Written answers

Tuesday, 15 October 2019

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cabinet Committee Meetings
      14. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee C, European Union including Brexit, last met; and when the Cabinet committee on Brexit, foreign and European affairs is scheduled to meet. [37565/19]
    • Legislative Programme
      20. To ask the Taoiseach the status of Bills under preparation in his Department [38484/19]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      29. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements regarding the candidature of Ireland for the UN Security Council. [39603/19]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Fish Quotas
      65. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the actions taken by Iceland in significantly increasing its mackerel share for 2019; the actions he and the EU...
    • Knowledge Transfer Programme
      66. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the knowledge transfer scheme will be extended for a further year and opened for applications in 2020; and if he will make a...
    • Beef Industry
      67. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his officials have received briefings on the ongoing protest by beef farmers; and his views on the matter. [37414/19]
    • Agriculture Scheme Expenditure
      68. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans he is putting in place to distribute the €22 million underspend in the BEAM scheme in view of the fact that the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      69. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase funding for suckler cow farmers, the existing BDGP and BEEP schemes and the ANC. [41976/19]
    • Climate Change Policy
      70. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the key elements of the climate action plan 2019 which will put Ireland on a course for carbon neutrality without compromising...
    • Greyhound Industry
      71. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he can ensure that a key objective of the Irish Greyhound Board’s strategic plan 2018-22, which is to maintain...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
      72. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his position on what the upper limit for basic payments should be under the Common Agricultural Policy. [41602/19]
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme
      73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the reintroduction of a rural environmental protection scheme will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • GLAS Administration
      74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reopen the GLAS scheme for new applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41963/19]
    • Beef Industry
      75. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the concerns of the beef industry here will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41378/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contingencies being operated and supports that will be in place to safeguard farmers and the agrifood sector for all scenarios...
    • Beef Industry
      77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his priorities from the establishment of the beef market task force; the timeline for progress of meetings; and if he will make a...
    • Greyhound Industry Data
      79. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the deaths and injuries of greyhounds at tracks here from 1 January 2019 to date. [41934/19]
    • Beef Industry
      80. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has formally submitted an application to the EU Commission for market disturbance funding for beef farmers under Article 219 of...
    • Organic Farming
      82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for re-opening an organic horticulture scheme. [41605/19]
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      83. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated amount if all applications submitted to the beef emergency aid measure scheme were approved; the value of approved...
    • Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
      84. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase TAMS funding. [41975/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of Brexit preparedness in the agrifood sector; if the dedicated help line and email address of his Department are receiving...
    • Afforestation Programme
      86. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase and diversify forest cover here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42001/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the future Border checks on the island of Ireland post Brexit relating specifically to the movement of food and animals; and if he...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the incentives and schemes in place to encourage young persons to take up farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Beef Industry
      89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to improve oversight and transparency in the beef processing sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations
      90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of discussions at recent EU Agriculture Council meetings regarding CAP funding post 2020; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rural Development Programme
      91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has communicated with the Minister for Rural and Community Development regarding the low allocation of TAMS II funding under the...
    • Meat Processing Plants
      92. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to establish veal units at two locations nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41701/19]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of each State infrastructure project that is in development or is due for completion in 2019 which it is in excess of the...
    • Coillte Teoranta
      94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider amending the mandate of Coillte to encourage it to provide a wide range of forestry services; and if he will...
    • Beef Industry
      95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts being made to ensure the funds committed to the beef emergency aid measure are used in full; and if he will make a...
    • Greyhound Industry
      96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1418 of 6 September 2019, if his attention has been drawn to the issue that the claim that a...
    • Beef Industry
      98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects to have the names of the members of the beef market task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41955/19]
    • Greyhound Industry
      99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the changes being made to the greyhound sector in view of a meeting by his officials with the CEO of an organisation (details...
    • Beef Industry
      100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the beef crisis; his plans to assist farmers on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41983/19]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      101. To ask the Taoiseach if the European Union (Withdrawal) (No.2) Act 2019 was discussed when he met Prime Minister Johnson recently. [41960/19]
    • Legislative Measures
      102. To ask the Taoiseach the number, date of publication and details of post-enactment reports published by his Department since March 2011, in tabular form. [41590/19]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      104. To ask the Taoiseach the number of full-time and part-time civil servants his Department has recruited by grade in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and the number of...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Recruitment
      105. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41653/19]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of full-time and part-time civil servants his Department has recruited by grade in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in...
    • Air Corps Equipment
      107. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding will be made available for the replacement of Cessna FR 172H aircraft in the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Properties
      108. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the work ongoing to identify suitable locations for car parking spaces on the Curragh; his plans to address antisocial behaviour on the land;...
    • Civil Defence
      109. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Civil Defence uniforms were collected by his Department in 2017; the locations in which they were collected; the locations where they were...
    • Defence Forces Data
      110. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the full list of capital projects valued at over €2 million in the Defence Forces that are ongoing at present; and when each capital...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
      111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider reintroducing high level meetings between officials to address outstanding issues relating to the Dublin and Monaghan...
    • Passport Applications
      112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a child (details supplied) has not had their application processed; the reason the child's father has been asked to supply...
    • Syrian Conflict
      113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a planned Turkish invasion of northern Syria; his views on whether such an invasion by the Turkish military poses a threat to...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the ongoing protests in Hong Kong and the escalating tensions and violence; if he has discussed the situation with his Chinese...
    • EU Issues
      115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the questioning of the designate EU high representative and vice-president for foreign affairs and...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Saudi-led coalition has illegally stopped all commercial ships, including those...
    • Human Rights
      117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether lack of compliance by Ireland with the European Convention on Human Rights and the United Nations Convention on the...
    • Middle East Issues
      119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the nation state law that is being implemented in Israel has been discussed at the EU Foreign Affairs Council; and if he will make a...
    • Northern Ireland
      120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of efforts to restart the Executive in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41751/19]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of full-time and part-time civil servants his Department has recruited by grade in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in...
    • Human Rights Cases
      122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made to highlight at EU level the imprisonment of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Begum Khaleda Zia, and the need for...
    • Syrian Conflict
      123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to reports that authorities in Lebanon are forcefully returning Syrians to Syria; the steps that have been...
    • Human Rights
      125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the position of Ireland on the ongoing political crisis and human rights violations in Bahrain; if he will consider introducing...
  • Department of Finance
    • NAMA Portfolio
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance the buildings owned by NAMA in Newbridge, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41863/19]
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 17 September 2019, the number of properties that have been converted from purpose-built student accommodation to...
