removal of pyrite completely from a school (details...
- Student Grant Scheme Applications
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a SUSI application by a person (details supplied). [40336/19]
- Summer Works Scheme
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a plan of works will be put in place in relation to a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if the existing structure of the school...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional special needs assistant access will be provided at a school to meet the needs of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Community Alert Programme
96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to improve the existing community text alert scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40177/19]
- Legal Aid Service Reform
97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures he is taking to introduce reforms aimed at reducing the costs associated with the civil and criminal legal aid...
- Garda Stations
98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the downgrading of Ballyconnell Garda station, County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39520/19]
- Garda Resources
99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the investment made in the Garda fleet and personnel in the Cavan-Monaghan Garda district in the past 12 months; and if he will...
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date of an assessment of the caseload of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; when it will be received by him; and...
- Legal Aid Applications Data
101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of legal aid applications made for mortgage possession cases; the number of applications which were received by the...
- Firearms and Ammunition Security
102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the new regulations that have been introduced in relation to the safeguarding of ammunition in respect of shotguns and the...
- Citizenship Applications
103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of becoming an Irish citizen for asylum seekers claiming refugee status; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Bankruptcy Data
104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 84 and 85 of 6 September, the number of families the lost their homes as a result of...
- Courts Service Data
105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of entities or persons convicted of operating here without Central Bank authorisation in each year since 2013...
- Departmental Offices
106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if executive officer grade positions are available in his Department in Mullingar, County Westmeath. [40289/19]
- Youth Justice Strategy
107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the development of a youth justice strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40325/19]
- Legal Services Regulation
108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Legal Services Regulatory Authority will commence its complaints process and start accepting complaints from the...
- Naturalisation Eligibility
109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); if...
- Family Reunification Applications
110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding abdication for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied); if a decision has been...
- Visa Applications
111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding spousal application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Naturalisation Applications
112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when naturalisation will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); if stamp 4 can be renewed as a first stage...
- Immigration Status
113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding eligibility for residency in the case of a person (details supplied); if the case will be reviewed; and...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Research Funding Data
114. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 114 of 26 September 2019, the amount that has been paid to date to each of organisations that...
- Labour Court Recommendations
115. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of recommendations issued by the Labour Court in each of the years 2016 to 2018 in cases in which the court recommended...
- Regional Enterprise Development Fund
116. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Athy enterprise hub will be completed; and the funding provided towards the construction of this hub. [40284/19]
- Brexit Supports
117. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applicants and participants in all Brexit support schemes provided by her Department and agencies under her remit; and...
- Work Permits Applications
120. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a new application for a work permit will be considered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Brexit Data
122. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applicants and participants in Brexit schemes and supports provided by her Department or agencies under the remit of her...
- State Aid
123. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will request, at European level, changes to State aid thresholds to protect enterprises, exporting companies and related jobs...
- Brexit Staff
124. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Brexit staff hired by her Department and agencies under the remit of her Department in each of the years 2017, 2018 and...
- Trade Agreements
125. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the recent issues discussed at the EU Competitiveness Council meeting in Brussels; the decisions regarding recent trade...
- State Aid
126. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if changes to EU State aid rules as a policy lever to support exposed firms and exports from a no-deal Brexit were discussed at the EU...
- Brexit Supports
127. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the latest figures regarding the Brexit SME loan scheme launched in March 2018 for each item (details supplied) until the end of...
- Future Growth Loan Scheme
128. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the latest figures regarding the future growth loan scheme launched in March 2019 for each item (details supplied) until the end of...
- Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
129. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has considered calling on the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to review dual pricing by the insurance industry;...
- Economic Competitiveness
130. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the specific actions taken to tackle the cost of living and the cost of doing business as identified by the National Competitiveness...
- Brexit Supports
131. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of food businesses that have applied for working capital under the Brexit loan scheme which opened in March 2018 up until...
- Department of Health
- Air Ambulance Service Data
132. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to secure the air ambulance service at Custume Barracks, Athlone; the number of missions flown in each year of operation and to date in...
- Ambulance Service Data
133. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to a service (details supplied) for operations tasked by the National Ambulance Service in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, respectively; the...
