Written answers

Tuesday, 8 October 2019

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Census of Population Publication
      1. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 6 of 23 July 2019, the way in which and-or procedure in which the 1911 census records were released early; and if he will make a...
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      2. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met or spoken with the DUP leader, Ms Arlene Foster, since 2 October 2019; if the EU response to alternative suggestion by the UK Government to the backstop was...
    • Cabinet Committees
      4. To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee which covers policy on direct provision centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40819/19]
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      5. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason for the lowering of the age limit for entry to cadetships from 28 to 26; the research and consideration undertaken prior to making the...
    • Defence Forces Data
      6. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of females who joined the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service in 2018 and to-date in 2019; the number of females who are in training for...
    • Civil Defence
      7. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the policy for the disposal of Civil Defence uniforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40937/19]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Northern Ireland
      8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has jurisdiction over the inner six mile zone around Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40623/19]
    • Brexit Negotiations
      9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to or met with his UK counterparts or other EU counterparts since the UK Government submitted its written alternative...
    • Overseas Development Aid
      12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to reach the 0.7% ODA-GNI investment commitment with respect to the overseas development aid budget in advance of...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his latest meeting with Mr. Michel Barnier; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40520/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the latest engagement by him and his officials with the European Commission regarding the need for and location of...
    • Good Friday Agreement
      15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views regarding the citizenship of persons (details supplied) and their desire to remain within a country; and if he will make a...
    • Passport Applications
      16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40669/19]
    • International Agreements
      17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when Ireland will sign an international treaty on business and human rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40675/19]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      18. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in Yemen; the recent steps taken by the EU and the international community to address the ongoing instability;...
    • Emigrant Support Services
      20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the implementation of the recommendations in the report on addressing barriers faced by returning Irish emigrants; and if he...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in Venezuela; the EU’s response to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40770/19]
    • Departmental Staff Recruitment
      23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated cost in 2020 of recruiting three additional full-time architects for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Visa Agreements
      24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there has been a change in policy with regard to the working holiday visa agreement between Ireland and the United States; and if he will...
  • Department of Finance
    • Brexit Preparations
      25. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications made by agrifood businesses to register for an economic operators registration and identification number which the Revenue...
    • Customs and Excise Controls
      27. To ask the Minister for Finance if officials have been requested to assess the technological options for the Border separate to and in the absence of custom checks for certain goods. [40816/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      29. To ask the Minister for Finance if the systems put in place by the Revenue Commissioners to deal with Brexit and the potential for a no-deal Brexit have been tried and tested by external...
    • Tax Code
      30. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the Revenue Commissioners treatment of health foods; if his attention has been drawn to the impact of an alteration on small business...
    • Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility
      31. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason tax relief on a mortgage for a person (details supplied) was not permitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40632/19]
    • Mutual Assistance Requests
      32. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of requests invoking mutual agreement procedures received; the total amount of the profit adjustment involved; the tax involved; the number of cases...
    • Tax Reliefs Application
      36. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason some third level education courses that are eligible for tax relief have a €1,500 disregard in respect of amounts spent on fees which is not...
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      37. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount that would be raised if discretionary tax reliefs were available only at the standard rate; the discretionary tax reliefs, the cost of...
    • Tax Collection
      38. To ask the Minister for Finance if arrangements can be made for the late collection of income tax by way of deferred payments in the case of a person (details supplied); if cognisance can be...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      39. To ask the Minister for Finance the value of the dormant accounts fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40726/19]
    • Credit Unions
      40. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has liaised with credit unions and their representative bodies regarding the impact changes to the industry funding levy will have on local credit...
    • Tax Code
      41. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an inequity in the way in which recoupments of overpayments made to staff is handled; if he will review this matter with...
    • Home Building Finance Ireland
      42. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of expressions of interest received by county for the home building finance Ireland lending scheme; the number of completed applications; the number...
    • Legislative Programme
      43. To ask the Minister for Finance the key aspects of the central bank (amendment) Bill referenced in the legislative programme; if the Bill will be published in draft form; the likely timing of...
    • Illicit Trade in Tobacco
      44. To ask the Minister for Finance the maximum prison sentence for the crime of tobacco smuggling; the number of maximum prison sentences that have been imposed for tobacco smuggling in the past...
    • Brexit Preparations
      46. To ask the Minister for Finance if assurances are in place that life insurance companies based in the UK will honour their policies in the event of a no-deal Brexit; and if he will make a...
    • VAT Rate Reductions
      47. 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...
    • Insurance Costs
      48. To ask the Minister for Finance the rank of Ireland in the EU in terms of the level of motor insurance and business insurance costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40914/19]
    • Mortgage Book Sales
      49. To ask the Minister for Finance if split mortgages are considered non-performing loans even when all payments have been made on time and in full; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • State Aid
      51. To ask the Minister for Finance if the State will be able to recoup the €3.9 million costs associated with setting up an escrow account in 2018 in relation to a company (details...
    • Vehicle Registration Data
      52. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated loss of revenue since 2016 due to the reduction in new car sales; the corresponding increase in imported second-hand vehicles; the measures he...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Brexit Preparations
      53. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date by which all the necessary Brexit infrastructure is expected to be completed by the Office of Public Works by port and airport...
    • Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme
      54. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 19 September 2019, the person or body to which the Office of Public Works applied for a...
    • Flood Risk Management
      55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a follow-up meeting between his Department, OPW officials, local Oireachtas members and a committee (details supplied) in County...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      56. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has received an application from an organisation (details supplied) to provide a day care centre in an OPW...
    • Public Sector Pay
      57. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he plans to achieve full pay equality for teachers who joined the public service since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Garda Stations
      58. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will agree to purchase land beside Tubbercurry Garda station, County Sligo, in order to enable the station to be expanded due...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made in the planned flood relief scheme for the Castleconnell area of County Limerick; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • School Transport Data
      61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the accumulated surplus sums held by Bus Éireann in respect of the school transport scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2018; and if he will...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) has had their shared access to a SNA withdrawn for the 2019-20 school year in view of the fact that the...