    • Insurance Costs
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date in controlling spiralling insurance costs; the average increase in insurance costs in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in...
    • Carbon Tax Implementation
      130. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact assessments his Department has carried out regarding increased carbon taxes; and his views on the various NGO reports that estimate that those...
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an outline of the OECD corporate tax proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42349/19]
    • Tax Exemptions
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance if exemptions can be made in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41613/19]
    • Tax Data
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue raised from taxation on rental income in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [41670/19]
    • Insurance Coverage
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to assist persons who are endeavouring to ensure their properties against loss and damage in view of the fact that there are a number of houses of...
    • Insurance Costs
      138. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses impacted by increased employer and public liability insurance; the estimated proportion that could be forced out of business as a...
    • Civil Service Staff Data
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of full-time and part-time civil servants his Department has recruited by grade in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number...
    • Tax Data
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount it would cost to scrap the 50 cent stamp duty per cheque or bills of exchange; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41835/19]
    • Universal Social Charge Application
      141. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) did not qualify for the USC charge reduction in 2019. [41839/19]
    • Budget 2020
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of the €30 million measures to support enterprise, SMEs and the agri-sector in the tax policy changes budget 2020 document; and if he...
    • Fuel Rebate Scheme
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the diesel rebate scheme; the annual cost of the scheme; the way in which it compares to the previous rebate scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Fiscal Compact Treaty
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and his officials read the analysis piece by a person (details supplied) on the fiscal treaty and the 2012 referendum in particular; his views on same;...
    • Carbon Tax Implementation
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance if the increase in the carbon tax immediately applies to white diesel, green diesel and kerosene; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42021/19]
    • Carbon Tax Exemptions
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance if an exemption exists within the tax system regarding the increase in the carbon tax for an agricultural contractor who is carrying out agricultural work for...
    • Corporation Tax Regime
      147. To ask the Minister for Finance the effective rate of corporation tax that has been charged to companies here in the past year; the effective rate of corporation tax that has been charged to...
    • Tax Reliefs Costs
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2020, 2021 and 2022 of extending the SARP scheme in its present from up to 31 December 2022. [42031/19]
    • Tax Reliefs Data
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that have availed of the SARP scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and the number projected to avail of the...
    • Tax Code
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance the taxes that are levied on aviation fuel; and the estimated revenue that would be raised by the State if VAT and excise duties were applied to aviation...
    • Central Bank of Ireland
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding CP 116; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42075/19]
    • Cycle to Work Scheme
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the bike to work scheme in order to allow for the purchase of e-bikes and cargo-bikes that are substantially more expensive to purchase...
    • NAMA Social Housing Expenditure
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress he is making with the NTMA to establish a funding vehicle capable of facilitating off-balance sheet investment in delivering social and private...
    • Living City Initiative
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance if the living city initiative will be extended beyond current designated areas; and the costs associated with this scheme by year since it was introduced in...
    • Tax Code
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his officials have been in discussion with the EU regarding the cost of airline fuel; if it will be increased.; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Parental Leave
      158. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration has been given to increasing the parental leave age for civil and public servants up to 15 years; and if he will make a...
    • Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory
      159. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the forensic science laboratory in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41758/19]
    • Public Services Card
      160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if advice (details supplied) will be made public that was given to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs regarding plans for an...
    • Flood Risk Management
      161. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made regarding the flood risk management for County Louth and east County Meath under CFRAM; the stage of each project; the...
    • Office of Public Works Projects
      162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status regarding extra costs submitted by a contractor associated with the Kevin Street Garda divisional headquarters to the Office...
    • Office of Public Works
      163. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the applications received for funding from Louth County Council or other public bodies including Fáilte Ireland relating to...
    • Civil Service Staff Data
      164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to extend the duration for which a civil servant may take a career break in order to gain private sector and-or other public...
    • Public Sector Staff Data
      165. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of additional public servants employed in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by sector; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      166. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of full-time and part-time civil servants his Department has recruited by grade in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date...
    • State Properties Data
      167. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacant desk spaces in each State-owned Civil Service accommodation outside Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      168. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of buildings owned by the OPW and not in use in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41856/19]
    • Flood Risk Assessments
      170. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the attention of the OPW has been drawn to flood issues on the River Toni at Celbridge, County Kildare; the plans by the Office of...
    • Equality Proofing of Budgets
      171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will publish the OECD report that undertook a policy scan of equality budgeting here; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of the €130 million allocation of additional resources in the health capital allocation for 2020; the amount of...
    • Garda Station Refurbishment
      173. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of works for each Garda station in the context of planned retrofitting and-or renovation works in 2019,...
    • Estimates Process
      174. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the Supplementary Estimates required for 2019 by Department, Vote and expenditure programme in which the additional...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Status
      175. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of flood alleviation schemes in Ballina and Foxford, County Mayo in view of budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory
      176. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 17 September 2019, if the contract has been awarded; if so, when will the contractors will...
    • Drainage Schemes
      177. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if required works will be carried out on a stream beside the residence of a person (details supplied). [42289/19]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Online Safety
      178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address cyberbullying in schools; if new measures will be brought forward in the context of the Education (Student and Parent...
    • Departmental Functions
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the establishment of a new department of higher education and research; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Technological Universities Status
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanism by which a Cork Institute of Technology will not take on the debts of IT Tralee in the event that they merge to form a new...
    • State Examinations
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions which will be taken to ensure that the junior certificate results are released in line with previous years from 2020 onwards; and if...
    • National Training Fund
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be no replacement of Exchequer funding with funding from the National Training Fund in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary teachers, secondary teachers, special needs assistants and other staff required to maintain current pupil-teacher and-or...
    • School Accommodation
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by an organisation (details supplied) for building works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41652/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when works will commence on a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41654/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the need to review the rejection of a child's application (details supplied) for SNA support will be examined; and if he will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 247 and 251 of 19 February 2019, the status of progress on the delivery of a new campus for a school...
    • School Transport Appeals
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by Bus Éireann (details supplied); if the response from the transport provider will be reviewed; and if he will make...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will have a permanent building; the arrangements that have been made to ensure that the school can continue in...
    • Student Grant Scheme Administration
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason SUSI when establishing the shortest most direct route under Article 27 (3)(a) of the student grant scheme 2019 as it applies to...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for a new school building; the progress made on the project over the past six months;...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be added to the major capital schools programme 2016 to 2021; if his attention has been drawn to the scale of...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full-time and part-time civil servants his Department has recruited by grade in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019;...
    • Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if home tuition will be approved for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal from September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Refurbishment
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41848/19]
    • School Placement
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance in place to aid parents trying to secure places in schools for the 2020-21 school year; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to resolve the shortage of primary school places in Kinsealy, Malahide and Portmarnock; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building project (details supplied) which is due to commence in 2019; if this school is being prioritised due to the...
    • Site Acquisitions
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a permanent site will be purchased for a college (details supplied). [41895/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding for a school (details supplied) will be prioritised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41914/19]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to the campaign of an organisation (details supplied) for investment in primary education, which is calling for a reduction in...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application by a person (details supplied) for additional accommodation was not allocated in full; and if he will make a statement...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the 1,000 special needs assistant positions announced in budget 2020 are additional to the 900 announced in 2019; the number of the 900...
    • School Placement
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school place for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42076/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an extension for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [42077/19]
    • School Furniture Provision
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a scheme under the remit of his Department in which schools catering for students with special needs can receive funding for...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce class sizes in view of the fact that primary school classes here are the largest in the eurozone, five above the EU average...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a proposed amalgamation of schools (details supplied) in County Cork; the status of the provision of a new school...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an SNA will be made available for a pupil with severe intellectual disabilities in circumstances in circumstances in which the pupil has been...
    • Psychological Assessments
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will have a cognitive assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42130/19]
    • School Management
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department does not audit schools directly; the person or body that checks the accountants being paid by the schools; if major...
    • National Educational Psychological Service Data
      230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of assessments completed under the scheme for the commissioning of psychological assessments for the 2018-19 academic year for which...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there has been a delay in tendering for the building contract for the permanent school building for a school (details supplied) in...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that will be put in place for a school (details supplied) while it is awaiting the building of its permanent school, given the delay...
    • Departmental Funding
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a community drugs rehabilitation and educational service (details supplied) is the subject of a funding for mainstream project review;...
    • School Transport Eligibility
      235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue from the school transport section of his Department to a letter sent to the section on 1 August 2019 and which was...
    • Scéim Iompair Scoile
      236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh ar achomharc a rinneadh chuig an rannóg iompair ina roinn maidir le híocaíocht iompair...
    • Departmental Funding
      237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding historically provided to an organisation (details supplied) through the Skillnet stream of funding; the way in which this...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 17 September 2019, if tenders have now been invited for the project; the closing date for receipt of...
    • Schools Site Acquisitions
      239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 17 September 2019, if there has been further progress in resolving the technical considerations; if...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 17 September 2019, if approval has now issued for the invitation of tenders for the project; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects Applications
      243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in west Dublin constituency that have applied for funding for school building projects and are awaiting a decision. [42286/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Data
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in the west Dublin constituency that have been approved for funding for school building projects and have yet to draw down all funds;...
    • Budget 2020
      245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the reduced capital budget for 2020 and the impact this will have on planned school building and renovation works; and if he will...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Direct Provision Data
      246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons living in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42079/19]
    • Parental Leave
      247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason 1 November 2019 was chosen as the date of eligibility for the new parental leave scheme as detailed in the Parent's...
    • Direct Provision Data
      248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons employed in direct provision centres by the companies operating same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Garda Deployment
      249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if members of the drugs squad are no longer operating out of the Garda station in Clondalkin, Dublin 22; when the last...
    • Garda Transport Data
      250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of marked and unmarked Garda cars and motorcycles attached to Meath Garda roads policing unit as of 27 September...
    • Garda Reserve
      251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the review of the Garda Reserve will be completed; if the findings of the review will be published; and the status of the...
    • Immigration Support Services
      252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the recent changes at the Reception and Integration Agency which have been carried out as part of his Department’s...
    • Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
      253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to ensure that applicants seeking to renew their visas through the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration...
    • Statute of Limitations
      254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider lifting the limitation period relating to all thalidomide claims; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Asylum Applications Data
      255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who claimed asylum at Dublin Airport and were denied accommodation in 2018 and to date in 2019, by month;...
    • Garda Data
      256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who entered as recruits from 1 January 2014 who have since resigned; and if he will make a statement...
    • Garda Deployment
      257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in east County Galway; the stations where these gardaí are located; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Data
      258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda juvenile liaison officers in east County Galway; the location of such positions and if he will make a...
    • Garda Resources
      259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of detector dogs used by gardaí in east County Galway; if more such dogs are being sought for the area; and if...
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application or request for assistance for funding of the faulty CCTV system in an area (details supplied) has been...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time and part-time civil servants his Department has recruited by grade in each of the years 2014 to 2018...
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal
      264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41847/19]
    • Garda Deployment
      265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to each Garda divisional drugs unit as of 31 December 2018 and 7 October 2019, in...
    • Immigration Data
      266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the special scheme for students which was launched by INIS in October 2018; the number of persons granted...
    • Garda Reorganisation
      267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda Commissioner and-or his officers consulted with officials in his Department with regard to recent Garda divisional...
    • Garda Data
      268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of injuries to members of An Garda Síochána that were recorded in the Waterford division in 2016 to 2018...
    • Proposed Legislation
      269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if legislation to deal with hate crime will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41921/19]
    • Garda Procedures
      270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the responsibility of serving sworn members of An Garda Síochána for providing information to regulatory bodies in...
    • Garda Data
      272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Garda human resources keep records of difficulties relating to medical certification in respect of serving sworn members of...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the citizenship status of a person (details supplied); and if the citizenship section has received the person's applications in...
    • Family Reunification Applications
      279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for family reunification by a person (details supplied). [41967/19]
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount paid to private contractors to source emergency accommodation for asylum seekers since September 2018; and if he...
    • Direct Provision Expenditure
      282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount paid to each direct provision operator in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Data
      283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of claims brought to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal to date in 2019; the number of claims settled in...
    • Garda Operations
      284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason documents confiscated from a person (details supplied) have not been either returned to the person or released to a...
    • Visa Applications
      285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure including documents required for the issuance of a visa to the Iranian spouse of an Irish citizen. [42118/19]
    • State Pathology Service
      286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the post of Chief State Pathologist is to be filled on a permanent full-time basis in view of the fact two recent post...
    • Legislative Measures
      287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to update the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Acts 1994 to 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42135/19]
    • Garda Deployment
      288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank in the domestic abuse intervention unit in the north Dublin Garda division as of 2 October...
    • Garda Expenditure
      289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation for the Garda National Technical Bureau in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he...
    • Garda Transport Data
      290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda community support vans attached to each Garda district in Dublin as of 2 October 2019; and if he will make...
    • Garda College
      292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the background to a company (details supplied); the status of the assets and accounts of same; and if he will make a statement...