- National Children's Hospital Expenditure
134. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of the national children’s hospital and ancillary facilities; the amount paid to date; the expected amount that will be paid between...
- Hospital Beds Data
135. To ask the Minister for Health the occupancy rate for community beds for each of the hospitals at Tralee, Listowel, Killarney, Dingle and Caherciveen community hospitals in each of the years...
- Hospital Appointments Status
136. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [40180/19]
- Medicinal Products Availability
137. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to remove the age restriction on making FreeStyle Libre available to all persons with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Appointments Delays
138. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; the reason for the seven-year delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40188/19]
- Rehabilitative Training Allowance Payments
139. To ask the Minister for Health if the decision to cease the rehabilitative training allowance for new entrants will be reversed in view of the significant educational and personal...
- Dental Services Provision
140. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a periodontist in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40191/19]
- Medical Card Eligibility
141. To ask the Minister for Health the reason medical card cover does not cover operations conducted by periodontists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40192/19]
- Home Care Packages Provision
142. To ask the Minister for Health if the position in which some HSE staff are refusing to take representations from TDs in respect of homecare services on the grounds of GDPR will be clarified;...
- Disabilities Assessments
143. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment of needs will be carried out for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40200/19]
- Home Help Service Data
144. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth on waiting lists for home support hours. [40201/19]
- Home Help Service Provision
146. To ask the Minister for Health if only palliative patients in County Louth have been allocated home support hours since June 2019. [40203/19]
- Home Help Service Data
147. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home help hours allocated to County Louth; and if home help hours are recycled within a county or on a CHO-wide basis. [40204/19]
- Home Help Service Provision
148. To ask the Minister for Health the status of extra home help hours for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40205/19]
- Tobacco Control Measures
149. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the banning of vending machines (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40206/19]
- Hospital Appointments Status
150. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [40215/19]
- Hospital Services
152. To ask the Minister for Health if x-ray results for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40219/19]
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
155. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for a wheelchair for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40222/19]
- Health Services Provision
156. To ask the Minister for Health the status of equipment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40223/19]
- Speech and Language Therapy Staff
157. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be available to a service (details supplied) in order for it to hire additional speech and language therapists to prevent cutbacks to the vital...
- National Children's Hospital
158. To ask the Minister for Health if all correspondence between his Department and the national paediatric hospital development board since 1 February 2019 will be provided. [40231/19]
- Health Screening Programmes
159. To ask the Minister for Health the corrective and preventative actions that have been put in place under the diabetic retina screen programme to ensure the correct results are issued to the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
160. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting scoliosis procedures; the number of these procedures that have taken place on a weekly and monthly basis in the past twelve...
- HSE Agency Staff
161. To ask the Minister for Health if a series of matters in relation to the employment of agency staff (details supplied) will be examined; if there is a dispute regarding the rates and charges...
- Health Services Provision
162. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be expedited by the HSE to cover the cost of urgent corrective treatment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Cancer Services Provision
163. To ask the Minister for Health if treatment for breast cancer is prioritised for patients with the BRCA gene and an immediate and extended family history of breast and ovarian cancers; the...
- Health Services Access
164. To ask the Minister for Health the process for accessing a community hospital bed in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40267/19]
- Hospital Discharges
165. To ask the Minister for Health if funding under the winter initiative will be released to provide respite services in nursing homes to allow for the discharge of older persons from acute...
- Health Reports
166. To ask the Minister for Health the steps which have been taken to implement recommendation 21 of the trauma steering group report; the plans to fully implement this recommendation; and if he...
- Dental Services
167. To ask the Minister for Health the reason children receiving dental care under the HSE can only receive extractions and cannot receive repair work such as crowns or fillings. [40303/19]
- Health Reports
168. To ask the Minister for Health when the Smile agus Sláinte – National Oral Health Policy will be implemented. [40304/19]
- Dental Services
169. To ask the Minister for Health the dental care available to children under the HSE. [40305/19]
- Proposed Legislation
170. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to bring forward legislation to replace the Dentists Act 1985 and reform the regulation of the dental profession in view of concerns that the...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
171. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a development (details supplied). [40332/19]
- Hospital Beds Data
172. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community hospital beds in County Kerry; the number of beds in each community hospital in the county; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Counselling Services Provision
173. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a counselling appointment in primary care at the end of September 2019 or the latest date available by the...