    • School Transport
      64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a matter regarding school bus escorts will be addressed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40534/19]
    • Education Expenditure
      65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) concerning the need to increase investment in primary...
    • Schools Mental Health Strategies
      66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to increase the amount of time being spent in schools on the social, personal and health education curriculum in...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to expanding the role of behavioural support teachers across secondary and primary schools; if costings have been...
    • School Funding
      68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter regarding a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40547/19]
    • Home Tuition Scheme Provision
      69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to delays in granting home tuition supports; the reason home tuition hours have not been sanctioned; when this...
    • Home Tuition Scheme
      71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of hours and amount of funding allocated for home tuition hours for children with ASD and others in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and...
    • School Transport Administration
      72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his Department will provide the Ombudsman for Children with a detailed measurement of routes and mileage of the distance between Quin and...
    • School Services Staff
      73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a situation relating to school secretaries (details supplied); if the matter will be resolved; and if he will...
    • School Staff
      74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to recognise large primary schools and extend the allocation of posts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a major school building project (details supplied) is stuck at stage 2b detailed design since December 2016; and if he will make a...
    • School Costs
      76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected costs that accrue to schools for using external accountants or auditors; and if he has allocated additional funding to schools to...
    • Schools Data
      77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools which have failed to submit their accounts to the FSSU in line with the provision of section 18 of the Education Act 1998;...
    • Capitation Grants
      79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore and-or increase capitation grants for primary schools in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40652/19]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress he has made to date on reducing primary school class sizes to match an EU average of 20 pupils per teacher; and if he will make a...
    • Teacher Recruitment
      82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will be reinstated to their position as a career guidance councillor in view of the fact the Teaching Council...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the pre-tender stage of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40674/19]
    • Education Funding
      84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding investment in primary education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40679/19]
    • Departmental Staff Redeployment
      85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the clerical officer transfer of a person (details supplied) under the mobility scheme will be possible; and if there is a timeline for same....
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if sanction will be granted to a school (details supplied) to proceed to tender for a three classroom extension, which has already been approved...
    • Higher Education Institutions Staff
      87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address sexual harassment of staff in higher education institutions; the work programme of the new Centre of Excellence for Gender...
    • Schools Building Projects Data
      88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of investment (details supplied) in Cork since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40702/19]
    • School Management
      89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review in-school management posts in primary schools with a view to revising upwards the provision of posts for schools with more...
    • Departmental Schemes
      90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) was informed that the review of the ex-gratia scheme is separate from the report that has to be sent back...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be allocated to increase ASD units in a school (details supplied) in south County Kildare. [40746/19]
    • School Staff
      92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to redeploy secondary school teachers between Dublin and County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40750/19]
    • Schools Health and Safety
      93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent on improving the health and safety standards of each school impacted by the structural review of schools constructed by a company...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of early behavioural disability units in County Tipperary primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40758/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made to date to improve the recognition of the role of a special needs assistant; the future plans to strengthen the...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planning position in regard to the new post-primary school for south Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Schemes
      99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of payments made under an ex-gratia scheme instituted on foot of a judgment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Curriculum
      101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the meaning of special core status for history; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40822/19]
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all matters in relation to the contracts for sale for the purchase of a site for a school (details supplied) have been signed and finalised;...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40882/19]
    • Home Tuition Scheme Administration
      106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request his Department to speed up the payment of wages to teachers that participate in home tuition; and if he will make a statement...
    • Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
      107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost in 2020 if the 100% maintenance adjacent rate was increased from €1,215 to €1,350 and the non-adjacent 100%...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of all bilateral meetings to date in 2019 that he has had with his EU counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the reduction of the primary school class size ratio here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40934/19]
    • Capitation Grants
      110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the level of the capitation grant awarded to schools here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40935/19]
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if secondary schools have access to NEPS over weekends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40973/19]
    • Departmental Reviews
      112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the implementation task force on guidance counsellors; and the reason no guidance counsellors are members of the task force....
    • School Patronage
      113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a party (details supplied) will have the power of veto over the master plan compiled by his Department to provide a permanent home for the...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the appropriate person to contact in his Department regarding a document (details supplied) in respect of a family that has children with special...
    • School Transport Review
      115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to review the workings of the school transport system, in particular the system for the allocation of concessionary...
    • Schools Health and Safety
      116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 1 October 2019, if it will be ensured that a premises (details supplied) complies with all fire...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of medium-term, temporary and long-term accommodation for educate together south city Cork. [41046/19]
    • School Admissions
      118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has reviewed the demand for secondary school spaces in an area (details supplied) in view of the exclusion by Meath and Louth ETB of...
    • Schools Health and Safety
      119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that require works to be undertaken to remove pyrite from some or all of the school buildings or grounds; the details of...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of legal action being taken as a result of a number of school buildings being contaminated with pyrite; if remediation works in the...
    • School Funding
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount his Department has paid out to schools to monitor and undertake short-term repair works to deal with the consequences of pyrite...
    • Schools Data
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of primary schools in an area in Cork (details supplied). [41119/19]
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a school in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41121/19]
    • Schools Establishment
      125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which a special needs school applies for a roll number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41122/19]
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when works will take place to ensure the protection of children attending a school (details supplied). [41125/19]
    • Teacher Supply
      127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide extra support for teaching principals in primary schools in view of the increase in responsibilities, reports and paperwork...
    • Departmental Reviews
      128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to a review of options for standardised testing in order that clear information is provided to teachers and parents....
    • Commencement of Legislation
      129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to the commencement of fitness to teach provisions of the Teaching Council Act. [41139/19]
    • Teacher Training Provision
      130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to additional funding provided for continuous professional development for teachers since February 2016. [41140/19]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to the development of a mechanism to recognise a person’s practical work experience and expertise in order to...