    • Refugee Data
      293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees to date accommodated here under the resettlement and relocation strands; and if he will make a statement...
    • Assisted Decision Making
      294. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding was allocated in budget 2020 to the director of the decision support service working towards being operational and...
    • Immigration Data
      295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have been found to have illegally entered Ireland or that have claimed asylum here having arrived...
    • Refugee Status Appeals
      296. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for refugee status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he...
    • Garda Operations
      297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a full detailed report on Garda Operation Pier and Garda Operation Twintrack; and if these operations are...
    • Assisted Decision Making
      298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding has been secured to enable the roll-out of the decision support service provided for in the Assisted Decision-Making...
    • Prison Visiting Committees
      299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the 2018 Visiting Committee reports for Limerick prison and a centre (details supplied) are available to the public; and if...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      300. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will confirm the Oireachtas public representative inquiry phone number and email for the Workplace Relations Commission; and if...
    • Personal Injuries Commission
      301. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the new book of quantum to be available; when it will directly influence the cost of claims; and if she will make a statement on...
    • State Aid
      302. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if state aid approval has been sought for the €1.2 billion Brexit fund announced in budget 2020; if state aid approval has been...
    • Brexit Preparations
      303. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a social partnership proposal by an organisation (details supplied); and her further views on the joint proposal by...
    • Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Staff
      311. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated full year cost in 2020 of recruiting three extra digital investigation specialists at HEO level for the Competition and...
    • Work Permits Applications
      312. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to an issue regarding a stamp 4 application by a person (details supplied). [41726/19]
    • Local Enterprise Offices
      313. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to expand the LEOs in the Border region with a possibility of a hard Brexit; if a LEO for Drogheda and east County Meath to...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      314. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of full-time and part-time civil servants her Department has recruited by grade in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to...
    • Enterprise Ireland Data
      315. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the persons or bodies that are active Enterprise Ireland clients employed in County Roscommon; and the persons or bodies that are...
    • Co-operative Sector
      316. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the State financial and technical supports available to start-up co-operatives and existing co-operatives. [42230/19]
  • Department of Health
    • Thalidomide Victims Compensation
      317. To ask the Minister for Health if an acknowledgement will be provided of the wrongdoing by the State in the non-withdrawal and recall of thalidomide; if a full apology will be given for all...
    • Departmental Budgets
      319. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the €50 million re-profiling of capital expenditure in the health capital expenditure allocation for 2020; the purpose of the...
    • Food Labelling
      320. To ask the Minister for Health if producers and retailers are required to indicate the country of origin and the country of packaging on products in supermarkets and shops; and if his...
    • Health Services Staff
      321. To ask the Minister for Health if a position (details supplied) has now been filled; if so, if the new appointee has taken up the position; if not, the date from which the appointee will be...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      322. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding to be made available to County Louth in view of recent announcements of a €2 billion investment over the next three years as phase...
    • Hospital Consultant Recruitment
      324. To ask the Minister for Health the position relating to the appointment of a sarcoma specialist (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41612/19]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
      325. To ask the Minister for Health the number of registered beds, including high observation beds, available for CAMHS inpatient treatment in CHO areas 8 and 9; the location of the beds; and if...
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      327. To ask the Minister for Health the number of successful applicants recruited to each CHO area as a direct result of the HSE recruitment campaigns for consultant child and adolescent...
    • Mental Health Services Data
      328. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS inpatient beds that have been filled each month to date in 2019; and the number of inpatient beds that remained unfilled for the same...
    • Community Care
      329. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions in place for community care homes in County Kilkenny facing a deficit in 2019. [41641/19]
    • Medical Card Reviews
      333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card reviews that have been carried out to date in 2019; the number that have been refused to date; and the number that have been...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      334. To ask the Minister for Health his plans or the plans of the HSE to restore allowances to a society (details supplied) that were cut during the austerity years; and his further plans to add...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      335. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for a first outpatient appointment across all specialties by hospital and length of time waiting in tabular form. [41675/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      336. To ask the Minister for Health the one-to-five-year alternative care pathway for children with comorbidities who require and cannot access timely scoliosis care in an acute hospital setting...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      340. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults and children waiting for scoliosis surgery; the number of scoliosis surgeries that have been completed in University Hospital Galway to...
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      345. To ask the Minister for Health if matters raised by a person (details supplied) in regard to general practitioner services in Dunleer, County Louth, will be examined; and if he will make a...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      346. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of day services for (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41690/19]
    • Qualifications Recognition
      347. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 307 of 13 November 2018, when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim whose social work qualifications were...
    • National Maternity Strategy Expenditure
      348. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to the national maternity strategy since its launch by year, action and activity. [41697/19]
    • Clinical Trials
      349. To ask the Minister for Health if his or the HSE's attention has been drawn to the reason an organisation (details supplied) decided against rolling out a clinical trial of suvodirsen, an...
    • HSE Reports
      350. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the HSE's Valproate response project report; if this report has been submitted to his Department; if so, if he will now publish the...
    • Audiology Services Provision
      351. To ask the Minister for Health when an audiologist will be appointed to a clinic (details supplied); the length of time the clinic has been operating without an audiologist; and if he will...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      352. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41722/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      353. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 635 of 6 November 2018, the status of the operational position regarding the drug addiction centre (details supplied);...
    • Emergency Departments
      354. To ask the Minister for Health if a private consultation room will be provided at South Tipperary General Hospital accident and emergency department for patients that present with mental...
    • Nursing Staff Provision
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the creation of a neuroscience nurse at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41748/19]
    • Dental Services Provision
      356. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of child dental services in Ardee and mid-County Louth due to reports of children having to travel to Nobber for services; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      357. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41756/19]
    • Palliative Care for Children
      359. To ask the Minister for Health the availability of palliative care for children by LHO in tabular form; the recommended locations for palliative care; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospitals Data
      361. To ask the Minister for Health the number of urologist consultants in each of the RCSI hospitals in 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of consultant urology hours provided in each hospital...
    • Health Services Provision
      362. To ask the Minister for Health when a working group will be established to address the long waiting times for diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      364. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the proposed 100-bed unit at the St. Mary's Hospital site, Dublin Road, Drogheda, County Louth; the most recent specification brief on the...
    • Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council
      365. To ask the Minister for Health the fee for the certificate in first aid training that registered institutions have to pay the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council; if the fee has increased;...
    • Patient Forums
      366. To ask the Minister for Health if a patient representative is informed of meetings due to take place between patients and HSE staff and-or management in cases in which a patient has...
    • Hospital Records
      368. To ask the Minister for Health the reason parents are encountering delays in obtaining birth and death certificates for babies born at Portiuncula hospital; and if he will make a statement...