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
174. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a child and adolescent mental health services appointment at the end of September 2019 or the latest date...
- Psychological Services Waiting Lists
175. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each LHO area waiting for a psychology appointment in primary care at the end of September 2019 or the latest date available; and the...
- Mental Health Services Data
176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health units between 1 January 2019 and 30 September 2019. [40341/19]
- Hospitals Data
177. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting as of 30 September 2019 or the nearest available date for a CT scan in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group for periods (details...
- HSE Agency Staff Expenditure
198. To ask the Minister for Health the agency spend on staff from 1 January 2019 to 30 September 2019 or the latest date available in each public and voluntary hospital in tabular form. [40369/19]
- Orthodontic Services Provision
200. To ask the Minister for Health if necessary orthodontic treatment remains available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40373/19]
- Medical Conditions
201. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) qualifies for illness or disability benefit in view of their medical condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Support Services
202. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons moved out of congregated settings in each CHO to date in 2019; the number of persons in congregated settings that have died to date in...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
204. To ask the Minister for Health when additional capacity will be provided to improve services and reduce waiting times for assessment and procedure (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
223. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme at the end of September 2019 or latest date available; the average waiting time; the number...
- Hospital Beds Closures
224. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in all public and voluntary acute hospitals that were closed on 30 September 2019 or the latest date on which data for validated...
- Hospital Discharges
225. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges for each public and voluntary hospital at the end of September 2019; and the total number to date in each, in tabular form....
- Ambulance Service Response Times
226. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO incidents responded to by a first responder in seven minutes and 59 seconds or less; the percentage of clinical status...
- Emergency Departments Waiting Times
227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients 75 years of age or over that experienced an emergency department wait time of more than 24 hours during September 2019; the total number...
- Home Help Service Data
228. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home support hours being provided by LHO area to the end of September 2019; and the number of persons on the waiting list for home support hours...
- Ambulance Service Data
229. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance attendances at each emergency department nationwide in September 2019; the number of such ambulances that waited longer than 20 minutes...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Data
230. To ask the Minister for Health the number of spinal fusion patients waiting for time periods (details supplied); and the same information for other spinal patients for both Our Lady’s...
- Health Services Data
231. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons by LHO area waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care at the end of September 2019 or the latest date available; and the number...
- Home Care Packages
239. To ask the Minister for Health the progress been made regarding the development of a new statutory scheme for home care since his most recent statements on the matter; and if he will make a...
- National Children's Hospital Expenditure
242. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the children’s hospital; the estimated total cost of the project; when the project will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the...
- HSE Expenditure
243. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred to date in 2019 by the HSE based on the accrual accounting method; the budget for the HSE to date in 2019 under the same method; and if he...
- Departmental Budgets
244. To ask the Minister for Health the value of the supplementary estimate that will be required in 2019 for health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40468/19]
- Disabilities Assessments
246. To ask the Minister for Health when the necessary resources and personnel will be provided to meet the requirements of assessment of needs in counties Cavan and Monaghan in view of undue...
- Children in Care
247. To ask the Minister for Health the locations voluntary residential services are situated in the strategic plan for residential care services for children under state care. [40488/19]
- Disability Services Data
248. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities in receipt of home support hours by LHO area at the end of September 2019 or latest date available; the number on the...
- Services for People with Disabilities
250. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential places for persons with a disability being provided at the end of September 2019 or latest date available by CHO in tabular form....
- Disabilities Assessments
252. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children at the end of September 2019 or latest date available that were awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005...
- Physiotherapy Provision
253. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the physiotherapy waiting list by time periods (details supplied) by LHO area at the end of September 2019 or latest date available in...
- Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
255. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the speech and language therapy initial treatment waiting list by time periods (details supplied) by LHO area at the end of September...
- Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
257. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the occupational therapy first-time assessment waiting list by time periods and age category (details supplied) by LHO area at the end...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Future Growth Loan Scheme
267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers, in addition to food businesses, that have applied to the future growth loan scheme which opened in March 2019...
