Written answers
Wednesday, 9 October 2019
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Trade Agreements
12. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has spoken to her German counterpart in relation to the Mercosur agreement. [30008/19]
- Enterprise Support Schemes
13. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of consultation her Department or agencies under the remit of her Department may have had or research they may have...
- Regional Action Plan for Jobs
14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps Enterprise Ireland and the IDA are taking to drive job creation in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Work Permits Applications Data
15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to streamline the application process for work permits; the actions being taken to reduce the processing time; the number of...
- Foreign Direct Investment
16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress being made under the IDA regional property programme in terms of developing landing space to attract FDI to County Sligo;...
- Brexit Supports
17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount remaining in existing funds allocated by her Department to various schemes to assist companies to prepare for Brexit; and if...
- Flexible Work Practices
18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will bring forward proposals to encourage remote working among businesses; her views on the way in which remote working can...
- Regional Action Plan for Jobs
19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to address the issue of unemployment and the need for further investment in the south east; and if she will make a statement...
- IDA Ireland Jobs Data
20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new jobs created by the IDA in 2018; the percentage of these jobs which were outside Dublin; the efforts being made to...
- Local Enterprise Offices
21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if local enterprises offices have seen a decrease in assistance for entrepreneurial activities in the lead-up to Brexit and the...
- Market Access
22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she expects to capitalise on job opportunities arising as a result of regional or global policy changes with...
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Reports
23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she will publish the full Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement report into the collapse of the trial of a person...
- Regional Enterprise Development Fund
24. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when successful projects under the 2019 regional enterprise development fund will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Small and Medium Enterprises
25. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the new SME and entrepreneurship strategy will be published; the planned areas of focus; the impact the strategy will have on...
- Exports Data
26. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on the performance of exports in 2019; her views on the reported decrease in exports during the second quarter of...
- Work Permits Applications
27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to reduce the employment permit application processing time. [41113/19]
- Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Reports
28. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on the study by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission into the insurance industry, including brokers;...
- Irish National Accreditation Board
29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the administration of the Irish National Accreditation Board, INAB; the correspondence and-or discussions her Department...
- Job Creation
30. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of investment in job creation through the medium of enterprise and...
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement
31. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress in strengthening the operation of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement; and if she will make a statement on...
- Trade Agreements
32. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the role her Department has played in the Mercosur and Ireland-US trade deals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37382/19]
- Brexit Supports
33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures being put in place to assist businesses that may experience unanticipated breaks in their supply chain as a result of a...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of each State infrastructure project that is in development or is due for completion in 2019 in which it is in excess of...
- Brexit Supports
35. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports she is putting in place to help support businesses through Brexit both nationally and in Border counties; and if she will...
- IDA Ireland Jobs Data
36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new jobs created by the IDA in 2018; the percentage of these jobs which were outside Dublin; the efforts being made to...
- Regional Enterprise Development Fund Data
37. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications received under the 2019 regional enterprise development fund; when she plans to announce successful...
- State Aid
38. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she formally submitted a request or is preparing to submit a request at EU level to revise State aid rules as set out in Regulation...
- Work Permits Data
39. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons currently on work permits and attached to a singular employer and-or sector; and if she will make a statement on...
- Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
40. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to support small businesses in north western areas of County Cork ; the way in which she plans to address the...
- Brexit Supports
41. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the various schemes offered to assist businesses in preparing for Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Meetings
42. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department or the IDA have held meetings or had interactions with business or company regarding the possibility of...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Taoiseach's Communications
43. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his telephone conversations with the UK Prime Minister Mr. Boris Johnson on 2 October 2019. [41238/19]
- Departmental Expenditure
44. To ask the Taoiseach the incidental expenses incurred by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019. [41255/19]
- Defence Forces Veterans Associations Funding
46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding a fund for former members of the Army that were bereaved following the death of a near relative; and if he will make a...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Expenditure
47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the incidental expenses incurred by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Finance
- Brexit Supports
48. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of businesses that have the facility to make customs declarations or have plans in place for a customs agent to do so in the context of Brexit;...
- Brexit Staff
49. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of new customs officials that have been hired in preparation for Brexit; if all new hires are trained; if all new hires will be in place by 31...
- Departmental Expenditure
50. To ask the Minister for Finance the incidental expenses incurred by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41248/19]
- Revenue Commissioners Enforcement Activity
51. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is appropriate that the Revenue Commissioners send repeated letters threatening legal action within a short space of time in cases...
- Banking Sector
52. To ask the Minister for Finance if a series of matters in relation to a bank (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41262/19]
- Excise Duties
53. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing alcohol excise tax by 7.5% in order to protect jobs in the hospitality sector and prevent Ireland being exposed to an increased...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Expenditure
54. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the incidental expenses incurred by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport Eligibility
55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) cannot now get a school bus in view of the fact they have availed of one for the past two years; and if he...
- School Enrolments
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the catchment area for a school (details supplied) will be extended into the Ashtown and Navan Road area to cater for those seeking...
- School Transport Provision
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will be approved and in place for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41205/19]
- School Enrolments
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an area (details supplied) in County Meath which is not located in a secondary school catchment area; and the school...