    • Medical Qualifications
      369. To ask the Minister for Health if all staff charged with operating ultrasounds have had their qualifications verified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41792/19]
    • Maternity Services
      370. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the recommendations listed in the external independent clinical review of the maternity services at Portiuncula hospital, Ballinasloe, that have...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an urgent appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41807/19]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      372. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time and part-time civil servants his Department has recruited by grade in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      373. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) that has issued to parents regarding cover for a therapist; if the HSE response issued to this Deputy is to...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Payments
      374. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be allocated to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41844/19]
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      375. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make arrangements to include rheumatoid arthritis on the long-term illness scheme; his views that the ongoing medication needed to treat this...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      376. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined, as the person has been waiting 18 months for access to speech and language therapy through the...
    • Primary Care Centres Staff
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child psychologists working in the Kildare town primary care centre; his plans to increase the number of same; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Psychological Assessments
      378. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) who needs access to a child psychologist will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41853/19]
    • General Practitioner Services Provision
      379. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure to ensure that each person has access to a general practitioner if the person does not have a medical card; and if he will make a statement on...
    • HSE Properties
      380. To ask the Minister for Health if there are buildings owned by the HSE that could be used by an association (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Occupational Therapy Data
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting to see a community occupational therapist in County Kildare; the number waiting one, six, 12 and longer than 18 months,...
    • Physiotherapy Provision
      382. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting to see a community physiotherapist in County Kildare; the number waiting one, six, 12 and longer than 18 months, respectively;...
    • Psychological Services Waiting Lists
      383. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting to see a psychologist in County Kildare; the number waiting one, six, 12 and longer than 18 months, respectively; and if he will...
    • Speech and Language Therapy Data
      384. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting to see a speech and language therapist in County Kildare; the number waiting one, six, 12 and longer than 18 months,...
    • Cancer Incidence
      385. To ask the Minister for Health the number of confirmed instances of cancer regarding breast implants (details supplied); the number of persons contacted and advised on this matter to date by...
    • Primary Care Centres
      386. To ask the Minister for Health if the maintenance at a centre (details supplied) will be referred to the HSE; the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41867/19]
    • Medical Card Data
      387. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that will benefit from the changes to the income thresholds for the over 70 years of age medical card; the cost in 2020 of this measure;...
    • General Medical Services Scheme Data
      388. To ask the Minister for Health the cost in 2020 of the GMS prescription charges for over 70 years being reduced by 50 cent to €1; and the full-year cost of same. [41898/19]
    • General Practitioner Services
      390. To ask the Minister for Health the cost in 2020 of expanding free general practitioner care to children aged six to eight years; and the full-year cost of same. [41900/19]
    • Dental Services Data
      391. To ask the Minister for Health the cost in 2020 of providing free dental care for children under six years of age including preventative oral health and promotion packages; and the full-year...
    • Drugs Payment Scheme Data
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the cost in 2020 of reducing the monthly threshold for the drug payment scheme by €10 to €114; and the full-year cost of same. [41903/19]
    • Budget 2020
      393. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the 1,000 therapists, nurses and other professionals in community health services whose recruitment was announced in budget 2020; the number to...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme
      394. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding to be provided for the nursing home support scheme in 2020; the full-year cost of same; and the number of additional places to be...
    • Care of the Elderly Funding
      395. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the €97 million for older people services in 2020; and the full-year cost of such initiatives. [41906/19]
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      396. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the €25 million unspent from budget 2018 is used to develop new services for mental health in 2019. [41907/19]
    • Budget 2020
      398. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide assurances that the funding announced for mental health in budget 2020 does not include the overrun of funding already announced in budget...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Wexford awaiting ophthalmic services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41916/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Wexford awaiting cataract operations in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospitals Data
      404. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that required in-hospital treatment for diabetes-related foot complications and lower limb loss in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to...
    • Respite Care Services Funding
      405. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that will be provided in 2020 to build capacity and respond to the evolving needs of respite service users and their families overnight, in home,...
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the number of therapists that will be recruited in total on foot of the announcement in budget 2020 of extra community health staff to be provided; and the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      407. To ask the Minister for Health the additional residential and other services for persons with disabilities in response to their priority needs that are to be provided in 2020 on foot of the...
    • Autism Support Services
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that is to be provided in 2020 for an autism plan to improve services for persons with autism and their families. [41926/19]
    • Health Services Staff Recruitment
      409. To ask the Minister for Health further to the announcements in budget 2020, the number of dementia advisers to be recruited in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41927/19]
    • Home Care Packages Administration
      410. To ask the Minister for Health the grounds and protocols on which home support hours are allocated. [41930/19]
    • Health Services Provision
      411. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the roll-out of full access to free contraception as recommended by the Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution; and if...
    • Medical Card Administration
      412. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot change general practitioner on the person's medical card; and when the person will be able to change general...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      413. To ask the Minister for Health when free-of-charge medical cards will be made available to all terminally ill patients following budget 2020. [41996/19]
    • Cross-Border Health Services Provision
      414. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons reimbursed under the cross-border scheme in 2019; the timeframe for turning around applications; the waiting time for persons to be...
    • Home Help Service Provision
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the provision of home help hours for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42014/19]
    • Proposed Legislation
      416. To ask the Minister for Health when the legislation regarding the fair deal scheme, which has been approved at Cabinet level, will progress further; the timeframe for the next steps in the...
    • Nursing Home Services
      417. To ask the Minister for Health if a nursing home bed will be allocated to a person (details supplied). [42027/19]
    • Local Drugs Task Forces Funding
      421. To ask the Minister for Health the combined total funding from both his Department and the HSE to each local and regional drug task force in each of the years 2014 to 2019, in tabular form....
    • Hospitals Funding
      422. To ask the Minister for Health when he received a copy of a report by a person (details supplied) into inequity in the funding of acute hospitals here. [42036/19]
    • Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation
      424. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request an investigation into the way in which the Medical Council dealt with the case of a person (details supplied) as highlighted by RTÉ...
    • National Drugs Strategy Budget
      425. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019 by the Health Service Executive to support implementation of the national drugs...
    • Drug Treatment Programmes Data
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the average length of time for which a person remains on a methadone programme; the average cost per annum in maintaining a person on a programme; the number...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      428. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of staff at Beaumont Hospital. [42045/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      430. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding FreeStyle Libre. [42049/19]
    • Home Care Packages Administration
      431. To ask the Minister for Health if the delays being experienced in the delivery of home care packages in the CHO 7 areas in counties Kildare and Wicklow will be addressed; and if he will make...
