Written answers
Thursday, 17 October 2019
- Department of Education and Skills
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
7. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures in budget 2020 which will contribute to a reduction in the pupil-teacher ratio in primary schools; the progress that has been made in...
- Schools Building Projects Status
14. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a development at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41416/19]
- Schools Building Projects
16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the planned programme for school building for 2020; if the capital spending programme will meet the demands expected in primary,...
- Teaching Contracts
17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teaching principals in small and medium schools will be supported in recognition of their administrative responsibilities. [42603/19]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projects likely to be impacted by recent cuts to the projected capital spend envisaged for his Department in 2020; and if he will make a...
- Schools Amalgamation
19. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to meet a deputation (details supplied) regarding the delivery of second level education in north-west County Cavan; and if he will make...
- School Staff
20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional recruitment in schools which will take place as a result of budget 2020; the progress made in school recruitment since mid-2017;...
- Oideachas Tríú Leibhéal
21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist aige deontas céad faoin gcéad a thabhairt isteach arís chun go gclúdófar an costas a bhaineann...
- State Examinations
22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact the bereavement supports introduced for the leaving certificate in summer 2019 have had to date; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Schools Mental Health Strategies
23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the lack of access to counselling for second level students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41410/19]
- Budget 2020
24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the reduction of the capital budget in budget 2020 for his Department. [42524/19]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if children in ASD units receive follow-up assessments and checks to ensure their educational needs are met; the way in which this is monitored...
- School Curriculum
26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for his decision to give history special core status. [42604/19]
- School Services Staff
27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the frustration of school secretaries at the delay in actions that would put their pay and conditions on a par...
- School Accommodation
28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the number of primary and secondary schools using temporary premises for their schools; the checks that take place by his...
- Small Schools
29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts he is making to support small schools; the measures in budget 2020 which assist small schools; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Further Education and Training Colleges
30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if works on permanent places for all colleges of further education have been ceased in 2019 pending the completion of a review; and if he will...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he is taking for September 2020 to address unmet demand for school places for children with special needs. [42527/19]
- Educational Disadvantage
32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the further actions he will take to accelerate the narrowing of the gap between DEIS and non-DEIS schools and further improve the outcomes for...
- School Curriculum
33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the new criteria for Irish exemptions as announced on 12 August 2019; the way in which he can address concerns that these...
- Teaching Contracts
35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teaching principals in small and medium schools will be supported in recognition of their administrative responsibilities; and if he will make...
- School Curriculum
36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the decision to give history special core status for the junior cycle. [42608/19]
- School Services Staff
37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which, and when, he will ensure that all school secretaries are properly remunerated for the important work they do; and if he will...
- Student Grant Scheme
38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions he has had with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to ensure comprehensive transport services for a radius of at least...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact the cut to the education capital budget will have in view of the 471 schools that are in temporary buildings and numerous other schools...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to support the children identified in the counties of Roscommon and Mayo audiology misdiagnosis within the education...
- Budget 2020
41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional core funding has been provided for the third level education sector in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- School Services Staff
42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the talks in respect of industrial action being undertaken by school secretaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Site Acquisitions
44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the site acquisition to accommodate a school (details supplied); the timeline of works to ensure that the school campus is completed...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he expects class sizes and student teacher ratios to improve in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42553/19]
- Capitation Grants
46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the limited increase in the capitation grants in view of the number of schools which struggle to cover their running costs; and if he...
- State Examinations Data
47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have availed of bereavement arrangements since the pilot scheme was introduced in 2019; and if he will make a statement...
- Schools Site Acquisitions
48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in identifying possible sites for the proposed new school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €19 million drop in capital spending arising from his post-budget statement will affect school building projects in the Dublin 7 and...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department receives feedback from principals of secondary schools regarding the need for special education classes, including those schools...
- School Services Staff
51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to include school secretaries in full-time year long remuneration with full rights and employment entitlements as enjoyed by others...
