Written answers

Tuesday, 22 October 2019

  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Family Resource Centres
      64. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a centre (details supplied) will receive family resource centre status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43103/19]
    • Childcare Services Inspections
      65. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a fund will be re-established to assist childcare facilities in meeting fire and other safety criteria; if a fire safety audit of all...
    • Online Safety
      67. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which she can ensure that children are protected while online; her views on whether self-regulation should not substitute the...
    • Childcare Services Provision
      68. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the reinstatement of a childcare facility at MacEoin Park, County Longford. [43268/19]
    • Children in Care
      69. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she is satisfied in regard to the availability of sufficient appropriately qualified staff to deal with the number of...
    • Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
      70. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a refuge (details supplied) was refused funding in Budget 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43274/19]
    • Childcare Services Provision
      71. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which she can address the shortage of childcare facilities in the Dublin 7 area, the growing demographic of families that are...
    • Recreational Facilities
      73. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will work with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to ensure the continuation of the supervised playground on Library Road,...
    • Youth Services
      74. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the role of the board of City of Dublin Youth Service Board, CDYSB, in addressing the issues that arose in the report, Organisation Review...
    • Childcare Services Regulation
      75. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the recently investigated crèches (details supplied); the steps being taken to address issues raised by parents...
    • Family Support Services
      76. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funds will be made available to a service (details supplied) to ensure that it can continue to provide its services to the families in...
    • Childcare Services Regulation
      77. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to ensure quality and safety in childcare providers in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43105/19]
    • Childcare Services Staff
      78. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures included in the new national childcare scheme to address the poor pay and working conditions of those working in the childcare...
    • Child Safety
      79. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she remains satisfied regarding the availability of sufficient placements for children deemed to be at risk; and if she...
    • Childcare Services Provision
      81. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to assist in the planning for provision of further childcare places in County Meath. [43217/19]
    • Youth Services Funding
      83. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to improve funding for youth services in County Meath. [43216/19]
    • Childcare Services Provision
      84. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the national childcare scheme will be fully operational and open to all parents. [43240/19]
    • Legislative Measures
      86. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Adoption (Information and Tracing) (No. 2) Bill. [43241/19]
    • Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme
      88. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of each State infrastructure project that is in development or is due for completion in 2019 which is in excess of the budget...
    • Childcare Services Regulation
      89. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the efforts by her Department to create more effective and appropriate childminding regulations. [43242/19]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      90. To ask the Taoiseach the number of capital projects that cost €100 million or more in the past five years; and the cost of outside consultants for each of the projects. [42916/19]
    • Departmental Websites
      92. To ask the Taoiseach the expenditure on www.merrionstreet.ie in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [42918/19]
    • Central Statistics Office Data
      93. To ask the Taoiseach the amount sent out of Ireland in personal remittances in each of the past ten years; and the countries to which they were sent each year. [42801/19]
    • Departmental Functions
      94. To ask the Taoiseach when he approved the transfer of the operation of the Cork event centre from the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to the Department of Housing, Planning...
    • Commission on the Future of Policing Membership
      95. To ask the Taoiseach the members of the implementation group on policing reform; and the role of each on the group. [43249/19]
    • Value for Money Reviews
      97. To ask the Taoiseach the consultancy service providers engaged by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the costs associated with each (details supplied); and the reason for...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces Retirements
      99. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason some Defence Forces members must retire at 50 years of age; if this is being examined in the context of the retention crisis in the...
    • Defence Forces Reports
      100. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to publish the report and recommendations of the Defence Forces colour vision working group; and his further plans to implement the...
    • Civil Defence
      101. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 15 October 2019, the number of uniforms collected; the cost per uniform; the process for selecting...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      102. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the consultancy service providers engaged by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the costs associated with each (details...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      103. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the cost of each...
    • Curragh Plains Representative Forum
      104. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the engagement between his Department, the Curragh forum and Kildare County Council regarding ongoing land management and maintenance of the...
    • Defence Forces Equipment
      105. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding will be available in 2020 to purchase additional 4x4 armoured utility vehicles and additional armoured logistic vehicles for the...
    • Army Barracks
      106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when upgrade and refurbishment works to the cookhouse and dining hall at Custume Barracks, Athlone, will commence and be completed; and if he...
    • Air Corps Recruitment
      107. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a new recruitment campaign for pilots and air traffic controllers will be launched before the end of 2019; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Ministerial Meetings
      108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with his Spanish counterpart recently. [42932/19]
    • Brexit Preparations
      110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the most up-to-date contingency plans his Department has put in place in the event of a no-deal Brexit; his views on whether Border...
