Written answers
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Citizens Assembly
7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on progress towards a citizens' assembly on a directly elected mayor for Dublin. [38490/19]
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the UN General Assembly and UN Climate Action Summit. [39284/19]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- National Broadband Plan Expenditure
41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of the national broadband plan once completed; the amount paid out to date; the estimated amount that...
- Climate Change Policy
45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to carry out early assessments of the social and employment impacts of climate policies and identify the...
- Online Safety
47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the establishment of a digital safety commissioner. [42296/19]
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of plans for the roll-out of the national broadband plan; the activities to take place in 2019 and 2020...
- Warmer Homes Scheme Funding
50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding funding streams which are available to support home owners on low incomes to retrofit their...
- Energy Efficiency
51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to address the significant deficit in funding to the SEAI for the deep retrofit of homes here in the context...
- National Broadband Plan
52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42299/19]
- Air Quality
53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number and location of existing and planned air quality monitoring stations in cities and towns; and the actions he...
- Post Office Network
54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ensure the future of the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42297/19]
- Renewable Energy Generation
55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken to minimise the time period to connect renewable generators to the grid in view of the fact there...
- Online Safety
56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for the introduction of legislation for a digital safety commissioner; and if he will make a statement on...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the plans to provide high quality, high speed broadband in all areas nationally are progressing;...
- Energy Policy
58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the introduction of a nationwide ban on smoky fuels; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Electric Vehicles
59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered the implications for rural areas of the target of 1 million electric cars by 2030; if so, if it is...
- North-South Interconnector
60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has had discussions recently with his counterparts in Northern Ireland on the proposed North South interconnector;...
- Just Transition Fund
61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the transitional projects that are envisaged by the budget 2020 announcement of special funding for the midland region...
- Climate Change Policy
62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the implications for his Department of the recent UN Climate Action Summit; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hydraulic Fracturing
63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether the evidence that fracked gas is significantly worse for the environment, particularly in respect...
- Climate Action Fund
65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the next round of climate action fund will go ahead in 2019 as planned and outlined under the National Development...
- Capital Expenditure Programme Implementation
66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of each State infrastructure project that is in development or is due for completion in 2019 in which it is...
- Climate Change Adaptation Plans
67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the mechanisms he is considering to develop private finance models in support of the deep retrofit of residential...
- Illegal Dumping
68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding his Department is making available to help county councils deal with incidents of illegal dumping and fly...
- Climate Change Policy
71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which Ireland plans to address the issue of climate change; the main pillars of the proposal, with...
- Sustainable Development Goals
73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a disability advocacy group will be considered as one of the listed SDG champions to drive forward SDGs in view of...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to sign the contract for the complete roll-out of fibre to the home; and the timeline for delivering the plan...
- Energy Policy
75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a review of security of energy supply will be undertaken; and his plans to ensure that this assessment is carried...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Funding
76. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will consider creating an Army bereavement fund for ex-soldiers whose family members pass away; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the input by his Department into the ongoing outstanding requests with the UK Government regarding inquiries into the Dublin...
- Northern Ireland
78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise with members of the British Government the need to establish a comprehensive inquiry into the Birmingham pub bombings of...
- Good Friday Agreement
79. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he discussed the Good Friday Agreement when he met with his UK counterpart. [42312/19]
- Northern Ireland
80. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress in having the Assembly and Executive in Northern Ireland restored following his most recent talks with the Secretary of State...
- Brexit Negotiations
81. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of his most recent discussions with Mr. Barnier of the EU Commission on Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Finance
- Tax Rebates
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the tax refund available to farmers using green diesel following the recent rise in carbon tax affecting fuel and operating costs; and...
- Credit Union Data
83. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 57 of 3 October 2019, the value of deposits and investments held by Irish credit unions in the United Kingdom; and if he...
- Budget 2020
84. To ask the Minister for Finance the first year and full year costs of changes announced in budget 2020 to schemes (details supplied). [42369/19]
- Employment and Investment Incentive Scheme
85. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of an updated cost of adapting the employment and investment incentive scheme following the changes announced in budget 2020 (details supplied)...
- Tax Credits
86. To ask the Minister for Finance the first year and full year costs following the changes announced in budget 2020 of equalising the earned income credit with PAYE credit. [42371/19]
- Stability and Growth Pact
88. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact of spending on social housing being classified as investment rather than expenditure as part of the EU fiscal rules; and the engagements he has had...
- Tribunals of Inquiry Reports
89. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the investigation into the findings of the Moriarty tribunal; if he is satisfied that the findings will be acted upon; if further consideration...