- Curaclam Scoile
52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth nach bhfuil sé chun ábhar éigeantach a dhéanamh athuair den stair i gcomhair an Teastais Shóisearaigh,...
- Small Schools
53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his hosting of a symposium on small schools before summer 2019 and his introduction of changes to the PTR for small schools and additional...
- Schools Building Projects Status
54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the process to move a school (details supplied) to tender stage; the status of conveyancing of the site; and if he will make a...
- Small Schools
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to support rural schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41800/19]
- Schools Building Regulations
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the situation of schools affected by an issue with a company (details supplied); if a full independent review will be conducted; if so, when such...
- Digital Strategy for Schools
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to establish a digital literacy education programme at both primary and secondary level in schools; and if he will make a statement on...
- Oideachas Tríú Leibhéal
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé chun aon athrú a dhéanamh ar an éagóir atá i gceist maidir leis na táillí suntasacha is...
- Special Educational Needs Staff
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the 1,000 SNA positions announced in budget 2020 are additional to the 900 announced in 2019; the number of the 900 positions that have been...
- School Funding
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of funding for accommodation adaptation available to the schools in the Dublin 7 and 15 areas that have been served with notices...
- Student Accommodation
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of additional provision made for student accommodation in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42595/19]
- University Global Rankings
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to develop a strategy to address the falling university rankings. [42528/19]
- Schools Building Projects Data
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school building projects at stage 2B detailed design; the number that have been at this stage for up to one, one to three, three to...
- School Curriculum
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider changing the status of turntables to deem them musical instruments on the school curriculum; and if he will make a statement...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he expects the teaching requirements of children with special needs will be met in the coming year with particular reference...
- Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the contracts of employment of SNAs allow for the loss of employment of a SNA worker in a school following a SENO assessment in which it is...
- Youth Services
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered the CIPFA report initiated by the ETB and brought to his attention in July 2019; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Schools Building Projects Status
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42512/19]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which funding for apprenticeships was allocated by his Department; and if preference was given to rural areas in such allocations....
- Schools Site Acquisitions
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the apparent overpayments by his Department in purchasing land intended for new schools in Dublin, specifically the purchase of...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Records
72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if documentation requested by a person (details supplied) as part of the person's residency application will be provided; and if he will make a...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
73. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of capital projects that cost €100 million or more in the past five years; the cost of outside consultants for each of the...
- Defence Forces Pensions
75. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 19 September 2019, if discretion to reduce the pension of certain members of the Defence Forces rests...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Applications Data
76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of first-time applicants from Great Britain and Northern Ireland who applied for an Irish passport from 2014 to date in 2019, in...
- Human Rights
78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address a matter raised in correspondence relating to Bahrain (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Capital Expenditure Programme
79. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of capital projects that cost €100 million or more in the past five years; the cost of outside consultants for each of the...
- Department of Finance
- Fuel Rebate Scheme
81. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which the proposed new diesel rebate scheme for hauliers will operate, with reference to changes to the price floor, price ceiling and maximum...
- Brexit Expenditure
82. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for not first deploying resources from the rainy day fund to address additional no-deal Brexit expenditure rather than returning to borrowing for...
- Insurance Industry Regulation
83. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to end the practices of dual pricing and personalised pricing by insurance companies in setting premium prices. [42687/19]
- Carbon Tax Implementation
84. To ask the Minister for Finance the special arrangements that apply to agricultural contractors in respect of changes made to carbon tax and diesel rebate as part of budget 2020; and if he...
- VAT Rate Application
85. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42756/19]
- Departmental Correspondence
86. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide all correspondence between him and-or his office and-or his advisers and-or the Secretary General and-or the office of the Secretary General...
- Tax Reliefs Availability
87. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax allowances available for carers who do not qualify for a carer's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42825/19]
- Tax Code
88. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale behind the budgeted yield of €80 million from the changing of the dividend withholding tax rate of 25% if the tax can be deducted from an...