    • School Accommodation
      132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of works at schools (details supplied); if these works are consistent with those announced under the prefab replacement programme;...
    • Institutes of Technology
      133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of refurbishment works at Dundalk IT. [41143/19]
    • Third Level Facilities
      136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of a building (details supplied). [41146/19]
    • Technological Universities
      138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of a recreation department (details supplied). [41148/19]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Legislative Reviews
      139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review his Department is conducting into the effectiveness of the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act...
    • Sentencing Policy
      140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the establishment of the sentencing guidelines and information committee; and when he expects draft sentencing...
    • Refugee Status Applications
      141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he will make contact with a person in respect of the recommendation from his Department that the person (details supplied)...
    • Prisoner Releases
      143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the basis upon which a person (details supplied) was granted temporary release from prison in circumstances in which the person...
    • Immigration Status
      144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) who was granted a stamp 4 visa status based on the naturalisation of the person's parent as an...
    • International Protection
      145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 320 of 2 July 2019, the number granted labour market access permission and who reside in...
    • Garda Deployment
      146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in County Kildare in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Assisted Decision Making
      147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider the need of wards and families for a link and-or liaison and-or position on the steering group regarding...
    • Crime Prevention
      148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána working group has published its national strategy to deal with assaults against the person; if...
    • Refugee Data
      149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees staying in a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40747/19]
    • Visa Applications
      151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a visa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40749/19]
    • Departmental Reform
      152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the costs incurred to date in respect of a consultancy regarding the reorganisation of his Department...
    • Deportation Orders Data
      153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers who have been returned from Ireland to Zimbabwe in each of the years 2016 to 2018; and if he will...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if correspondence regarding the proposed move of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if the person can remain in...
    • Disability Act Employment Targets
      155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the results to date of the national disability inclusion strategy recommendation 4.49 to increase the public sector employment...
    • Direct Provision System
      156. 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 cease using...
    • Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
      157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the remuneration package for each chief executive officer of State or semi-State organisations under the aegis of his...
    • Garda Data
      158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost in 2020 if the budget for the Garda Criminal Assets Bureau increased by 20%; and if he will make a statement...
    • Community Alert Programme
      160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to improve and expand the existing community text alert scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40985/19]
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications made for community based CCTV systems; the number that have been funded, installed and are now...
    • Human Rights
      162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which he plans to address the recent report by the human rights agency of the European Union that Ireland has a...
    • Firearms Seizures
      163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of guns seized by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will...
    • Judicial Council Legislation
      164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address areas of concern with respect to the Judicial Council Act 2019 (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Ministerial Functions
      165. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has requested the office of the chief scientific adviser on occasions to advise the Government; and if so, when and the matters...
    • Exports Data
      166. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the goods exported to the United States of America that will be subject to higher tariffs in October 2019 and in the near future; the...
    • Brexit Supports
      167. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the latest data on the funding available through her Department for Brexit related supports and initiatives; the funding that has been...
    • Brexit Preparations
      168. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the latest data on the percentage of exporters with a Brexit plan in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40519/19]
    • Company Law
      169. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied that there are adequate obligations on the receiver appointed in respect of residential properties to maximise the...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      170. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of meetings she and her two immediate predecessors had with the national SME envoy of Ireland in each of the years 2016 to...
    • Departmental Bodies
      171. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of meetings of the advisory group for small business in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular...
    • Work Permits Eligibility
      172. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the work permit regime will be reviewed to make it easier for non-EU nationals to work as home carers employed directly or...
    • Work Permits Applications
      173. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of a work permit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40844/19]
    • Science Foundation Ireland Data
      175. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding her Department provided to Science Foundation Ireland in 2017, 2018 and 2019, in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      176. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a copy of all correspondence between her office and the IDA from 2016 to 1 October 2019 will be provided. [40969/19]
    • Brexit Supports
      180. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses by county that have applied for working capital under the Brexit loan scheme; the number of such businesses...
    • Climate Change Policy
      182. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the financial supports for businesses that will be introduced for actions targeted for the enterprise sector in the Climate Action...
  • Department of Health
    • Pension Provisions
      183. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received the pension increments for 2019 as promised in line with the national wage agreement; and if he will...
    • HSE Staff Remuneration
      184. To ask the Minister for Health the reason some former HSE staff have still not received their pension increments as promised in line with the national wage agreement for 2018 and 2019; and...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      185. To ask the Minister for Health when an approved home support package will be put in place for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      186. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can retroactively gain access to the CervicalCheck audit by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists despite...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      187. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40523/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      188. To ask the Minister for Health if the governance review of the drugs approval process as set out under Sláintecare work stream 2 has commenced; if so, the date on which it commenced; if...
    • Medicinal Products Availability
      190. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to take steps to increase the speed of access and improve the rate of availability of medicines here in view of the fact that Ireland ranks 19th out...
    • Medicinal Products Expenditure
      191. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated spend on medicines in 2019, in tabular form. [40531/19]
    • National Dementia Strategy
      192. To ask the Minister for Health if funding in the region of €18 million will be provided towards community supports and homecare for persons with dementia as identified by an...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      193. To ask the Minister for Health the number of private firms providing homecare services nationwide; the position in relation to the regulation of these firms; the number that are regulated;...
    • Paediatric Services
      194. 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....
    • Diabetes Strategy
      195. To ask the Minister for Health the management plans in place to help almost 100 teenagers transition into adult diabetes services at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      196. To ask the Minister for Health the status of full-time residential care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40541/19]
    • Medicinal Products Expenditure
      197. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost of prescription diabetes medications as a percentage of the annual cost of prescription medications, including the blood testing strips to the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
      198. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be fitted with a pain pump permanently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40557/19]
    • Health Services Staff
      199. To ask the Minister for Health if an issue raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40566/19]
    • Disability Support Services Provision
      200. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1262 of 6 September 2019, if the requested information will be provided to the parent who has been unable to obtain a...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      201. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 460 of 2 July 2019, if he will meet the families that have been impacted by the misreading of scans at University...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision
      202. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding to help subsidise IVF treatment for couples will be provided in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40585/19]
    • Commencement of Legislation
      204. To ask the Minister for Health the causes of the delay in the commencement of Parts 2 and 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 until May 2020; if he will consider an earlier...