- Departmental Expenditure
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the incidental expenses incurred by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41246/19]
- School Staff
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to school secretaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41270/19]
- Schools Healthy Living Strategies
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered making a comprehensive culinary and nutritional education a mandatory element of primary and secondary curriculum; and if he...
- Schools Property
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the Teagasc building in Kinsealy, County Dublin which houses a school (details supplied); if there is capacity for another school to...
- Summer Works Scheme Applications
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when applicants for the 2020 summer works scheme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41287/19]
- Traffic Management
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding car parks within school-owned property and issues related to patrolling cars parked within disabled parking spaces without...
- Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) cannot receive an allocation of further home tuition hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Third Level Fees
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a non-EEA citizen who is resident here for more than a decade and married to an Irish citizen is not eligible for EU status for third...
- Springboard Programme
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding historically provided to an organisation (details supplied) through the Springboard stream of funding; the way in which this...
- Third Level Institutions
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the third level institutions which have informed his Department of plans to reduce enrolment in the coming years; the institute and planned...
- School Funding
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the payment of a biannual payment made to cover the rent for a school (details supplied); when the payment will be...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Departmental Expenditure
70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the incidental expenses incurred by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Data
71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of text alerts that have been sent out to each text alert group in each Garda district in the Limerick Garda division...
- Leave to Remain
72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision by INIS to refuse an extension to a visitor permission to a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he...
- Legal Aid Service Data
73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons working for the Legal Aid Board that are unpaid and-or receive expenses only and-or are classified as...
- Judicial Appointments
74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is finalising plans to fill vacancies in the Judiciary; his views on the fact that the delay in doing same is causing...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Departmental Expenditure
75. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the incidental expenses incurred by her Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Tourism Industry
76. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the restaurant and hospitality rate will be reviewed in the event of a hard and disorderly Brexit in order to safeguard one of the...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
77. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if more supports will be put in place for restaurants in terms of ensuring that they are not left with the entire financial burden when...
- Departmental Bodies Reports
78. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if another report on the hospitality sector will be compiled by the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs for the five year period beyond...
- Trade Agreements
82. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the announcement by the United States of America that it will begin applying WTO tariffs on certain EU goods commencing 18...
- Brexit Preparations
83. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she remains satisfied that she has identified, supported and encouraged new enterprises with a dependency on...
- Brexit Issues
84. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs at risk in a worst case scenario in the manufacturing service sectors arising from Brexit in all regions nationally;...
- Job Creation
85. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which innovation and technology has played a part in job creation in each of the past three years to date, if sufficient...
- Manufacturing Sector
87. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which the manufacturing sector has grown in the past five years; the scope for the future in this regard; and if she will...
- Services Sector
88. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which the services sector has grown in the past five years; the scope for the future in this regard; and if she will make...
- Brexit Preparations
89. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she has taken to withstand the impact of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41339/19]
- Trade Strategy
90. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which international trade in the future is likely to be governed by WTO norms with particular reference to recent...
- Market Access
91. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she has met or proposes to meet importers throughout the EU and globally with a view to identifying opportunities...
- Enterprise Support Schemes
93. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she continues to monitor impediments likely to impact on business nationally with particular reference to the need...
- Foreign Direct Investment
94. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which Ireland continues to remain an attractive country for foreign direct investment; and if she will make a statement...
- Department of Health
- Health Services Provision
95. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be repatriated and brought to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, as a matter of urgency in view of the circumstances;...
- Departmental Expenditure
96. To ask the Minister for Health the incidental expenses incurred by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41250/19]
- European Health Insurance Card
97. To ask the Minister for Health if legislation regarding the extension of the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) to residents in Northern Ireland has been drafted; if cross-Border workers...
- Hospital Consultant Data
98. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant positions that need to be filled, both temporary and permanent, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41294/19]
- Home Care Packages Data
99. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons up to 30 September 2019 waiting for homecare support by county in tabular form; the number of applications for homecare support up to 30...
- Newborn Screening Cards
100. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the newborn screening programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41296/19]
- Hospital Appointments Status
101. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [41312/19]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
103. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41315/19]
- HSE Staff
104. To ask the Minister for Health if the local HSE environmental health office will contact a person (details supplied) in relation to a matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- HSE Reports
105. To ask the Minister for Health when the national out of hospital cardiac arrest steering group report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41319/19]
- Home Care Packages Administration
106. To ask the Minister for Health if matters (details supplied) in relation to homecare will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41320/19]
- Primary Care Services Provision
107. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a primary care ophthalmology appointment by LHO, age and time waiting. [41321/19]
- Physiotherapy Provision
108. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a primary care physiotherapy appointment by LHO, age and time waiting. [41322/19]
- Occupational Therapy Waiting Lists
109. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a primary care occupational therapy appointment by LHO, age and time waiting. [41323/19]
- Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
110. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a primary care speech and language therapy appointment by LHO, age and time waiting. [41324/19]
- Dietician Service Provision
111. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a primary care dietician appointment by LHO, age and time waiting. [41325/19]
- Audiology Services Provision
112. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a primary care audiology appointment by LHO, age and time waiting. [41326/19]
- Hospital Staff
113. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 352 of 1 October 2019, when the HSE is expected to conclude its review of the doctor at Portiuncula Hospital; if the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans
114. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the waiting time for public cataracts procedures; the way in which he plans to address this waiting time as an over reliance on the...