- VAT Rate Application
90. To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT rate charged on food supplements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42482/19]
- Real Estate Investment Trusts
91. To ask the Minister for Finance if the recent move to close the revaluation loophole upon REIT cessation, section 705P requiring that the relevant REIT has to be in operation for over 15...
- Stamp Duty
92. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a stamp duty charge of 7.5% is not applicable in which a scheme of arrangement, in accordance with Part 9 of the Companies Act 2014, is used for the...
- Tax Code
94. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will hold an industry-wide retail export scheme consultation which will include a review of the €175 threshold that will apply to the VAT retail...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Drainage Schemes
96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 54 of 8 October 2019, the cost of the works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42358/19]
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport Provision
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Bus Éireann will be instructed to provide an urgent update on a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- National Educational Psychological Service
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a specific assessment. [42412/19]
- Schools Building Projects
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the remedial works required to deal with the pyrite issues in schools (details supplied); if students will be expected to vacate the schools when...
- Schools Refurbishment
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a grant for the refurbishment of a school (details supplied). [42347/19]
- School Enrolments Data
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the relevant departmental geographic information systems, GIS, data, that is, enrolments and other relevant data which is...
- School Staff
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appeal by a school (details supplied) will be examined in respect of the possible suppression of a teaching post; and if he will make a...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are insufficient ASD units in mainstream schools to accommodate demand; his plans to deal...
- Schools Building Projects Expenditure
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proportion of the €670 million in budget 2020 for school buildings in 2020 that will be allocated to fixing the structural defects...
- School Accommodation
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for delays being experienced in progressing a project to provide additional classroom accommodation at a school (details supplied) in...
- School Enrolments
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the severe shortage of secondary school places in Rush, County Dublin, in which over 100 students are on a...
- School Catchment Areas
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils who can be enrolled in a new Educate Together post-primary school (details supplied); if the number can be increased; if the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42445/19]
- Schools Building Projects Applications
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a funding application by a school (details supplied); when the application will progress to the next stage; and if he will make a...
- Comhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to budget 2020 the current and capital allocation to An Comhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta in 2020. [42454/19]
- School Accommodation Provision
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if maps of the current school planning areas are available; and if a copy is available for use by schools. [42477/19]
- School Transport Eligibility
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child (details supplied) can receive school transport in view of the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42484/19]
- Skills Development
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to budget 2020, the allocation to Skillnet Ireland in 2020. [42500/19]
- Schools Building Projects Status
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage a proposed building project (details supplied) is at; when the project will proceed to the next stage; the timescale for the overall...
- Post-Leaving Certificate Courses Availability
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the proposed PLC course at a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the proposed PLC course...
- School Patronage
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to further develop partnerships between patronage bodies further to the recent example of a partnership between a community college and...
- School Accommodation Provision
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an analysis has been conducted of the demand for primary school places in the Dublin 15 and Navan Road areas; his plans to ensure there is a...
- Schools Building Projects Status
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42619/19]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the planned special school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will officially open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42620/19]
- Schools Site Acquisitions
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appropriate site has been identified for the planned new post-primary school to serve the west Blanchardstown, Dublin15 and Blanchardstown...
- School Services Staff
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the education budget to ensure all school secretaries are paid as public servants will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the...
- School Curriculum
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if steps will be taken to cease the practice of segregation and discrimination against children on the basis of religion in schools by moving the...
- School Services Staff
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the important role that school secretaries play in the education system (details supplied); the steps he will take to bring these...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Garda Operations
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the lack of enforcement being undertaken by An Garda Síochána to prevent private vehicles using bus...
- Statute of Limitations
129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2018, as it relates to thalidomide survivors and unacknowledged...
- Garda Recruitment
130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has engaged and-or consulted with the Garda Commissioner and-or other authorities in respect of broadening and-or...
- Naturalisation Applications
131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a naturalisation application by a person (details supplied); when the application will be finalised; and if he...
- Child Abuse Reports
132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of files relating to historical cases of child abuse being kept at the headquarters of an organisation (details...
- Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission
133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42517/19]
- Garda Data
134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilian executives and Garda civilian staff under investigation who have been suspended each year since 2010 to...
- Tribunals of Inquiry Reports
137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the last date on which he and-or his officials were briefed with an update by the DPP and-or An Garda...
- Departmental Funding
138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the end recipients of funding that was initially given to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the...
- Naturalisation Applications
139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his progress in addressing the issues raised by the High Court judgment in respect of time spent outside the State in terms of...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Work Permits Eligibility
140. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason nurses from outside the EU with diplomas, who are seeking work permits here, are not considered under the critical skills...