    • Pension Provisions
      432. 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...
    • Home Help Service
      433. To ask the Minister for Health the provision that will be made for home support services for the elderly in 2020 recognising the significant difficulty many persons experienced in securing...
    • Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding from the health budget announced in budget 2020 that will go towards local and regional drug task forces in 2020; the increases in...
    • Vaccination Programme
      435. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the uptake of the influenza vaccine for the winter 2019 season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42112/19]
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to ensure that patients here have the same access to new medicines as patients throughout Europe; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Services Provision
      438. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 438 of 8 October 2019 (details supplied) to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, if same will be reviewed; and...
    • Maternity Services
      440. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve support for and promote birthing centres and home births, particularly as an option for mothers in rural Ireland; if he has reviewed...
    • Health Services Provision
      441. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding podiatry services provided by the HSE in County Carlow; the status of the service going forward; the number of persons on the waiting...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      442. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) must wait for an appointment with a person in the regional hospital, Limerick; and if he will make a statement...
    • General Medical Services Scheme
      443. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a payment to a person (details supplied). [42142/19]
    • Home Help Service Provision
      444. To ask the Minister for Health when the 1 million extra home care hours announced in budget 2020 will commence; his views on the fact that the waiting list is causing undue hardship for the...
    • Health Services Provision
      445. To ask the Minister for Health the plans and measures in place for increases in podiatry services in County Sligo; if the lack of services and facilities in Sligo town will be addressed; and...
    • Electronic Cigarettes
      448. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) relating to vaping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42168/19]
    • Orthodontic Services
      449. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) concerning children who were harmed by HSE orthodontic services in the Dublin mid-Leinster...
    • Medicinal Products
      450. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide for incremental increases in the drugs budget for new drugs in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42174/19]
    • Medicinal Products Prices
      451. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of savings delivered over the entire course of the framework agreement with industry; the projected savings for 2020; if these projected savings...
    • Medicinal Products Expenditure
      452. To ask the Minister for Health if the savings from the best value biologic process will be reinvested into the drugs budget for 2020; and, if so, the amount of savings that will be...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      453. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; the length of time this person is waiting; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      454. To ask the Minister for Health if an assessment of needs has been carried out in respect of a child (details supplied); if he is entitled to services and therapies by the early intervention...
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      455. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the recruitment for the post of a clinical nurse specialist for neurology in University Hospital Limerick has stalled; if this issue will be...
    • HSE Planning
      457. To ask the Minister for Health if a dental clinic (details supplied) in Celbridge, County Kildare, is part of the HSE capital plan; and the timeline for the reopening of the clinic; and if...
    • Health Infrastructure Provision
      458. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 351 of 17 September 2019, the steps the HSE has taken to ensure that tender documents are being prepared to enable the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      459. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied). [42267/19]
    • Dental Services Provision
      460. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding dental care for under sixes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42270/19]
    • Vaccination Programme
      461. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide access to the HPV vaccine for all teenage boys in secondary schools; if a programme will be introduced to provide the vaccine to boys that...
    • HSE Properties
      462. To ask the Minister for Health the specific planned use of a building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42325/19]
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      463. To ask the Minister for Health if an examination has been carried out to review the medical card guidelines for persons with spinal injuries who want to work but see the potential loss of...
    • Health Services Funding
      464. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to support services for stroke survivors in the community in CHO 9 in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form....
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      465. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for scans at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019. [42335/19]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the length of time it takes to complete a remote sensing eligibility inspection with respect to the basic payment areas of natural...
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data
      467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants awaiting areas of natural constraint scheme payments. [41658/19]
    • Farm Inspections
      468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications selected for the remote sensing inspections or satellite inspections; and the length of time the process...
    • Bord na gCon
      469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review the status of Bord na gCon as a commercial semi-State body; the original rationale for awarding the body this...
    • Planning Issues
      470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding single consent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41719/19]
    • Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
      471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter in the case of a person (details supplied) regarding a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • TAMS Eligibility
      472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grant aid will be made available under TAMS for farmers who construct underpasses for health and safety reasons; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of payments for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41781/19]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time and part-time civil servants his Department has recruited by grade in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to...
    • State Bodies Funding
      475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding provided to each State agency under the remit of his Department in 2018 and 2019, in tabular form; and if he...
    • EU Directives
      476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish a dedicated sectoral regulator to enforce the EU directive on unfair trading practices in the agricultural and...
    • Beef Industry
      477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission under section 10(4) of the Competition and Consumer Protection...
    • Agrifood Sector
      478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he remains assured that adequate opportunities for expansion remain available to the agrifood sector with...
    • Food Imports
      479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he expects traceability measures to continue to be enforced in respect of agrifood imports into this...
    • Agriculture Scheme Administration
      480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider using the €22 million underspend from the BEAM scheme to compensate beef and suckler farmers for losses...
    • Beef Industry
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the four month notice to change weight requirements for the in-spec bonus applies to Kepak in view of the decision to publish its...
    • Agriculture Scheme Data
      482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who applied for the BEAM scheme; the number deemed ineligible; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Agriculture Scheme Payments
      484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of ANC and SFPs that are held up due to satellite inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42131/19]
    • Animal Breeding Regulations
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the regulations in cases in which a small number of turkeys are kept for domestic personal use in terms of killing birds for domestic...
    • Agriculture Scheme Applications
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a late applicant (details supplied) to the BEAM scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42182/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if 75 positions is still the most up-to-date figure for the total number that have been identified to be filled in a hard Brexit...
    • Brexit Supports
      489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the monetary amount that will be made up of each of the financial instruments, equity, loans and grant aid in tabular form following...
    • Budget 2020
      490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of further targeted farm supports worth €40 million following the announcement in budget 2020 for each respective...
    • Organic Farming Scheme
      493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total funding to the organic farm scheme in 2020. [42189/19]
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on an application for an aquaculture licence; the date the application was...
    • Fishing Industry
      495. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which adequate protective measures are available to assist families dependent on the fishing industry, with particular...
    • Food Industry Exports
      498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which existing markets remain available to Irish food and food products after Brexit; if adequate new markets have been...
    • Food Exports
      499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the degree to which alternative markets for beef, lamb, pig and poultry meat continue to be available, or alternative if necessary in...
    • Climate Change Policy
      500. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which measures are in place to meet climate change requirements without damaging the economy in general and the food...
    • Brexit Supports
      501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he has identified extra costs likely to affect the food industry in the aftermath of Brexit; the degree to which...