    • Brexit Negotiations
      116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details that were agreed or partially agreed regarding the withdrawal treaty at the General Affairs Council and Foreign Affairs Council...
    • Good Friday Agreement
      117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is a plan to address the serious and real concerns relating to citizenship consistent with the letter and spirit of the Good Friday...
    • Foreign Policy
      119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Religious Persecution
      121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to statements from the UN Special Rapporteur, Mr. Daniel Kravetz, on the situation of human rights in...
    • Middle East Issues
      127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Israeli Minister of the Interior has stated that they are taking action to force a...
    • Colombian Peace Process
      128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to recent attacks in Colombia (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43032/19]
    • Human Rights
      131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken in respect of prisoners of conscience who are imprisoned in Bahrain; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Value for Money Reviews
      132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the consultancy service providers engaged by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the costs associated with each (details...
    • Brexit Issues
      134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Irish citizens living in Northern Ireland will have access to the European Court of Justice in the event of a no-deal Brexit. [43358/19]
    • Emigrant Support Services
      138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the implementation of the recommendations in a report (details supplied) on addressing barriers facing returning Irish...
    • Syrian Conflict
      139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps taken by the EU and the international community to protect Kurds in northern Syria in view of the military operation by Turkey;...
    • Human Rights
      140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to plans in Uganda to introduce laws that would make homosexual acts punishable by law; his plans to convey...
  • Department of Finance
    • Retail Sector
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the considerable length of time it will take to introduce changes to the approximately 15,000 retail sites that support the...
    • Insurance Costs
      143. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter regarding insurance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42967/19]
    • Help-To-Buy Scheme
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter regarding mortgages (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43004/19]
    • Insurance Costs
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made in addressing the high cost of insurance for businesses here including the expected implementation of measures in the Judicial Council Act...
    • Tax Code
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a long paying tax credit for PAYE taxpayers who have been consistently paying tax for over 30 years or more as a gesture of...
    • VAT Rate Application
      148. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will apply the 0% VAT rate to food supplements on 1 November 2019 and legislate for the preservation of 0% VAT on vitamins and food supplements; and if...
    • Ireland Strategic Investment Fund Capital
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps which will be taken regarding the €500 million due to be paid into the rainy day fund in the event of an orderly Brexit. [43254/19]
    • Insurance Compensation Fund
      150. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid out in compensation from the insurance compensation fund in relation to the liquidation of a company (details supplied) to date; the number of...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance the consultancy service providers engaged by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the costs associated with each (details supplied); the...
    • Budget Measures
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance the details on the rural proofing analysis conducted by his Department prior to the publication of measures contained in budget 2020; and if he will make a...
    • Insurance Coverage
      154. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the insurance industry has refused flood insurance for a number of domestic dwellings in the Limerick city...
    • Fiscal Policy
      155. To ask the Minister for Finance the nominal fiscal resources available in each year between 2021 and 2025 assuming there is an orderly Brexit; if there is a general Government surplus as set...
    • Tax Code
      160. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax exemption available to a single person under 25 years of age; the income a person can earn which is totally exempt from tax as a single person; and if...
    • Tax Reliefs Availability
      161. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of making trade union subscriptions tax deductible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43648/19]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure
      162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expenditure on Project Ireland 2040 in 2018 and to date in 2019. [42919/19]
    • Budget Measures
      163. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details on the poverty proofing analysis conducted by his Department prior to the publication of measures contained in budget 2020;...
    • EU Funding
      164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an investment package will be sought from the European Commission and additionally funded by the British and Irish Governments for...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      165. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the breakdown of pre-committed expenditure, that is, demographics, the public service stability agreement, carryover from budget 2019,...
    • Office of Public Works Properties
      166. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of buildings owned by the Office of Public Works in County Louth; the number of these buildings not currently in use; and if...
    • Flood Relief Schemes Data
      167. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of environmental assessments carried out for the Glanmire flood relief scheme; and the number of reports received in this...
    • Office of Public Works Data
      168. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Percent for Art budget amount that was included in the overall capital budget estimate for Miesian Plaza, Dublin; if art works were...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      170. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consultancy service providers engaged by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the costs associated with each...
    • Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme
      172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Clane, County Kildare, is classed on OPW maps as a flood risk; the position regarding OPW flood risk maps; if they are made available...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      173. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of public health expenditure as a share of public expenditure, GDP, GNI modified gross national income in each of the years...
    • National Convention Centre
      174. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the remit of the National Convention Centre in terms of decisions as to which events it hosts; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Development Plan
      176. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide table 3.1 on page 19 of the National Development Plan 2018-2027 in millions rather than billions of euro; if the...