    • Health Strategies
      205. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the rollout of the PrEP programme by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40594/19]
    • Assisted Human Reproduction Legislation
      206. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the assisted human reproduction Bill; his plans to bring the legislation before the Houses of the Oireachtas in 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Services
      207. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that since the publication of the three year implementation framework for the neurorehabilitation strategy in...
    • Maternity Services
      208. To ask the Minister for Health if screening for pregnant women to include a screening for the diagnosis of cytomegalovirus will be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • HSE Reviews
      209. 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
      210. To ask the Minister for Health if the reimbursement dataset for the FreeStyle Libre device will specifically cover only current HSE funded users of FreeStyle Libre; if not, if the HTA review...
    • Occupational Therapy Data
      211. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to private occupational therapists by the HSE to deal with assessment of needs backlogs by county; the amount paid to each private occupational...
    • Health Services Staff
      212. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40609/19]
    • Paediatric Services
      213. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 29 May 2019, if the locum diabetic paediatrician planned for recruitment for July 2019 has commenced; if not, the...
    • Diabetes Strategy
      214. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the plan by the HSE for the transfer of 100 adolescents to adult diabetic services in the near future; and if he will make a...
    • Palliative Care Services
      215. To ask the Minister for Health when the new 20-bed south east palliative care unit at University Hospital Waterford will be fully commissioned and operational; the reason for the delay in...
    • Abortion Services Provision
      219. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the introduction of safe access zones around facilities that provide for the termination of pregnancies; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Palliative Care Services
      220. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the availability of palliative care here by LHOs in tabular form; the recommended locations for palliative care; and if he will make a...
    • Palliative Care for Children
      221. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding paediatric palliative care in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40646/19]
    • Medical Card Data
      222. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical cards as of 30 September 2019; the number of general practitioner cards on the same date; and the number for each type of card issued on...
    • Primary Care Centres Data
      223. To ask the Minister for Health if works on the Grange and Drumcliffe primary health centres in County Sligo will be progressing together; the estimated completion time of both; and if he...
    • Hospital Services
      224. To ask the Minister for Health the reason IV drips are not being administered to patients when required in community hospitals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Brexit Preparations
      226. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the continuity of medical devices will be affected in a no-deal Brexit; the steps that have been put in place if such a scenario occurs; and...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      227. To ask the Minister for Health the principles and procedures applied in risk rating persons that are waiting for the provision of home support services for older people; the number of...
    • Palliative Care Services
      228. To ask the Minister for Health if an investigation is ongoing regarding the lack of access to palliative care in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Transport Support Scheme
      230. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a replacement for the transport grant for disabled drivers which was abolished five years ago; if so, the timeframe for same; and if he...
    • National Dementia Strategy
      231. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be ensured for dementia services provided by county in the health spending Estimates for 2020; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Card Applications
      232. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a discretionary medical card for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40703/19]
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      233. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact women attending the Rotunda Hospital for a colposcopy are waiting 15 weeks for colposcopy results; if his attention...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      234. To ask the Minister for Health if a home care package for a person (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40710/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      235. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter (details supplied) in respect of speech and language and occupational therapy for children will be investigated; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
      236. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of child psychology services at Celbridge CAMHS unit; if there is now a full-time permanent post-holder in place; if there is...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      237. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the National Treatment Purchase Fund and the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, to address the technical issues which have...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      238. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for an operation in view of the fact the person's pre-operative assessment was carried out five months ago;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      239. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for oral maxilla facial services at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, as of 30 September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      240. To ask the Minister for Health the expected date for the commencement of consultations on the future of services in Portlaoise Hospital. [40735/19]
    • Health Services Staff
      241. To ask the Minister for Health when a diabetes community care nurse will be allocated to County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40738/19]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      242. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40740/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      243. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [40742/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      244. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider purchasing an upright MRI scanner here and failing that if he will allow patients in need of an upright MRI scan to travel to the UK and...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      245. To ask the Minister for Health the number of treatment options available for persons with drug addiction problems; and the number of persons availing of each in 2017, 2018 and to date in...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Data
      246. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential places available for the treatment of persons with drug addiction problems by local health office area in tabular form. [40755/19]
    • Disabilities Data
      248. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children diagnosed with early behaviour disability in County Tipperary in the past five years in tabular form; the number of children in County...
    • Medical Card Applications
      249. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical card application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40759/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      250. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment at St. James's Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      251. To ask the Minister for Health when respite service provision will resume for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40764/19]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      252. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received the home help the person was granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40765/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      253. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for a MRI scan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40771/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      254. To ask the Minister for Health when an application for the nursing homes support scheme will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      255. To ask the Minister for Health the laboratories from which the 221 cases of misdiagnosed smears under Cervical Check came, by laboratory and by year in tabular form. [40777/19]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      256. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for an official diagnosis will be expedited for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40785/19]
    • Pharmaceutical Sector
      257. To ask the Minister for Health the budget for pharmacists (details supplied) in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40786/19]
    • Health Services Access
      258. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a patient here can obtain a test for malignant hyperthermia; if the test is not available here if a person can access this treatment in...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      259. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) will have to wait for an appointment with a service (details supplied). [40791/19]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      260. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) will have to wait for an assessment at St. Gabriel's, Limerick. [40792/19]
    • Vaccination Programme
      261. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the HSE continues to provide the flu vaccination jab free of charge to home carers employed directly or indirectly by the HSE; and if he...
    • Thalidomide Victims Compensation
      262. To ask the Minister for Health when he will lift the limitation period on all Thalidomide claims; when the Irish State will acknowledge the wrongdoing and damage caused by thalidomide; and...