- Brexit Supports
141. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following the announcement in budget 2020 of a no-deal Brexit support fund for enterprises totalling €110 million, the details...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
145. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to the announcement in budget 2020 of a €10 million allocation to the disruptive technologies innovation fund, if this...
- Brexit Supports
146. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the allocation in budget 2020 by her Department to the Brexit working capital and future growth loan schemes. [42378/19]
- Economic Competitiveness
147. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the fall of the position of Ireland in the 2019 WEF competitiveness rankings. [42379/19]
- Employment Rights
148. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to ensure that all public bodies comply with S.I. No. 234/2019 - Sectoral Employment Order (Construction...
- IDA Ireland Data
149. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the most recent occasion on which the IDA visited counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath; the number of new jobs that have been created by...
- Enterprise Support Schemes
150. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the introduction of a merchant's incentive scheme to grant small businesses easier access to point of sales terminals will be...
- Research Funding Data
151. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding allocated to the programme for research in third level institutions in 2020. [42499/19]
- Department of Health
- Vaccination Programme
152. To ask the Minister for Health if he has discussed with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the possibility of making entry to State funded or recognised crèches conditional on...
- Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
153. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be seen by Athenry ASD services for speech and language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42367/19]
- Home Help Service Provision
154. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot receive additional home help hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42383/19]
- Hospital Consultant Recruitment
155. To ask the Minister for Health the start date of a sarcoma specialist post in St. Vincent’s University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42388/19]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
156. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a procedure at Galway University Hospital; the waiting times for the procedure; and if he will...
- Mental Health Services Staff
157. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 114 assistant psychologists who are currently employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42393/19]
- Home Help Service Data
158. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for home help package applications in County Donegal; the length of time after approval of home help it takes in the county to receive...
- Hospitals Data
160. To ask the Minister for Health the number of attendances at the minor injury unit in Monaghan Hospital in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement...
- Palliative Care Facilities
162. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a palliative care unit (details supplied); if the location of same been decided upon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42403/19]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
163. To ask the Minister for Health if a refund can be provided to a person (details supplied) who has had to incur substantial medical costs as a result of a protracted wait on the public...
- Ambulance Service Provision
164. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for restoring a second ambulance to south-west Donegal covering the area from Inver to Glencolmcille, including the areas of Ardara and...
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
165. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the digitalised registration system in the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, funded by his Department; his views on the resignation in...
- Emergency Departments
166. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the investment for the upgrade of the emergency department at Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42422/19]
- Hospital Services
167. To ask the Minister for Health if the opening times at a unit (details supplied) will be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42423/19]
- HSE Properties
168. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the sale of a building (details supplied); if the building can be kept in State ownership; if other Departments have indicated an interest in...
- Maternity Services
169. To ask the Minister for Health the number of pregnant mothers who have used the anomaly scan in Cavan General Hospital to date by month in tabular form; his plans to increase the service in...
- Diabetes Strategy
170. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the Waterford thriveabetes project as contained in the recent Sláintecare plan; the way in which it will it benefit persons with type 1...
- Mental Health Services Provision
171. To ask the Minister for Health the number of specialist substance abuse mental health teams in place; the number of staff in each; the location and base of each team; and the way in which...
- Departmental Funding
172. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding paid to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Pharmacy Services
173. To ask the Minister for Health if he will honour the commitment he made at a conference (details supplied) to expand the role of community pharmacies to include the full and immediate...
- Health Screening Programmes
175. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure greater levels of genetic testing for cancer and ultra-rare diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42468/19]
- Departmental Programmes
176. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to consult with charities and patient organisations on whole genome sequencing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42469/19]
- Cross-Border Health Services Provision
177. To ask the Minister for Health the reason patients going across the Border for treatment are waiting for arrears payment from the HSE; the number of cases that have been dealt with in 2019;...
- Health Services Staff
178. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no periodontist based in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42475/19]
- Home Help Service Data
179. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of home care support services outsourced to private companies in 2018 and to date in 2019, by CHO in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Substance Misuse
180. To ask the Minister for Health if correspondence has been received from a pharmacist (details supplied) regarding the abuse of codeine products; if he has considered the contents of the...
- Hospital Services
181. To ask the Minister for Health the number of slots provided to Cavan General Hospital for the Drogheda fracture clinic due to increased demand and to ease waiting times; and if he will make...
- Disability Services Funding
182. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the €25 million allocated to disability services between the four sections listed on page 112 of the budget book, that is, school...