- Revenue Commissioners Enforcement Activity
90. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases over the past five years in which the Revenue Commissioners have settled a tax liability for less than the value of the tax liability; the...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
91. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of capital projects that cost €100 million or more in the past five years; the cost of outside consultants for each of the projects costing...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works Properties
93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for a building (details supplied); the use being made of same; the way in which it is being protected; and if he will make a...
- Budget 2020
94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if budget 2020 was poverty proofed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42732/19]
- Brexit Issues
95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of contracts for food concessions in hospitals, universities and all other State-run institutions which are held by UK owned...
- Departmental Correspondence
96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide all correspondence between him and-or his office and-or his advisers and-or the Secretary General and-or the office of...
- Flood Prevention Measures
97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be provided for works on a river (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42821/19]
- Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme Applications
98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works has received an application from Donegal County Council for funding under the non-coastal minor works...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the changes proposed for major capital projects over €100 million; the expected cost of the changes; and if he will make a...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects Status
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the design team for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare can provide a date for the completion of the stage 2b documentation. [42632/19]
- School Transport Availability
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to increase the availability of school bus places in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42633/19]
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of implementing the National Council for Special Education’s policy advice on educational provision for children with autism...
- National Educational Psychological Service Staff
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if staff in NEPS who take leave or maternity leave are replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42656/19]
- Psychological Assessments Waiting Times
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time children who suffer a bereavement are expected to wait on waiting lists to be seen and assessed by psychologists; and if he...
- Home Schooling
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children being home schooled at primary level; if they are all in receipt of the home tuition grant; and if he will make a...
- Schools Building Projects Status
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement...
- School Transport Administration
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to backdating a school transport grant in respect of a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make...
- Capitation Grants
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of restoring capitation rates to pre-2010 levels following the implementation of increases announced in budget 2020. [42708/19]
- Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a decision by a college (details supplied) to refuse to accept an applicant’s residency in spite of SUSI and CAO’s...
- Schools Building Projects Status
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building for a school (details supplied); if the ETB in question has procured a design team on this project; and if he...
- Special Educational Needs Data
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of emotional behavioural units in primary schools in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42747/19]
- Further Education and Training Programmes Funding
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of funds to be made available for further education of the €174 million set aside for higher education. [42749/19]
- School Services Staff
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of permitting schools with enrolments of 700 or more to fill caretaker vacancies provided they have fewer than two caretakers...
- Special Educational Needs Data
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to an implementation of a section 37(a) in one part of the country, if and when he will be extending this nationwide; and if he will make...
- Departmental Correspondence
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a copy of all correspondence from him and-or his office and-or his advisers to or from other persons or offices in his...
- Special Educational Needs Service Provision
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure a child (details supplied) with ASD and other diagnoses has access to the necessary interventions and assistance the child...
- School Catchment Areas
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the catchment boundary for a school (details supplied) is so large; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42800/19]
- School Playgrounds
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will aid a school (details supplied) in its bid to increase its yard space in view of the fact that its school numbers have...
- Schools Building Projects Data
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of each secondary school in County Wicklow involved in the school building programme; the length of time they have been in their...
- School Transport Provision
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to participate in the school transport scheme for a pupil who becomes homeless during the school year; and if he will make...
- School Starting Age
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his responsibilities with regard to the mandatory school age. [42823/19]
- Schools Amalgamation
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he has not responded to communications, documents and reports provided to him from local community groups (details supplied); the...
- Teaching Contracts
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the campaign for one management day per week for teaching principals; his plans to implement same; and if he will make a statement...
- Skills Development
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation for the Skillnet programme in 2020, specifically for SME upskilling, following budget 2020; the allocation made to employee skills...
- Schools Building Projects Data
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an arrangement has been put in place for bundle five PPP schools that sets a limit of 300 hours for the availability of the school...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of capital projects that cost €100 million or more in the past five years; the cost of outside consultants for each of the...
- Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) can qualify for higher education grants or the back to education allowance in view of the fact that the person has...
- Schools Building Projects
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his Department is meeting the needs of children at primary and post-primary level as identified by the various school...