    • Transport Support Scheme
      264. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance is available to a family (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40801/19]
    • Rehabilitative Training Allowance Payments
      265. To ask the Minister for Health if the rehabilitation training allowance will be reinstated for new entrants; if his attention has been drawn to the significant difficulty that this decision...
    • Hospital Appointments Administration
      266. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be expedited. [40828/19]
    • Hospital Services
      267. To ask the Minister for Health if an independent investigation into gynaecology services in Letterkenny General Hospital will be launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Children's Hospital
      268. To ask the Minister for Health if a copy of all NPHDB and CHPP minutes for 2018 and 2019 in relation to the new national children’s hospital will be provided. [40837/19]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      269. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in commencing the employment of successful applicants in various posts in the HSE; if applicants for positions nationwide have been...
    • Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
      270. To ask the Minister for Health if an early appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) with the occupational therapy primary care paediatric service in County Kilkenny; the...
    • Home Care Packages Funding
      271. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding certainty of sufficient funding for supported care homes to enable the continuation of the provision of cost efficient care for...
    • Newborn Screening Cards
      273. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made in introducing a thorough newborn screening programme to provide lifesaving essential early diagnoses of conditions such as MLD; and if...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      274. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 423 of 1 October 2019, if the specific question asked will be addressed; if differences in the way in which different...
    • Primary Care Centres Funding
      275. To ask the Minister for Health if capital funding will be allocated to upgrade Cliffony health centre and Carrigans day care centre in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disease Awareness
      276. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a person can create an official awareness day in order to have recognition for a disease (details supplied) here; and if he will make a...
    • Home Help Service
      277. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding cuts to the rostered hours of home help sector workers within the Health Service Executive CHO Area 5; the position regarding deficits...
    • Disability Services Funding
      278. To ask the Minister for Health the disability services within the Sláintecare plan; when multi-annual funding will commence for the disability sector; the individual planning pathway...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      279. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to develop a management information system within the disability sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40942/19]
    • Disability Services Funding
      280. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is ringfenced for the disability sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40943/19]
    • Health Services
      281. To ask the Minister for Health if the system of therapeutic hypothermia for newborn babies in the health service takes into account the need for a baby to reach the correct low temperature...
    • Ambulance Service Response Times
      282. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 463 to 466 of 2 July 2019, if a matter of hours would ensure that a baby would get the critical therapeutic hypothermia...
    • Psychological Services
      286. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for psychiatry staffing services in Kilcock health centre to provide counselling services to young persons based in Kilcock, Maynooth and...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
      288. To ask the Minister for Health if he will undertake an urgent review of the allocation of mental health services to young persons; the areas in which gaps in provision of services exist by...
    • Home Help Service Data
      290. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Wicklow on waiting lists for home support hours. [40988/19]
    • Disability Services Provision
      291. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be expedited. [40990/19]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      292. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding medical cards for cancer patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40991/19]
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications
      293. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the nursing homes support scheme and national placement list for a person (details supplied). [40992/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      294. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be admitted to hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41001/19]
    • Drug Treatment Programmes
      295. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider opening a drug treatment centre in north County Dublin in view of the increased population of the area and an increase in the number of...
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      296. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a primary care centre in Lucan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41014/19]
    • Vaccination Programme
      297. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the decision not to provide a catch-up programme for the HPV free vaccine for boys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41015/19]
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Data
      298. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons by county who received drug treatment; the types of treatments received, that is, detox, residential rehabilitation, methadone,...
    • Disability Services Provision
      299. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated to carry out research involving the Central Statistics Office in order to establish the unmet need of wheelchair users for...
    • Voluntary Sector Remuneration
      300. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated amount it would cost for pay restoration for workers employed by section 39 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41027/19]
    • Dental Services
      301. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering allowing for the establishment of dental hygiene practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41028/19]
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      302. To ask the Minister for Health if further funding for staffing at a service (details supplied) under a programme will be provided; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this rural...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review
      303. To ask the Minister for Health if the review of the pricing system for long-term residential care facilities, as recommended in the review of the fair deal scheme, will be published; if an...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      304. To ask the Minister for Health if the age restriction will be removed in respect of the FreeStyle Libre device in order that it is available to all persons with type 1 diabetes; the...
    • Cancer Screening Programmes
      305. To ask the Minister for Health the reason his Department denies the existence of the email sent by a person (details supplied) on 27 March 2019 to the Office of the Taoiseach regarding...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      306. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be seen by a consultant psychiatrist at St. Columcille’s Hospital, Loughlinstown; and if he will...
    • Nursing Staff
      307. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the transfer of a person (details supplied). [41056/19]
    • Hospital Consultant Data
      308. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant positions, temporary and full time in Galway University Hospital; when such positions will be filled; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      309. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme at the end of September 2019; the average wait time; the length of time waiting by local...
    • Hospital Facilities
      310. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the refurbishment works at Kanturk Community Hospital, Kanturk, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41072/19]
    • HSE Reports
      311. To ask the Minister for Health if the annual national sepsis report will be published as a matter of urgency; if not, the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • HSE Reviews
      312. 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
      313. To ask the Minister for Health if the reimbursement dataset specifically will cover only current HSE funded users of the FreeStyle Libre device; if not, if the Health Technology Assessment...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      314. To ask the Minister for Health when additional resources will be provided to reduce delays in providing assessments and follow-up services for children in counties Cavan and Monaghan under...
    • National Dementia Strategy
      315. To ask the Minister for Health if a pre-budget 2020 submission made by an organisation (details supplied) in respect of the need to improve resources for dementia care will be given...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      316. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 807 of 6 September 2019, if he will request that the children’s health Ireland monthly update reports on scoliosis...
    • Health Services Provision
      317. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to meet patient demand and reduce public eye care waiting lists which are growing year on year with waiting times of up to two years now standard;...