- Disabilities Assessments
183. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funds that have been provided in budget 2020 for the assessment of needs programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42519/19]
- Cancer Screening Programmes
185. To ask the Minister for Health when he will meet a person (details supplied) regarding the person's issues with the content of the MacCraith report; if he will meet with the person prior to...
- Rehabilitative Training Allowance Payments
186. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reintroduce the rehabilitative training allowance in view of its value and importance to many trainees nationwide; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Control of Horses
187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Cork County Council refuses to remove stray horses from lands in Hollyhill, Cork city, in view of numerous requests from...
- Afforestation Programme
188. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which 4,000 acres of forestry of native species can contribute to carbon sequestration annually; and if he will make a...
- Animal Disease Controls
190. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding possible vaccination of hares to protect them from the RHD2 virus which has been detected in a number of...
- Brexit Preparations
191. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contingency steps being taken to limit the impact of a no-deal Brexit on the agriculture sector here. [42400/19]
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments
192. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an ANC payment will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Agriculture Scheme Payments
194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the remote sensing inspection will be completed; when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Afforestation Programme
195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to budget 2020, the current and capital allocation for the forestry programme in his Department in 2020; the amount of...
- Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data
196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers enrolled in the ANC scheme in 2019; the breakdown by each respective area designation, including mountain type...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a partial BPS payment will issue to a person (details supplied). [42532/19]
- Brexit Negotiations
199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he discussed the fishing zones between Ireland and the UK and possible blockades and conflict at sea with his UK counterpart....
- Agriculture Schemes
200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which grant funding remains available for qualified or unqualified farmers for the construction of on-farm underpasses...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Environmental Protection Agency Reports
201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps to be taken following the publication of a report from the Environmental Protection Agency (details...
- Mobile Telephony Services
202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for improving the availability of mobile telephone signals in rural Ireland and particularly in County...
- Inland Fisheries Ireland
203. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of vehicles Inland Fisheries Ireland purchased in 2018 and to date in 2019; the type of vehicles purchased;...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
204. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the broadband plan for rural Ireland; the details of the broadband officers for county councils...
- Electric Vehicles
205. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process in order to avail of the new communal chargers for electric vehicles for apartment blocks; and if he will...
- Departmental Staff Data
206. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of environmental economists employed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42472/19]
- Postal Codes
207. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of an Eircode for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42529/19]
- Climate Change Policy
208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which he sees Ireland's climate action programme moving closer to international targets in 2020; and if...
- Electricity Generation
210. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the degree to which non-fossil fuel generated electricity will become available to the national grid over the next five...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
211. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expected progress in the delivery of nationwide high speed, high quality broadband over the next five years; the...
- Electricity Generation
213. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the electricity requirements at peak times available nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42562/19]
- Waste Management
216. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a means can be found to incentivise a reduction in the use of non-biodegradable plastic wrappings and containers;...
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
217. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband facilities will be extended to areas (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- National Transport Authority Staff
218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of environmental economists employed by the National Transport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42473/19]
- Public Transport Fares
219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the arrangements his Department has made with the Department of Finance and the NTA to ensure that increases in carbon tax on fuel will...
- Haulage Industry
220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the rebate available to hauliers following the recent rise in carbon tax affecting cost of fuel and operating...
- Regional Road Network
221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding for the R232 Laghey to Pettigo regional road in County Donegal will be provided; if he will further commit to...
- Tourism Promotion
222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available for community and other groups marketing Ireland or holding events, festivals and so on internally and abroad as a...
- Taxi Regulations
223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of progress towards facilitating digital payments acceptance in taxis and public transport providers; and the timelines for...
- Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme
224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a promise made in Dáil Éireann in 1975 by the then Minister for Transport and Power, Mr. Peter Barry, has not been...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Childcare Services Funding
225. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding that will be provided to afterschool providers under the national childcare scheme to pay for the inclusion of support workers...
- Child and Family Agency Expenditure
226. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount spent by Tusla on external legal agencies in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she...
- Child Abuse
228. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 1710 of 6 September 2019, the discussions that have taken place between her Department and an...
- Child and Family Agency Investigations
232. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the information passed on to the person suspected of alleged abuse in the social work assessment of a retrospective disclosure if it...
- Child and Family Agency Services
235. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which the information relating to cases of retrospective abuse is stored by Tusla; the person or body that has access to the...
- Childcare Services Regulation
236. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if issues at a crèche (details supplied) were flagged with her Department; if so, when; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Voluntary Sector Funding
237. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if sufficient funding will be ring-fenced for a charity (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42480/19]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Community Services Programme
238. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps he will take in respect of a community centre (details supplied) which urgently requires funding to address health and...