- School Accommodation Provision
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which primary and post-primary school places as identified by the various school authorities in Leixlip, County Kildare, continue...
- Gaelcholáistí Issues
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the location and provision of the anticipated Gaelcoláiste for north County Kildare; the extent to which the...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Road Traffic Legislation
149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made regarding the dangerous use of scrambler and quad bikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42630/19]
- Garda Reorganisation
150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the selection of Mullingar as the Garda divisional headquarters for the new counties Meath and Westmeath area;...
- Direct Provision Data
151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in direct provision by county in tabular form; the length of time they have been in direct provision; the...
- Garda Information and Communications Technology
152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the increasing use of facial recognition technology; and the regulations that exist regarding the use of facial...
- Courts Service Data
153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 646 of 6 September 2019, the number of persons summoned to court in respect of the...
- Traveller Community
154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the specific supports available for members of the Traveller community in Balbriggan, County Dublin; the additional supports...
- Garda Data
155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of official current and former Garda residences in the Galway Garda division by the number occupied and the vacant,...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of capital projects that cost €100 million or more in the past five years; the cost of outside consultants...
- Residency Permits
158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in order to update stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Succession Act
159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which legislative provision exists to prevent third parties inveigling themselves into the confidence of...
- Immigration Status
160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Visa Applications
162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if favourable consideration will be given in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Residency Permits
163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the most appropriate way to proceed towards extended residency and-or stamp 4 status in the case of a person (details...
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Workplace Relations Commission
164. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on the audit of working conditions in the film industry which is being carried out by the Workplace Relations...
- Brexit Expenditure
165. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the breakdown of the composition of each measure foreseen to be activated under the fund following the announcement in budget 2020 of...
- Employment Rights
166. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the proposal from a union (details supplied) that workers should have the right to disconnect from work related telephone...
- Departmental Correspondence
167. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide all correspondence between her, her office and her advisers and the IDA in January 2019. [42788/19]
- Health and Safety Authority Data
168. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount allocated in budget 2020 to the Health and Safety Authority for farm safety initiatives in 2020; and the 2019 allocation...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
169. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of capital projects that cost €100 million or more in the past five years; the cost of outside consultants for each...
- Work Permits Eligibility
171. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which a person (details supplied) should proceed to achieve stamp 4 or a work permit; and if she will make a statement on...
- Department of Health
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
172. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons on the waiting list for CAMHS in counties Cavan, Meath and Monaghan to date; the length of time they have been on the list; and if...
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff
173. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts in whole-time equivalent terms in the CAMHS service by CHO in tabular form. [42636/19]
- Disability Services Provision
174. To ask the Minister for Health the status of works on a new site (details supplied); when works are likely to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42637/19]
- Primary Care Centres Provision
175. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the primary healthcare centre in Finglas, Dublin 11. [42638/19]
- General Practitioner Services
176. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are delays in obtaining doctors' appointments in the Ballymun healthcare centre and persons are often...
- Disability Diagnoses
177. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for children to be diagnosed on the spectrum for autism in the Dublin 9 and 11 areas; and the way in which this compares to the national...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
178. To ask the Minister for Health the weighting percentages to be used as part of the upcoming HSE FreeStyle Libre review decision making process that will be given to criteria (details...
- Dental Services Provision
180. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of dental services for post-primary children in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the days the service is in operation; his plans to...
- Disabilities Assessments
181. To ask the Minister for Health if all school age teams have a full complement of specialists to allow multidisciplinary assessment and interventions; if, in particular, a team (details...
- Ambulance Service Data
186. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paramedics assigned to counties Cavan and Monaghan; the stations they are assigned to; the number of ambulances operating in the counties; the...
- Health Services Staff
187. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the hours and finance being made available for a position (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42660/19]
- Cancer Screening Programmes
188. To ask the Minister for Health the time women in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath are waiting on smear test and CervicalCheck results to return to their general practitioners; and if he...