    • Food Exports
      503. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent he expects the food sector to rely on high-quality products in order to retain competitiveness in various world markets;...
    • Sheepmeat Sector
      504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of live lambs imported on a weekly basis since 1 January 2019 from Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales; and if...
    • Food Labelling
      506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the controls that are put in place to ensure that live lambs imported from Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales are...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Data Protection
      508. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if data collected by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, on BER forms in respect of water usage will not...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      509. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the policy on PV solar panels covering agricultural land; the details of this scheme; and if he will make a statement...
    • Illegal Dumping
      510. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the budget spent on cleaning up illegal dumping by each local authority area in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Telecommunications Services Provision
      512. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a new phone and broadband connection for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Environmental Policy
      513. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress of an announced plan to introduce a nationwide ban on single use plastics; if a policy has been developed;...
    • National Broadband Plan Data
      515. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises within the dark blue area of the national broadband plan for which commercial operators have...
    • Inland Fisheries Ireland
      518. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 277 of 3 October 2019, if the one completed third-party project application to...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      522. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the meetings, both planned and unplanned, that he attended on a trip to New York in September 2019. [41725/19]
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      523. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the regulations governing the planning and construction of offshore wind farms and site testing within Irish waters....
    • Nuclear Waste
      524. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views that Newry has been earmarked as one of a number of sites being considered for the disposal of nuclear waste...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      525. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of full-time and part-time civil servants his Department has recruited by grade in each of the years 2014 to...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      526. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when an area (details supplied) in County Waterford will have full broadband connection and access to Internet services...
    • National Broadband Plan Administration
      527. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of responses received to the NBP mapping consultation; the number of responses that were brought to the...
    • Postal Codes
      528. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that householders who have yet to be connected to a broadband service...
    • Just Transition Fund
      529. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the new just transition commissioner for the midlands confirmed in the budget that funding worth €31 million...
    • Landfill Sites
      530. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 533 of 17 September 2019, if tenders have now been invited for the project; if...
    • Proposed Legislation
      531. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the introduction of amending legislation in 2019 to provide for a 2050 mitigation objective, carbon...
    • Climate Change Negotiations
      532. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position taken by the State at the recent EU Environment Council on 4 October 2019 on the proposal to increase the...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      533. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the security of supply review that was committed to regarding concerns raised about the Shannon LNG project will...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Brexit Issues
      535. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which alternative shipping or air routes remain available for food exports to all markets in the aftermath of Brexit; and...
    • Road Projects Status
      536. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation in 2020 for the Dunkettle roundabout works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42343/19]
    • Sports Organisations
      537. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action taken by his Department and Sport Ireland to bring the current damaging impasse to an end (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Sport Ireland
      538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the membership of the National Trails Advisory Committee and the national trails office. [41647/19]
    • Sport Ireland Funding
      539. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding provided to the national trails office in each of the past five years. [41648/19]
    • Rural Recreation Promotion
      540. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided for the creation of new hiking trails here. [41649/19]
    • Rail Network Expansion
      543. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a feasibility study will be requested into the opening of a rail line from Dublin to Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Transport Authority
      544. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the National Transport Authority advisory council to be set up under section 17 of the Dublin Transport Authority...
    • Bus Éireann Services
      545. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41728/19]
    • Road Projects Status
      547. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the feasibility study for a second interchange on the M4 at Maynooth; the timeline for the tender process; the timeline for...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      548. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of full-time and part-time civil servants his Department has recruited by grade in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date...
    • Budget 2020
      549. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the additional €27 million current spending allocated to his Department for 2020. [41828/19]
    • Rail Services Provision
      551. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new and-or refurbished intercity rail cars that will be put into operation in 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a...
    • Bus Services
      552. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that will be invested in PSO bus fleets by route in 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41846/19]
    • National Transport Authority Expenditure
      553. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid to companies (details supplied) by the NTA in respect of internal audits in 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Rural Transport Programme
      555. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposed improvements that will take place in rural public transport arising from the undertaking in the budget speech of the...
    • Departmental Funding
      556. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding for an e-cargo bike grant will be considered for businesses to avail of in order to make a reduction in the price of a cargo...
    • Dublin Bus Fleet
      557. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional capacity that will be made to the Dublin Bus fleet in 2020 to deal with the continuing increase in bus passenger numbers...
    • Green Public Transport Fund
      558. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated to the green public transport fund in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42105/19]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      559. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a capital grant will be approved for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42153/19]
    • Rail Network Expansion
      561. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the progress of the feasibility study of high speed rail between Dublin and Belfast, Dublin and Limerick Junction...
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      565. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next round of sports capital grants will be announced; the deadline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Rail Services Data
      566. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of incidents of vandalism at Irish Rail that have resulted in disruptions to services in 2019; and if he will make a statement...
    • Dublin Bus Services
      567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of incidents of vandalism on Dublin Bus that have resulted in disruptions to services in 2019; and if he will make a statement...
    • Light Rail Projects
      569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of incidents of vandalism on the Luas that have resulted in disruptions to services in 2019; and if he will make a statement...
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      570. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when announcements will be made on the successful projects in the current round of the sports capital grants; the reason for the delay in...
    • EU Funding
      571. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount received by Ireland in TEN-T funding in each of the years since 2011; the projects that received the funding; when a decision...
    • Railway Stations
      572. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in the context of the recent climate action plan announced by the Government together with various proposals announced in budget 2020...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • National Childcare Scheme
      573. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if advice (details supplied) will be made public that was given to her Department by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Staff
      577. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if correspondence from a childcare provider (details supplied) will receive a response; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Staff Data
      578. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of full-time and part-time civil servants her Department has recruited by grade in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes
      579. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a child (details supplied) cannot avail of a second free preschool year. [41841/19]
    • Youth Services
      582. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a progress report will be provided on the several sample projects that were established in 2016 and 2017; the number of projects fully...
    • Childcare Services Regulation
      584. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a service (details supplied) is to be shut down on 11 October 2019 at the request of...
    • HSE Reports
      585. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention and that of Tusla has been drawn to a report and-or to the contents of a report (details supplied) concerning children who...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Walks Scheme
      586. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department or agencies under its aegis have proactively identified possible walking trails for inclusion under its walks...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      589. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of full-time and part-time civil servants his Department has recruited by grade in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to...
    • Departmental Schemes
      590. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made in developing an indemnity scheme for private landowners who make their land available for recreational purposes;...