- Health Promotion
115. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a cardio-wellbeing and information campaign in view of the prevalence of cardiovascular disease here; and if he will make a statement on...
- Respite Care Services Provision
116. To ask the Minister for Health if a referral for respite services for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has been received; if so, when respite will be offered; and if he will...
- Health Services Funding
117. To ask the Minister for Health if his officials have been involved with putting in place a sustainable funding model for section 39 voluntary health organisations; and if he will make a...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
118. To ask the Minister for Health when decisions will be made on applications for capital projects in County Kildare under Project Ireland 2040; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Mental Health Services Funding
119. To ask the Minister for Health the reason his Department is withholding €25 million of the €55 million allocated to mental health services for 2019. [41167/19]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
120. To ask the Minister for Health the details of each State infrastructure project that is in development or is due for completion in 2019 in which it is in excess of the budget assigned to the...
- Disability Services Funding
121. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding provided for children with autism over six years of age to cater for their needs in each of the past five years; the number of children...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Scheme Appeals
122. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the options available to a person (details supplied) in relation to a failed appeal; if there are other routes of appeal they can...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an ANC payment will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Expenditure
124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the incidental expenses incurred by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Fish Exports
125. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a market will be provided for oysters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41259/19]
- Clean Oceans Initiative
126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of fishermen that have signed up to the clean oceans initiative; the amount of waste that has been recovered; the costs to...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2019 area of natural constraints payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
- Forestry Sector
129. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in approving applications by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Fishing Industry
130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a river (details supplied) has been closed to rod fishermen for over 10 years; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Expenditure
132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the incidental expenses incurred by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; and if he will make a...
- Broadband Service Provision
133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the significant broadband problems in an area (details supplied); and if he will...
- National Broadband Plan
134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if compensation would be due to the preferred bidder of the national broadband plan if preferred bidder status was...
- Cross-Border Projects
135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if funding for a project listed on the PCI list of the EU is discretionary; if not, if the State is obliged to provide...
- Waste Management Regulations
136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to amend regulations in order that all supermarket stores over a certain size must have glass and can bring...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Tourism Data
137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to establish a tourism satellite account to enable transparent and accurate recording of tourism data; and if he will make a...
- Airport Development Projects
138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to grow the Shannon free zone, based beside Shannon Airport in view of the need to boost jobs and investment in the area to...
- Sports Capital Programme Administration
139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next round of capital sport grants will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41206/19]
- Air Services Provision
140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the possibility of increasing air travel services between Cork Airport and Germany will be examined in view of the fact no routes...
- Córas Iompair Éireann
141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the CIÉ 1951 pension scheme factors will be reinstated as per the commitment given in Dáil Éireann on 6 December 2017...
- Departmental Expenditure
142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the incidental expenses incurred by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tourism Industry
143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to establish a national tourism and hospitality training authority to ensure co-ordination between the relevant tourism and...
- Harbours and Piers Development
144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made by the Galway Harbour Company in relation to the 2013 strategic infrastructure development planning application...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Departmental Expenditure
145. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the incidental expenses incurred by her Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Funding
146. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she plans to cut the funding for a charity (details supplied); the amount of funding the project receives; the reason for the cut; if...
- Early Years Sector
147. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of the 134 inspections of early years services that took place in 2018 over multiple two plus days were due to additional days...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Expenditure
148. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the incidental expenses incurred by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
- State Pension (Contributory)
150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if contributions paid by claimants for the State pension (contributory) after their 65th birthday are reckonable in...
- Invalidity Pension Applications
151. 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 an invalidity pension; and if she will make...
- Carer's Benefit Applications
152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) for a carer's benefit will be processed; and if she will make a statement...
- Invalidity Pension
153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider allowing persons in receipt of a permanent invalidity pension to attend college. [41298/19]
- Invalidity Pension Reviews
154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of further medical evidence submitted in support of a invalidity pension...
- JobPath Programme
155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the circumstances that allow a person an exemption of referral to JobPath if mental health grounds are included; and if she...
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 785 of 9 July 2019, the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Departmental Expenditure
157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the incidental expenses incurred by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; and if he will make a statement on...
- Planning Data
158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planning applications granted by local authorities and appealed by objectors which resulted in the application...
- Commercial Rates Valuation Process
159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to carry out a review of the commercial rates system to ensure that there is a fair and propositional valuation...
- Local Authority Rates
160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request a national review of all local authority charges to attain greater consistency and accountability for rate...
- Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility
161. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if provision will be made for families in terms of the forthcoming affordable housing scheme that are not first-time buyers,...
- Planning Issues
162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the erection of 5G technology antennae is allowed to by-pass the planning process at level; the guidelines or...
- Emergency Services
163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the procedures for when an emergency call is received; the services called to respond to the emergency; if both the fire...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Expenditure
164. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the incidental expenses incurred by her Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; and if she will make a statement on the...