- Primary Care Centres Data
189. To ask the Minister for Health the number of primary care centres in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath; the services being provided by each location; his plans for further investment in...
- Hospital Discharges
190. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he is addressing the rising number of delayed discharges from hospitals resulting from deficiencies in nursing home and home care provision....
- Respite Care Services Provision
191. To ask the Minister for Health if respite will be provided for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42694/19]
- Health Services Staff Data
192. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists in each of the hospitals in the south-east area (details supplied); the criteria determining the numbers in each...
- Assisted Human Reproduction
193. To ask the Minister for Health the details of a scheme (details supplied); the criteria for same; the way in which a person is eligible for such a scheme; the waiting list for same; the...
- Assisted Human Reproduction Legislation
194. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which private sector IVF is regulated; the further plans he has in place in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42703/19]
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
195. To ask the Minister for Health if there is funding for patients approved for the medicinal cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42704/19]
- Disability Services Data
196. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential care places in counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number of persons on the waiting list for residential care in the counties; the...
- Eating Disorders
197. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the model of care for eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42713/19]
- National Drugs Strategy Budget
200. To ask the Minister for Health the details of budget 2020 funding for the national drugs strategy; the increase relative to 2019; if additional funding is to be provided in 2020; and if he...
- Budget 2020
201. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the €1 billion increase in health funding announced in budget 2020; the amount which stems from the supplementary in 2019; the amount...
- HSE Legal Cases
202. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid out by the HSE for legal or expert fees between 2014 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the external firms used; and if he will make a...
- Home Help Service Data
203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of older persons waiting for home support hours in counties Cavan and Monaghan. [42725/19]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
204. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment. [42727/19]
- Tobacco Control Measures
205. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the need for a ban on self-serve cigarette vending machines (details supplied); his views on the impact of such a ban on small...
- Hospital Consultant Recruitment
207. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the appointment of a consultant oncologist with specialist knowledge of sarcoma; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42742/19]
- Hospital Beds Data
208. To ask the Minister for Health if the full 75 beds planned to be opened under the winter plan 2018-19 were opened; and if they are still open on a full-time basis. [42758/19]
- Home Help Service Data
209. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for home support by location in tabular form; and the estimated total hours needed for a full year if each person waiting was to...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
210. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made on offering the FreeStyle Libre device to diabetic patients over 21 years of age for free; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medicinal Products Data
211. To ask the Minister for Health the cost in 2018 of providing blood glucose testing strips and basic glucose meters to all diabetes sufferers under the long-term illness scheme; and the way...
- Dental Services
213. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42767/19]
- Departmental Correspondence
214. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of letters and-or emails from a person (details supplied) to him on 10 June 2019. [42768/19]
- HSE Correspondence
221. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of letters and-or emails from a person (details supplied) to the HSE on 2 April 2019. [42775/19]
- Departmental Correspondence
224. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide all correspondence between him and-or his office and-or his advisers and-or the Secretary General and-or the office of the Secretary General...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
225. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital bed will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42791/19]
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
226. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that persons here suffering with MS will have the same access to medication as persons in Europe; and if he will make a...
- National Treatment Purchase Fund Data
227. To ask the Minister for Health the funding drawn down by the National Treatment Purchase Fund in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; the amount of funding in each year spent in procuring...
- Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
228. To ask the Minister for Health if a new hospital bed will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42820/19]
- HSE Staff Data
229. To ask the Minister for Health the average time for the commencement of the payment of pension following retirement of staff in the HSE; the number of applicants who have to wait three...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme
230. To ask the Minister for Health if persons qualifying under the long-term illness scheme are eligible for workplace programmes and training courses even if they are drawing credits rather...
- Home Care Packages Provision
232. To ask the Minister for Health when an approved home support package will be put in place for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- National Children's Hospital
233. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outside consultant contracts awarded under the national children’s hospital in each year since commencement; the consultant that was...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
234. To ask the Minister for Health the number of capital projects that cost €100 million or more in the past five years; the cost of outside consultants for each of the projects costing...