- Fallen Animal Collection Scheme
268. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the subsequent changes that were introduced including the introduction of the 125km rule was made via a statutory instrument or...
- Aquaculture Licence Applications
269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision in relation to a licence application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement...
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a TAMS application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40335/19]
- Beef Industry
271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date in implementing the measures announced following recent negotiations with farming organisations and the meat...
- Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the most recent proposals put forward at the EU Agriculture Council in relation to the need to ensure there is no reduction in...
- Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Funding
273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of all approved applications under the beef environmental efficiency pilot; and the value of payments made to approved...
- Animal Slaughtering Data
274. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle slaughtered to 30 September 2019 which originated from factory feedlots at approved beef exporting plants; and...
- Bord Bia Funding
275. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Bord Bia has applied for an increase in funding for 2020; if so, the amount requested; when the application will be decided; and...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- National Broadband Plan Expenditure
276. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of the national broadband plan; the amount paid to date; the expected amount that will be paid...
- Inland Fisheries Ireland
277. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 2242 of 23 July 2019, if there are third-party completed expressions of interest...
- Renewable Heat Incentive
281. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of applications (details supplied) for the SEAI renewable heat-deep retrofit scheme; when a letter of offer...
- Air Quality
282. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to bring the clean air strategy to Government for approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Bord na Móna
283. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to ensure a just transition in Bord na Móna in view of further concerns regarding the...
- Mobile Telephony Services
284. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to quell health concerns regarding 5G roll out; the actions he will take to ensure that information is...
- Energy Efficiency
285. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding funding streams which are available to gym owners and fitness entrepreneurs to assist with the...
- Energy Policy
286. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll out of smart metering; the number of smart meters installed to date; the rights of householders...
- Energy Prices
287. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rank of Ireland in the EU in terms of electricity and gas prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- National Broadband Plan
288. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects to sign the contract for the national broadband plan; the roll out timetable in terms of the number of...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Motor Insurance
289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had discussions with the EU Commission regarding agreeing, under article 8(2) of the motor insurance directive, a mechanism to...
- Roads Maintenance Funding
290. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of funding for an area (details supplied); and when works will commence. [40179/19]
- Sports Funding
291. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided to each local sports partnership in each of the years 2016 to 2018 by funding type, that is, core funding, women in...
- Bus Éireann
295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy and the policy of Bus Éireann relative to paternity leave; if pension contributions continue to be paid for the employee...
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application for a sports capital grant by a club (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement...
- Bus Services
300. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a planned new bus service for Mullingar, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40275/19]
- Sports Capital Programme Applications
301. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application for a sports capital grant by a club (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement...
- Light Rail Projects
303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a feasibility study on extending the proposed MetroLink to Firhouse, Dublin 24, will be authorised; and if he will make a statement on...
- Bus Services
304. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of residents of south west County Dublin that BusConnects by itself will not provide...
- Sports Capital Programme
305. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to develop a special stream of funding for sports clubs that want to install disabled access to their facilities. [40282/19]
- Road Projects Status
306. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Athy southern distributor road construction; the amount spent on the road to date; if the construction of the road will...
- Sport and Recreational Development
307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the basis for an allocation of €20,350 to a partnership (details supplied) in 2018 under the women in sport programme in view of...
- Rural Transport Programme Data
308. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated number of the 1.9 million passenger journeys in 2018 supported by the rural transport programme which were undertaken by...
- Ports Traffic
310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the truck capacity in each of Dublin, Rosslare, Ringaskiddy and Shannon Foynes ports; the number of trucks processed each day at each...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation
312. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of action 35 of Realising Our Rural Potential - Action Plan for Rural Development to introduce a new...
- National Children's Strategy
313. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of action 43 in Realising Our Rural Potential - Action Plan for Rural Development to support the...
- Child and Family Agency
314. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which a person who has been taken into care under court instruction can obtain their records for the period of time. [40218/19]
- Youth Services Funding
316. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if investment will be increased in youth work in budget 2020 to support the work of youth organisations to deliver more and enhanced youth...