    • Home Help Service Eligibility
      318. To ask the Minister for Health if a service for a person (details supplied) will be re-instated. [41151/19]
    • Psychological Services
      319. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of child psychology services across all of north County Kildare; the vacant posts at locations and the timeline within which they...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Animal Disease Controls
      320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine the possibility of vaccinating hares to protect them from the deadly RHD2 virus which has been detected in a...
    • Beef Industry
      321. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to implement the provision in the agriculture motion adopted by Dáil Éireann on 26 September 2019 to...
    • Brexit Supports
      323. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding for Brexit related initiatives available from his Department; the funding that has been drawn down to date in tabular...
    • Agriculture Scheme Eligibility
      324. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the BEAM scheme and the eligibility of farmers that had animals sent for...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      326. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the first instalment of an ANC payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      327. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an area aid payment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40551/19]
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      328. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40556/19]
    • Fishing Industry
      329. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if mussel seed fishing will be granted in Cromane, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      330. 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. [40570/19]
    • Livestock Issues
      331. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the relevant document will be reviewed in order that only one importer is recorded in one transaction to protect the GDPR rights...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      332. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 2102 to 2107 of 23 July 2019, the most recent figure for the number of positions that remain...
    • Fishing Industry Data
      333. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated amount of mussel seed available for fishing in the waters of the State in each of the years 2016 to 2018; and if he...
    • Common Fisheries Policy
      338. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the definition of the joint management of mussel stocks; if it is still in operation; the legislative basis for same; and if he will...
    • Fishing Industry
      341. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a vessel from the UK and Northern Ireland needs to hold an allocation of mussel seed given by him to an aquaculture site here in...
    • Fishing Vessel Licences
      344. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the definition of the term owned and operated in Northern Ireland in relation to fishing vessels; the way in which is it defined in...
    • Brexit Issues
      345. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are concerns regarding food imports in the event of a no-deal Brexit; if so, if his Department has identified certain food...
    • Dairy Sector
      346. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the greater use of dairy futures markets as a tool to allow farmers to hedge against volatile prices. [40682/19]
    • Common Agricultural Policy Reform
      347. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of recent CAP reform discussions at recent EU Agriculture Council meetings with respect to current European tools for...
    • Forestry Sector
      348. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a company (details supplied); the nature of the process; if all stakeholders are consulted on the...
    • Parking Charges
      349. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a castle (details supplied) should charge for parking for wheelchair users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40695/19]
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme Applications
      350. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all overdue farm payments dating back to 2013 will issue to a person (details supplied); and if the matter will be expedited....
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme
      353. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the project of roll out of the new areas of natural constraint; the way a land owner can make an application for...
    • Farm Waste Disposal
      355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to change regulations on spreading chicken slurry here; if the same chicken slurry can be imported under current...
    • Beef Industry
      356. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1374 of 6 September 2019, the breakdown of the herdowners that purchased cattle in a mart and...
    • Greyhound Industry
      358. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an investigation has been initiated into allegations of breaches of greyhound welfare as highlighted in the media (details...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
      359. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the most recent proposals put forward at the EU Agriculture Council on the need to ensure there is no reduction in funding for CAP...
    • Food Imports
      360. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full-year cost of purchasing six extra trained food detector dogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40919/19]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      361. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times in 2018 and to date in 2019 he has met with the CEO and-or equivalent from each State agency under the remit of...
    • Organic Farming Scheme
      362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is considering reopening the organic farm scheme to new entrants for specific commodity sectors that are in deficit; and if he...
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a headage payment; the steps that can be taken to rectify the problem; and if...
    • Trade Missions Data
      365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the expenditure relating to a promotional trip by Bord Bia to China in May 2019; the name of private sector companies...
    • Food Exports
      366. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the announcement by the United States of America that it will begin applying WTO tariffs on certain EU goods beginning...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Waste Disposal Charges
      367. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce an allowance for adults with incontinence and who are dependent on social welfare to offset the...
    • Inland Fisheries Stocks
      368. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the large amount of fish being reported as unrecognisable as normal fish (details supplied) in...
    • Inland Fisheries Regulation
      369. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the process of appropriate certification from a professional engineer works in terms of Inland...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland
      371. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the instream enhancement project carried out in Trim, County Meath, in September 2018 by the OPW in...
    • Inland Fisheries
      373. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider making instream design and delivery services to the OPW a priority; and if he will make a statement...
    • Air Pollution
      374. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he will take to address the concerns of the EPA regarding the rising levels of pollution and the failure to...
    • Energy Prices
      377. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his officials have examined proposals to give the Commission for Regulation of Utilities additional powers to...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      379. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date for his forthcoming meeting with the chief executives of the ESB and Bord na Móna to set out a future...
    • National Broadband Plan
      380. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the challenge to the map of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Electric Vehicles
      382. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the grants available to service station owners nationally to enable them to develop high speed 100 kWh electric car...
    • Energy Schemes Data
      383. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of an SEAI deep retrofit scheme application by persons (details supplied); when approval will issue for...
    • Energy Policy
      385. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to conduct a full review of energy security here; if this will include a new energy White Paper; and if...
    • Energy Resources
      386. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is planning to confirm plans with the European Commission this week to build gas import terminals here as a...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      387. 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...
    • Renewable Energy Incentives
      388. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date by end of 2019 he expects the first RESS auction to open for applications; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Energy Regulation
      389. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether the regulatory framework, including network development, operation and delivery plans for...
    • Energy Policy
      390. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of revenue received from the income gained from the auction of allowances the units which are used for...
    • National Broadband Plan Administration
      392. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll out of the national broadband plan at a location (details supplied); if broadband will be...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Brexit Preparations
      393. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of contingency plans at Dublin Port in the event of a hard Brexit; if the systems that have been put in place to deal with...
    • Brexit Issues
      394. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capacity at Dublin Port for trucks in the event of a no-deal Brexit and trucks are subsequently subject to checks and so on; his...