    • Public Sector Pay
      177. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost per year in accelerating pay equalisation by 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43645/19]
    • Pension Provisions
      178. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of fully removing the public service pension reduction ahead of schedule; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Risk Management
      179. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital allocation for flooding projects in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the expected allocation in 2019; the capital allocation...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNAs appointed to both primary and post-primary schools in County Kerry for the school year 2019-2020; and if he will make a...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be granted for a school (details supplied) for the upgrading of its boundary fence under the summer works programme; and if he...
    • Home Tuition Scheme
      182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with special needs in receipt of home tuition due to the fact that a suitable school place cannot be found; the number in...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the necessary supports will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42951/19]
    • Teachers' Remuneration
      184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 2 July 2019, if the costing relating to the island teaching allowance and persons employed in...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff
      185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide an increase in special education teachers, SET, hours to a school (details supplied) following an appeal by the school for...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for construction of a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42965/19]
    • School Enrolments
      188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a school place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43014/19]
    • School Accommodation Provision
      189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if urgently required additional temporary facilities will be provided to a school (details supplied) while it awaits a new school building. [43019/19]
    • Schools Building Projects
      190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pre-qualification process for a school project (details supplied) in County Kildare will now commence in parallel with the completion of...
    • Springboard Programme
      191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 462 of 8 October 2019 and 594 of 15 October 2019, if he will include partial capacity benefit as a...
    • Digital Strategy for Schools
      192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure in obtaining a licence or permission to operate an online education platform here; the other requirements there are in the...
    • Teacher Training Provision
      193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 24 July 2019, the proposals developed by his Department in relation to the training of school staff...
    • School Accommodation
      194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a limited additional accommodation grant was provided to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Properties
      195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline to sign required documents in the case of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43119/19]
    • Education and Training Boards
      196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the educational services provided at a centre (details supplied); if planning is under way to provide a location for...
    • Summer Works Scheme Applications
      197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is in receipt of a funding application from a primary school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Reviews
      198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the review of the ex gratia scheme has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43148/19]
    • Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
      199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make a change to the eligibility criteria for the SUSI grant to deal with situations such as that of a person (details supplied);...
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school development (details supplied). [43177/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) is planned to have an ASD unit in place by the start of the 2020/2021 school year; and if he will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Contractors
      203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) has met all building standard regulations; if there are works outstanding; the remediation or repair work which...
    • School Transport Provision
      204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 457 of 6 September 2019, if school transport will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Emergency Works Scheme Applications
      205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an emergency works application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Education and Training Boards Expenditure
      206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of legal fees and settlements in colleges (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019, including a...
    • Education and Training Boards Staff
      207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the appointment of a principal to an education and training board college is subject to departmental scrutiny and approval; if so, the process...
    • Protected Disclosures
      208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the results and actions taken as a result of the investigation into the protected disclosure regarding alleged wrongdoing at a college (details...
    • Education and Training Boards Staff
      209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers employed at colleges (details supplied) at the time of the appointment of the current principal; and the number that have...
    • Third Level Admissions Data
      210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students enrolled at colleges (details supplied) on 1 September 2019; and the number presently enrolled. [43299/19]
    • Value for Money Reviews
      211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consultancy service providers engaged by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the costs associated with each (details...
    • Special Educational Needs Data
      213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary schools in each county that have autism units; and the number of primary and secondary school students...
    • Gaelscoil Issues
      214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new teachers needed each year for Gaelscoileanna; and the number of teachers that are graduating each year from teacher training...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the urgent measures he is taking to arrange accommodation for all displaced students and staff at a school (details supplied); and his plans to...
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he is taking to ensure that children on the autism spectrum for whom a place in a special class attached to a mainstream school is...
    • School Staff Appeals Mechanism
      217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43424/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be an increase in the places available in an ASD unit (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available for technology for children with disabilities who are home schooled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43441/19]
    • Education and Training Boards Administration
      222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding modules on a course (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43445/19]
    • School Transport Expenditure
      223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding school transport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43467/19]
    • Special Educational Needs Service Provision
      224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the EAL teaching support appeal (details supplied) by a school; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport Review
      226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school transport scheme application by a person (details supplied) that has been ongoing for more than a month will be examined; and if he...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first and full-year cost of reinstating the pre-2012 pupil teacher ratio in two, three and four teacher primary schools following...
    • Special Educational Needs Staff Data
      228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants required to complete the roll-out of the new school inclusion model; if the posts have been provided for...
    • School Accommodation Provision
      229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide alternative accommodation to the pupils of a school (details supplied). [43545/19]
    • Schools Building Projects Status
      231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of a permanent building for a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay in progressing the project in...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a family (details supplied) will be assisted to have an appropriate assessment for their child carried out; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Technological Universities
      233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received an application from Athlone Institute of Technology and Limerick Institute of Technology to come together to form a new...