- Public Services Card
320. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a public services card must be produced in order to access aspects of the national childcare scheme; if persons have been refused access...
- Preschool Services
322. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount allocated under the capital plan for the purposes of expanding the number of preschool childcare places; and the number of...
- Childcare Costs
323. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of increasing the universal subsidy amount of the national childcare scheme by 50c, €1, €1.50,...
- National Development Plan Funding
325. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which the €250 million referenced on page 93 of the National Development Plan 2018-2027 for the purposes of expanding...
- Tax Reliefs Costs
326. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of extending tax relief or subsidies to parents that use childminders to care for their preschool children. [40297/19]
- Youth Services Funding
330. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has received the submission from an organisation (details supplied) with respect to the youth service grant scheme which sets out...
- Childcare Costs
331. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to reduce the costs on parents that send their children to childminders that are not registered with Tulsa; and...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
333. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the rural regeneration development fund; the status of an application (details supplied); when successful projects will...
- Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
334. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40274/19]
- Voluntary Sector
335. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the development of a national volunteering policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40329/19]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
336. 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....
- Fuel Allowance Applications
337. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive the fuel allowance. [40212/19]
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
338. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) for a domiciliary care allowance will be finalised; and if she will make a...
- Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
339. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo who was refused the third level back to education allowance in...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
340. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Social Welfare Overpayments
341. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a more affordable level of recovery of overpayment can be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
- Disability Allowance Payments
342. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a full disability allowance payment will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); and the timeframe for a...
- Invalidity Pension Eligibility
343. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 254 of 27 June 2019, when an invalidity pension will be approved. [40248/19]
- Social Welfare Overpayments
344. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1808 to 1810, inclusive, of 6 September 2019 in respect of large debts owed to her...
- Departmental Staff Promotions
345. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if executive officer grade positions are available in her Department in Mullingar, County Westmeath. [40290/19]
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
346. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the provision of a pension scheme for community employment scheme supervisors; when the issue will be...
- Springboard Programme
347. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will take steps to include persons in receipt of a partial capacity payment as eligible to participate in training and...
- Jobseeker's Allowance Payments
348. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to restore the full rate of the jobseeker’s allowance to young persons under 26 years of age in budget 2020;...
- Money Advice and Budgeting Service
349. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the 2020 funding allocation for the dedicated mortgage arrears service has been decided; if so, if this decision has been...
- Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
350. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times for applications for payments (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40346/19]
- Occupational Injuries Benefit Payments
351. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment of the occupational injury benefit; and if she will make...
- Occupational Injuries Benefit Data
352. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons (details supplied) that have availed of disablement benefit to date under the occupational injury...
- Working Family Payment
353. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the working family payment continues to issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Schemes
354. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for illness or disability benefit in view of their medical condition; and if she...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
356. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Community Employment Schemes Review
357. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the interdepartmental review of community employment schemes; when the review is expected to be published; and...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Water Supply
359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are grants for water well drilling for domestic houses. [40175/19]
- Housing Issues
360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received a copy of the report of the review group on the planning provisions regarding strategic housing...
- Housing Assistance Payment
361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter regarding HAP tenancies in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Election Management System
362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the modernisation of the electoral registration process which commenced in December 2018; and if he will make a...
- Electoral Commission Establishment
363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the establishment of an electoral commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40322/19]
- Local Authority Housing
364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional resources allocated to local authorities with rent pressure zones for short-term letting regulation arising...
- Social and Affordable Housing Data
365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of units to be provided through the enhanced long-term social housing leasing scheme by county in 2019; and if he...
- Home Loan Scheme
366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of approved applicants, refused applicants and applicants sent for further information, respectively, under the...
- Departmental Data
367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated home ownership rates; if data in his Department in relation to the trend of home ownership rates in recent years...
- Social and Affordable Housing
368. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the roll-out of the affordable housing scheme and serviced sites fund; the number of housing schemes approved;...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Office of Public Works Projects
369. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the ongoing position regarding discussions between the Office of Public Works in respect of a project (details supplied); and if...
- Departmental Funding
371. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason additional funding provided to bodies under the auspices of her Department in the cultural and heritage sector is...