    • Rural Transport Services
      395. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason vehicles that are more than 15 years old and are deemed road worthy do not qualify for the rural transport scheme; and if he...
    • Public Transport
      396. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to recent social media videos (details supplied); if he has contacted Luas regarding the issue; and if he...
    • Driver Licences
      397. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedure by which a holder of a British driver licence will be able to obtain an Irish licence if they seek to obtain one after 31...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      398. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the lack of capacity to cater for all commuters to avail of some early morning services on the NX route from Navan, County Meath will...
    • Brexit Issues
      399. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all the necessary infrastructure will be in place and be ready to be operationalised at Rosslare Port on 31 October 2019 in the event...
    • Taxi Regulations
      400. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); the number of taxis affected by this issue; and the persons...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland Funding
      401. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of funding that has been provided to Transport Infrastructure Ireland to undertake noise abatement measures in relation to the...
    • Air Quality
      402. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the mitigation measures his Department is putting in place to offset the health and safety risks posed by over 7,000 vehicles which...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      403. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital expenditure of his Department from 1 January to 31 August 2019 under the heading of B8.1 smarter travel-sustainable urban...
    • Bus Services
      404. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority is considering the introduction of a dedicated bus service under the LocalLink brand to service the...
    • Trans European Transport Network Programme
      405. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received a formal request from officials in Donegal County Council to meet with a view to discussing the proposed TEN-T...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      406. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application for sports capital by a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40886/19]
    • Ministerial Meetings
      407. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he last met formally with the chairperson and-or chief executive officer of Iarnród Éireann; when he will next meet...
    • Public Transport Provision
      408. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of residents of Blessington, County Wicklow, that BusConnects by itself will not provide...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      409. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application by a club (details supplied) for a sports capital grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Haulage Industry
      410. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the challenging operating environment the haulage sector faces, in particular the unprecedented challenges posed by Brexit;...
    • Military Aircraft Landings
      411. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an aircraft (details supplied) was authorised to carry weapons or munitions or other military goods through Shannon Airport on 30...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Education Welfare Service
      412. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position with regard to increasing the mandatory school going age to 17 years. [41136/19]
    • School Completion Programme
      413. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the provision of a new school completion strategy. [41137/19]
    • Family Resource Centres
      414. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding available for a family resource centre (details supplied) for a homework club; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      415. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of mandated reports filed with Tusla in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; the number that were investigated; the number that were...
    • Voluntary Sector Funding
      416. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding provided to a charity (details supplied) in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; the reporting arrangements in place with the...
    • Domestic Violence Services Funding
      417. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a decision on the allocation of five additional workers to the domestic violence sector in Galway city and county will be made; the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Funding
      418. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the purchase of land; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40901/19]
    • Departmental Budgets
      419. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost in 2020 if the budget for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence services increased by 10%; and if she will make a...
    • Childcare Services Inspections
      420. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the 113 crèche facilities operating with conditions attached to their registration in north Dublin and all 120 facilities in...
    • Child Abuse
      421. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the child abuse substantiation procedures of Tusla referenced by the departmental EAG third interim report will be made public; the...
    • Child Protection
      423. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 847 of 11 June 2019, her views on whether the organisation (details supplied) is now compliant with...
    • Childcare Services Regulation
      427. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an early years provider (details supplied) who has been prosecuted for operation without...
    • Child and Family Agency Staff
      432. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of psychotherapists directly employed by Tusla by LHO. [41094/19]
    • Child and Family Agency Data
      434. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of referrals to outside therapeutic services, not including CAMHS, by Tusla in 2018 by LHO. [41096/19]
    • Child and Family Agency Expenditure
      435. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent by Tusla on external therapeutic services in 2017, 2018 and in quarter 1 and quarter 2 of 2019 combined. [41097/19]
    • Adoption Data
      436. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of adoption declarations made in each of the past four years. [41098/19]
    • Childcare Services Funding
      438. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41124/19]
    • Youth Services
      439. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will investigate the possibility of increasing investment in youth work in advance of budget 2020 to enable youth organisations to...
    • Budget Submissions
      441. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consideration will be given to budget 2020 submission by an organisation (details supplied) in respect of the provision of childcare and...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      442. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are plans for a 2020 town and village renewal scheme; if so, when details will be announced; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Schemes
      443. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the percentage of expenditure that a local authority must outlay on an approved project (details supplied) before allocated funding...
    • Tidy Towns Committees Funding
      444. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has considered allocating ring-fenced funding to tidy towns committees in view of the recent tidy towns results; and if he will...
    • CLÁR Programme
      445. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason only three projects in County Cork were approved funding under the recent CLÁR 2019 measure 1 and 2 allocation; the...
    • LEADER Programmes Data
      450. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the drawdown for :LEADER funding in Galway in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      451. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a reapplication for a domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied). [40526/19]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      452. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she...
    • Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Payments
      453. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the criteria for the partial capacity payment will be amended to allow persons in receipt of the payment to avail of...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      454. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied); when a decision is expected; and if she will make...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      455. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied) will issue; and if she will make a...
    • Social Insurance
      456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if paid PRSI contributions are credited to the PRSI record of a person following confirmation of payment of PRS; if not, PRSI...
    • Free Travel Scheme Applications
      457. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a free travel pass will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40598/19]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • State Pensions Reform
      459. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for social welfare payments for persons obliged to retire at 65 years of age as the State pension age increases to...
    • JobPath Data
      460. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons referred to Turas Nua and Seetec for JobPath to date; the number of persons to date that have gained...
    • Invalidity Pension Payments
      461. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an invalidity pension payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and the amount of arrears due. [40630/19]
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears will issue in the case of a person (details supplied). [40648/19]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied); and when a decision will be made in relation to...
    • Working Family Payment Appeals
      466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the working family payment for a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if she will make...