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
236. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have access to the drug Repatha restored to reimbursement in view of the person's dependency on the drug for the past...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Scheme Data
237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in counties Cavan, Monaghan and nationwide waiting on farm payments; the type of payment they are waiting for;...
- Greyhound Industry
238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) detailing the sale of an Irish greyhound to China; the action he and...
- Animal Carcase Disposal
239. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the restrictions in place for the movement of offal from meat processing plants for cattle over 30 months of age; and if he will make...
- Animal Identification Schemes
240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if third parties including meat processors have access to the CMMS system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42766/19]
- Departmental Correspondence
241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a copy of all correspondence his Department had with the European Commission in July 2019. [42787/19]
- Farm Inspections
242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 10 October 2019, the outcome of the investigation carried out by his Department at the...
- Aquaculture Licence Administration
243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a decision was never made on licences (details supplied) in over 20 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
247. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a farm payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42818/19]
- Beef Industry
248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the agencies and organisations represented at the recent beef task force meeting; the issues discussed; the outcome of such...
- Departmental Staff Data
249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time and part-time staff, respectively, working in the dedicated market access unit established within the meat...
- Equine Industry
250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual capital funding provided to an organisation (details supplied); and his plans to provide capital funding in 2020. [42849/19]
- Animal Welfare Bodies
251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount granted to animal welfare charities in each year since the enactment of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 in tabular...
- Afforestation Programme
252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budget 2020 allocations to the continuous cover forestry scheme, the neighbourwood scheme and the woodland environmental fund....
- Capital Expenditure Programme
253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of capital projects that cost €100 million or more in the past five years; the cost of outside consultants for each...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Electric Vehicle Grants
255. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that orders placed for many electric cars now cannot be met until the first...
- Broadband Service Provision
256. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a recent claim by a wireless broadband operator that almost half of the premises included in the national...
- National Broadband Plan Administration
257. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the stage his Department is at in reviewing the 130 responses to the public consultation on the national broadband...
- National Broadband Plan Data
258. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of outside consultant contracts awarded under the national broadband plan in each year since commencement;...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
259. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of capital projects that cost €100 million or more in the past five years; the cost of outside...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Airport Development Projects
261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that the new runway at Dublin Airport will provide enough take off run available for wide body aircraft in the global...
- Road Network
268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider funding for the east-west link which is urgently needed in the north east; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Bus Services
269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the establishment of a bus shelter at a bus stop (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Driver Test Waiting Lists
271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons to date on waiting lists for driver tests in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath; the length of time they have been...
- Sports Capital Programme
272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the sports capital programme 2020 or 2021 will allow professional football clubs to apply for regional level funding for the...
- Sports Funding
273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be granted to a local authority (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42729/19]
- Road Projects Status
275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the tendering process for the Macroom bypass project; and the date by which this contract will be awarded. [42739/19]
- Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the NDLS can reissue a driver licence to a person in a situation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Airport Policy
278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with the management of Shannon Airport recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42840/19]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of capital projects that cost €100 million or more in the past five years; the cost of outside consultants for each of...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Childcare Services Regulation
283. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the considerable inconvenience that has been caused to parents by the closure of a facility (details...
- Childcare Services
286. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been brought to plans to sell a site (details supplied) in County Cork; the services currently provided at the centre...
- National Childcare Scheme
287. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date by which the information and communications system needed to operate the national childcare scheme will become operational; and if...
- Childcare Education and Training Scheme
288. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a person who would have been eligible for old childcare subvention schemes such as the CETS scheme but did not enrol in advance of 2019...
- Child Abuse
289. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of unsolicited complaints of child abuse made to an organisation (details supplied) between January 2018 and to date in 2019; if...
- National Childcare Scheme
292. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 690 of 9 July 2019, the status of her plans to publish the details of these agreements in view of the...
- Departmental Correspondence
293. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide all correspondence to or from her Department with Pobal to date in 2019. [42785/19]
- Childcare Services Funding
294. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a community childcare centre (details supplied) will receive its AIM payment due for two staff members; and if she will make a...