    • Legislative Programme
      591. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when legislation to protect farmers from insurance claims from hill walkers will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Town and Village Renewal Scheme
      592. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a decision will be made on applications under the town and village renewal scheme in 2019; when works approved will have to be...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      593. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the allocations by subhead for all capital expenditure by his Department in 2019; the expenditure to date broken down on the same...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Springboard Programme
      594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will include a partial capacity benefit as a qualifying payment for springboard courses; if her attention has been...
    • Labour Activation Programmes
      595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the Gateway local authority labour activation scheme; if an appraisal of the scheme has been carried...
    • Exceptional Needs Payment Applications
      596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the application form for exceptional needs payments is available online on her Department’s website; if not, the...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      598. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of full-time and part-time civil servants her Department has recruited by grade in each of the years 2014 to 2018...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Household Benefits Scheme
      601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status an application by a person (details supplied) for a household benefits package; and if she will make a statement...
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in a decision being made on a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
      604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the entitlements of the State pension, contributory, recipients who were self-employed and in receipt of farm assist...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) for the domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement...
    • Illness Benefit Eligibility
      606. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a full entitlement to illness benefit for a person (details supplied). [41995/19]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      607. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42018/19]
    • Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
      608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if further consideration will be given to the request by community employment scheme supervisors for proper pension...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Data
      611. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of jobseeker's aged 18 to 24 years of age who will see their payment rate increased to the full rate; and if she...
    • Child Maintenance Payments
      612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she will establish the judge-led group to examine child maintenance; the terms of reference for this group; the...
    • Fuel Allowance Payments
      613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which a €2 increase in the fuel allowance will offset a €6 carbon tax increase when vulnerable...
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Eligibility
      614. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a series of matters relating to the pension of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a...
    • Disability Allowance Payments
      615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in a person (details supplied) being granted a disability allowance. [42141/19]
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      616. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason means tested qualified adult payments for those on a contributory pension treat savings as income to be assessed...
    • Social Welfare Code
      617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the location in which the method for means testing for various social protection payments is laid out in legislation; and if...
    • Illness Benefit Applications
      618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a review of an illness benefit claim by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a...
    • Working Family Payment Applications
      620. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied). [42326/19]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Regeneration Projects
      621. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the factory, a vital community programme in Limerick, is due to close in...
    • Legislative Programme
      622. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Marine Planning and Development Management Bill; and the way in which this legislation will apply to...
    • Foreshore Licence Applications
      623. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of foreshore licences related to offshore renewable energy projects that have been approved by his Department in...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      624. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of full-time and part-time civil servants his Department has recruited by grade in each of the years 2014 to 2018...
    • An Bord Pleanála
      625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated amount it would cost in 2020 if the budget for An Bord Pleanála increased by 8.5%; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Assistance Payment Administration
      626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the fact that housing assistance payment applications are taking up to eight weeks to process; his further views...
    • Homelessness Strategy
      627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41928/19]
    • Wastewater Treatment
      631. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress in the ongoing talks between the EPA, his officials and officials from Leitrim County Council regarding the...
    • Irish Water Funding
      633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Irish Water does not have sufficient funds in the latter months of 2019 to undertake urgent projects; and if he...
    • Budget 2020
      634. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the budget 2020 allocation to each programme or scheme within his Department. [42082/19]
    • Energy Efficiency
      635. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has had discussions with the SEAI in connection with the budget increase of the carbon tax in respect of re-opening the...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      636. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is planned to provide funding in 2020 to Uisce Éireann for the provision of sewerage systems in towns and villages...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff engaged in the housing delivery office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42100/19]
    • Fire Safety
      638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made to date on a wider fire safety review of buildings at risk here as part of the response to the Grenfell...
    • Housing Data
      639. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP and RAS units in each local authority; the average HAP and RAS payments being made by local authority in...
    • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
      640. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the ongoing revaluation of rateable properties taking place across many local authorities is planned to be revenue neutral...
    • Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
      641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the next round of the local infrastructure housing activation fund will open for applications; and the dedicated budget...
    • Defective Building Materials
      642. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of additional funding allocated from budget 2020 to the mica redress scheme; when the funding will be allocated;...
    • Tenancy Protection Scheme
      643. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce regulations to provide for a deposit retention scheme under section 61 of the Residential Tenancies...
    • Rent Pressure Zones
      644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the improvement in the supply of accommodation in rent pressure zones arising from the curtailing in 2019 of short-term...
    • Local Government Reform
      645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he has taken for 2020 to address the shortfall in funding for the local authorities in County Galway identified in...
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application has been received for stage 1 approval of a voluntary housing project (details supplied); when a decision...
    • Local Government Reform
      647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that has been made on plans to implement the decision of people in Limerick city and county to support the...
    • Urban Regeneration and Development Fund
      648. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 26 September 2019, if the council has appointed engineering consultants to assist...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Funding
      649. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the type of funding that an organisation (details supplied) receives from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Inland Waterways Development
      650. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the redevelopment of the Maynooth Harbour project and related works; the amount of funding committed to this project...
    • Hare Coursing Regulation
      651. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her view on proposals (details supplied). [41727/19]
    • Departmental Staff Data
      652. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of full-time and part-time civil servants her Department has recruited by grade in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and...
    • Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
      653. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • National Concert Hall
      654. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeline for the transfer of the National Symphony Orchestra from RTÉ to the National Concert Hall; the moneys available...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      655. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is allocation in the budgets of the capital projects funded by her Department for the commissioning of artwork and other...
    • Ealaín na Gaeltachta
      656. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil an cúram maidir le maoiniú a chur ar fáil do Chomhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann á...
    • Seirbhísí Uisce
      657. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an raibh aon chomhráití aici nó ag a Roinn leis an Aire Tithíochta, Pleanála agus Rialtais...
    • National Monuments
      658. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if it is planned to appoint a new Moore Street advisory committee in line with the recommendations of the report, The Moore Street...
    • Arts Funding
      660. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there has been a change in the funding arrangements or funding application process for Comhaltas Ceoltóirí...
    • Compensation Schemes
      661. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 529 of 8 October 2019, each specified activity in question; if the 2004 agreement provided...
    • Departmental Bodies
      662. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the creation of a national night-time culture steering committee in her Department; the membership of the committee;...
    • Cultural Policy
      663. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the planned national survey of venues for night-time cultural activity; the expected format of the survey; the...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      664. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a substantive reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied) which was followed by several reminders; the reason for...
    • An Foras Teanga
      665. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén fáth nár chaith An Foras Teanga, de réir thuarascáil an Ard-Reachtaire Cuntas agus Ciste, ach...
    • Scéimeanna Rannach
      666. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cá mhéad a caitheadh gach bliain ar an scéim do mhúineadh na Gaeilge in ollscoileanna thar sáile ó...

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