    • Community Employment Schemes Eligibility
      467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will meet with this Deputy and a person (details supplied) to discuss older workers and community employment schemes;...
    • Citizens Information Board
      468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is an effective efficient and fair distribution of funds by the Citizens Information Board to various MABS companies...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding CP 116 and IORP II; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40724/19]
    • State Pension (Contributory) (1 comment)
      470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress on the changes to calculating PRSI entitlements for the State pension (contributory); and the effects of the...
    • Brexit Issues
      471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the contingency in place in the event of a crash out and-or no-deal Brexit in respect of contracts in place with a service...
    • Home Help Service
      472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the number of hours that can be worked by home carers employed directly or indirectly by the HSE in respect of the various...
    • Workplace Equipment Adaptation Grant
      473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received over the past five years and the number of grants awarded for the workplace adaptation...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Applications
      474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a UK record for a pension application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; the status of the application; and...
    • Invalidity Pension Reviews
      475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delays issuing a decision on the review of an invalidity pension application by a person (details...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
      476. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 650 of 2 July 2019, if the necessary documentation required has been received in the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      478. 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...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • Community Employment Schemes Review
      480. 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...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 29 May 2019, the progress in relation to the commencement of section 13 of the...
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40981/19]
    • Free Travel Scheme
      484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a companion pass will be reinstated in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry following the submission of...
    • Working Family Payment Applications
      485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a working family payment application by a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if she...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      486. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) for a disability allowance qualified adult...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) for a carer's allowance will be processed; and if she will make a statement...
    • JobPath Programme
      489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) does not need to attend Turas Nua appointments; and if she...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      490. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an illness benefit for a person (details supplied) will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41051/19]
    • Community Employment Schemes Funding
      491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which, and the area from which, the €2.5 million additional funding announced in budget 2019 for the...
    • School Meals Programme
      492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost to roll out the school meals programme to all primary and secondary schools here; and if...
    • State Pensions Reform
      493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding changes to the old age pension; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Nitrates Action Programme
      494. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider extending the slurry spreading deadline to 30 October 2019 in view of adverse weather conditions; and if...
    • Water Meters Installation
      495. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Irish Water is no longer installing domestic water meters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40549/19]
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      496. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of approved housing bodies that have tier 1 certified body status; the number given tier 1 certified body status in...
    • River Basin Management Plans
      497. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of progress made by the steering group to recommend ways to improve the fish passage at Parteen and Ardnacrusha on...
    • Local Authority Leases
      501. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of private houses that local authorities are renting and subletting as social housing by local authority; the...
    • Fire Service Staff
      502. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the retirement age of retained firefighters; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Data
      503. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has Part V targets for 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if so, the details of the targets for each of the years...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      504. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will include an ethnic identifier in the pathway accommodation and support system to include Travellers. [40713/19]
    • Housing Adaptation Grant Data
      505. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to each local authority in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019 for housing...
    • Interdepartmental Working Groups
      507. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the steering group for the separation of Irish Water from a group (details supplied) has presented proposals regarding the...
    • Regeneration Projects
      508. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason there is building of expensive private homes on public lands at a location (details supplied) in view of the fact...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
      509. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when planned changes to qualification requirements for the tenant purchase scheme will be announced; and if he will make a...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      510. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of the 2006 wind energy development guidelines; when the review will be completed and the new...
    • Electoral Commission Establishment
      511. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if progress has been made on the establishment of a national electoral commission, as recommended to oversee the conduct of...
    • Residential Tenancies Board
      512. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to change the legislation establishing the PRTB that only allows an appeal to the courts on a point of law; and if...
    • Fire Stations Upgrade
      513. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the fire station capital plan and the need to upgrade many fire stations such as Baltinglass; and if he will...
    • Local Government Fund
      514. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated to the Local Government Fund in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the composition of...
    • Water Supply
      515. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are grants for water well drilling for domestic houses. [40946/19]
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      516. 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;...
    • Electoral Register
      517. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to the establishment of an online voter registration system; and if he will make a statement...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Administration
      518. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average processing time for approving HAP applications; if his attention has been drawn to delays in processing new HAP...
    • Local Authority Housing Standards
      519. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities will be required to bring new housing stock which they acquire from now on up to BER B2 standard; if so,...
    • Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
      520. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on each housing waiting list by local authority that are wheelchair users; and if he will make a...
    • National Oversight and Audit Commission
      521. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address the report by the National Oversight and Audit Commission that revealed that eight of 31 city and county...
    • Rental Sector Strategy
      522. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address the report by the National Oversight and Audit Commissions that revealed low levels of inspection of...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Arts Centres
      523. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the engagement she or her officials have had on a centre (details supplied). [40650/19]
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      524. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 260 and 261 of 19 September 2019, the specific case her Department considered an...
    • Community Development Projects Funding
      525. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied); and if funding will be provided for an upgrade of the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      526. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding allocated to the music capital scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the amount actually spent...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Eligibility
      527. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the further information requested from Bord na Móna in respect of a case in which a person (details supplied) has endured...
    • Wildlife Control
      528. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has established a consultative committee to agree a programme of action in relation to the seagull problem in certain urban...
    • Compensation Schemes
      529. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she and her officials are examining proposals in relation to a meaningful compensation scheme for farmers affected by...
    • Ministerial Travel
      530. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of her visit to the Irish Arts Centre in New York on 11 January 2019; and if there will be a follow-up on the visit....
    • EU Regulations
      531. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of proposals to ban a substance (details supplied); and her views in relation to same. [41079/19]
    • Animal Disease Controls
      532. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to suspend the open season order for hares in view of the recent outbreak of rabbit haemorrhagic disease RHD2 which has...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      533. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans in place for budget 2020 in relation to Irish language and Gaeltacht investment (details supplied); and if she will make...
    • Hare Coursing Data
      536. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a pre-coursing report as per directive 1 of A Summary of Directives, Instructions and Guidance notes issued by the executive...