- Budget 2020
239. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to budget 2020 the Exchequer amount allocated between current and capital allocations in 2020 to schemes and programmes...
- Western Development Commission Funding
240. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to budget 2020 the Exchequer amount allocated between current and capital expenditure in 2020 to the Western Development...
- Budget 2020
241. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to budget 2020 the current and capital allocation in 2020 to the implementation of strategies (details supplied) in tabular...
- Social Enterprise Sector
242. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to budget 2020 the amount of dormant accounts funding allocated to social enterprises in 2020 for this funding stream. [42458/19]
- Budget 2020
243. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to budget 2020 the current and capital amounts that will be allocated to the RAPID programme, community facilities scheme and...
- Control of Dogs
245. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of responses received as part of the public consultation on the review of the Control of Dogs Act 1986; the timeline for...
- LEADER Programmes Data
246. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount available to each LAG for projects under the present LEADER programme; the amount of expenditure approved for projects to...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme
247. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she will take to include persons in receipt of a partial capacity payment as eligible to participate in training...
- Carer's Allowance Applications
248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied). [42359/19]
- Social Welfare Code
249. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason those in receipt of illness benefit will not receive the Christmas bonus payment which is paid to those in receipt...
- Domiciliary Care Allowance Data
250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients in the Dublin 7 area who receive domiciliary care allowance whose child has a diagnosis of asthma....
- Household Benefits Scheme
251. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a household benefits package application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Back to Education Allowance Data
252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of students studying MEd (details supplied) who are in receipt of the back to education allowance. [42481/19]
- Social Welfare Offices
253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the decision was made to roll out the front office back office model; if consultations took place ahead of the roll-out;...
- Carer's Allowance Payments
256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry received a carer's allowance payment for the 12 weeks after the passing of the...
- Fuel Allowance Applications
257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision on an application for a fuel allowance can be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
- Budget 2020
258. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to changes in budget 2020, the estimated cost of extending carer's and illness benefit to eligible self-employed...
- Jobseeker's Benefit
260. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated number of self-employed contributors who will be eligible for the jobseeker’s benefit when introduced in...
- Budget 2020
261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to budget 2020 the allocations to both the rural social scheme and the farm assist scheme in 2020; and if she will...
- Labour Activation Measures
262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of her returnships for women announced in budget 2020; the funding that has been allocated to this initiative;...
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of meetings held and the progress made regarding the issue of pensions for community employment supervisors...
- Departmental Projects
264. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the purpose of her proposed research project to examine funeral poverty here; the amount allocated in budget 2020; the...
- Carer's Allowance Eligibility
265. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the impact on the income disregard for the carer's allowance was given consideration in view of the increase in the hours...
- Social Welfare Code
266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the case of a person (details supplied) regarding the calculation of means for an adult dependent; and if she...
- Paternity Leave
267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a family (details supplied) is eligible for the new two week paternity leave; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Commercial Rates Valuation Process
268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to support businesses concerned about the impact of commercial rates increases on the future of their...
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason tenants of Traveller specific homes are excluded from consideration under the terms of the incremental tenant...
- Foreshore Issues
271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to take action on illegal dumping on a foreshore (details supplied) without a foreshore licence; the reason for the...
- Land Development Agency
272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement he or his officials have had with the European Commission on the general scheme of the Land Development Agency...
- Commercial Rates
273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 708 and 709 of 2 July 2019, if the revaluation of the commercial rates base for County...
- Local Government Fund
275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the €27 million reduction to local government as detailed in budget 2020. [42483/19]
- Water Services Infrastructure
276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the delay in implementing the new three-year investment programme for water services in rural areas that was...
- Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address concerns that Dublin City Council was involved in the payment of moneys relating to criminal activities at...
- Commercial Rates Calculations
278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or local authorities have the power to apply a discount to commercial rates in cases in which businesses have been...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Turf Cutting
279. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the turf cutting ban; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42395/19]
- Arts Funding
280. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the funding application process for Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann is being reviewed; if the Arts Council will have...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
281. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on whether the National Parks and Wildlife Service had at its disposal adequate resources to deal with its...
- Budget 2020
282. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to budget 2020 the current and capital funding allocations in 2020 for each item (details supplied) in tabular form. [42453/19]
- Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications
283. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the delay in the processing of a compensation payment for a person (details supplied) will be investigated; and if she will...
- Special Areas of Conservation
284. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of bog SACs which have now been resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42539/19]
- Caiteachas Ranna
285. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an gceapann sí go bhfuil cothrom na féinne á fáil ag Pobal na Gaeltachta agus na Gaeilge ós rud é go...