- School Attendance Data
295. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her responsibilities with regard to the mandatory school age. [42824/19]
- Child and Family Agency Funding
296. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the breakdown of the increased allocation of funding provided to Tusla for 2020; if this increase will be reflected in funding dispersed to...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
297. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of capital projects that cost €100 million or more in the past five years; the cost of outside consultants for each of...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Correspondence
299. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide a copy of all correspondence between him and-or his office and-or his advisers and Pobal from 2016 to 10 October...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
300. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of capital projects that cost €100 million or more in the past five years; the cost of outside consultants for each...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
302. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a claim by community employment supervisors for a pension such as a person (details supplied); and if...
- Carer's Support Grant
303. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to the decision in budget 2020 to increase the maximum number of hours a person can work and still qualify for the...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
304. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance appeal will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [42723/19]
- Carer's Allowance Appeals
305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer's allowance appeal will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [42724/19]
- Disability Allowance Applications
306. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance application will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Household Benefits Scheme
307. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for the household benefits package for a person (details supplied); and if the award will be...
- Departmental Correspondence
308. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide all correspondence between her and or his office and or her advisers and or the Secretary General and or...
- Illness Benefit Payments
309. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was not paid illness benefit on 12 October 2019, in view of the fact...
- Social Welfare Appeals Status
310. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42806/19]
- Child Benefit Payments
311. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a child benefit payment will be transferred to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Budget 2020
312. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the allocation in 2020 to a scheme if operationalised following the announcement in budget 2020 of the introduction of a...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
314. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of capital projects that cost €100 million or more in the past five years; the cost of outside consultants...
- Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
316. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which her Department can assist towards emergency rent support in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
- Back to Education Allowance Eligibility
317. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can qualify for higher education grants or the back to education allowance in view of the fact...
- Carer's Benefit Eligibility
318. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if approval for carer's benefit continues in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Disability Allowance Payments
319. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment of disability allowance will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when legislation will be changed to allow tenants purchase their homes under the tenant purchase scheme when their only income...
- Local Authority Funding
321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding outstanding to Dublin City Council for projects; and the details and periods for which this funding is...
- Homeless Persons Data
322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in emergency accommodation in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Housing Assistance Payment Administration
324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional staffing resources have been requested for the HAP shared services centre section in Limerick; if his attention...
- Departmental Correspondence
326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide all correspondence between him and-or his office and-or his advisers and-or the Secretary General and-or...
- An Bord Pleanála Data
327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of planning appeals made against local authority decisions to An Bord Pleanála that are decided within the...
- An Bord Pleanála Appeals
328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to change the law to ensure that all those lodging appeals to An Bord Pleanála can be clearly identified and...
- An Bord Pleanála Data
329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of appeals relating to non-residential properties in the past two years by province in which a decision of...
- Planning Issues
330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to change the law to ensure that a person who has an authorised development can apply for retention planning even in...
- Local Authority Housing
331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a circular has issued to local authorities directing them not to build local authority housing in small villages and towns...
- Home Loan Scheme
332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a provision in legislation to allow for persons who owned a home previously but no longer own it due to a marital...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when an affordable housing scheme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42803/19]
- Local Authority Staff Data
334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the detail of requests from local authorities for additional resources and staff to deal with the enforcement of the new...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of capital projects that cost €100 million or more in the past five years; the cost of outside consultants...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Wildlife Protection
337. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions being undertaken or planned by her Department to protect native Irish species which may be currently under threat....
- Departmental Correspondence
338. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a copy of all correspondence between her and-or her office and-or her advisers and the National Parks and...
- Maoiniú Údarás na Gaeltachta
339. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an gcuirfear tuilleadh airgid ar fáil d’Údarás na Gaeltachta, más ga, chun a chinntiú nach mbeidh...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
340. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of capital projects that cost €100 million or more in the past five years; the cost of outside consultants for...