    • Gaelcholáistí Issues
      234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a Gaelcholáiste to serve the north County Kildare area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Garda Recruitment
      235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a person (details supplied) who was interviewed in January 2018 for appointment as a member of An Garda...
    • Central Statistics Office Data
      236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on recently published figures collated by the CSO for the 12 months up 30 June 2019 indicating crime rates have...
    • Garda Retirements
      237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have retired in each of the past three years; and the number of these that were before the...
    • Crime Data
      238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a website (details supplied) ranks Ireland as high for persons using or...
    • Criminal Prosecutions Data
      239. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons convicted of various categories of knife crime in each of the years 2016 to 2018. [42959/19]
    • Adoption Legislation
      240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to allow same-sex couples to avail of the same adoptive leave and benefit which straight couples and single-male...
    • Gender Proofing of Policies
      241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all new policies and programmes since 2017 have been proofed against their potential impact on women with disabilities; and...
    • EU Directives
      242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which he is planning to implement the European Council Directive 2010/18/EU; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider introducing a special rate for naturalisation for long-term British citizens who have resided, worked and...
    • Direct Provision System
      244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process which will be utilised when engaging with local communities that have been chosen as possible locations for...
    • Drugs Dealing
      246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of underage arrests made in County Galway pertaining to the sale or use of illegal drugs in each of the years 2014...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the commitment to admit 4,000 persons under the relocation and resettlement programmes will be met; and if he will make a...
    • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
      248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the serious living conditions in a hotel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Insolvency Service of Ireland Expenditure
      249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amounts paid to the top ten personal insolvency practitioner, PIP, providers for vouchers redeemed under the Abhaile scheme...
    • Insolvency Service of Ireland Data
      251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recorded personal insolvency arrangements arranged by the top ten PIPs under the Abhaile scheme in each of the...
    • Garda Remuneration
      252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given to the establishment of an independent pay review body for An Garda Síochána; and if...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the consultancy service providers engaged by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the costs associated with...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the...
    • Garda Overtime
      255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he was notified of the cost of overtime for An Garda Síochána from 5 to 12 October 2019 to cover the...
    • Visa Applications
      256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason persons (details supplied) are still waiting on final paperwork to be finalised and visas issued. [43394/19]
    • Criminal Prosecutions Data
      257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of fireworks seized by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and the...
    • Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Applications
      258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 581 of 6 September 2019, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the information...
    • Immigration Status
      259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on an application for renewal of a stamp 0 visa in respect of a person (details supplied) in...
    • Garda Data
      260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 261 of 15 October 2019, the number of juvenile liaison officer posts that are unfilled;...
    • Immigration Policy
      261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he plans to launch the revised non-EEA retirees scheme; when full details will be made available; and if he will make a...
    • Garda Transport Data
      262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles attached to Athlone and Mullingar Garda districts as of 11 October 2019; the equivalent figures as...
    • Prison Service Staff
      263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison officers who left the Irish Prison Service in 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of prison officers that...
  • Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    • Workplace Safety
      264. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of fatalities at State ports in the past five years to date due to workplace accidents; if one single health and safety...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      265. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the consultancy service providers engaged by her Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the costs associated with each...
    • Departmental Agencies Funding
      267. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the proposed current and capital allocation to each agency under her remit following budget 2020; and the allocation made in her...
    • Brexit Preparations
      268. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 15 October 2019, the exact EU state aid rules that apply to export credit insurance that...
  • Department of Health
    • Rehabilitative Training Allowance Payments
      269. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate the training allowance payment to disability allowance recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43050/19]
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      270. To ask the Minister for Health the projected cost of the national children's hospital in each year between 2020 and 2023; the amount in each year that has been accounted for in the National...
    • Counselling Services Provision
      271. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the availability of adequate counselling services to deal with requirements; and if he will make a statement...
    • Vaccination Programme Data
      272. To ask the Minister for Health the budget for the National Immunisation Office in each of the years 2017 to 2019. [42921/19]
    • State Claims Agency Data
      273. To ask the Minister for Health the number of legal claims taken against University Hospital Kerry in each of the years 2009 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility
      274. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be considered for an operation under the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [42931/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      275. To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of the linking of the school age team to a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42935/19]
    • Hospital Beds Closures
      276. To ask the Minister for Health the reason beds in the Sacred Heart Hospital, County Roscommon are being left empty at present despite the general bed crisis nationally; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Home Accommodation Provision
      277. To ask the Minister for Health the reason patients in acute services are reportedly taken directly to private nursing homes until their fair deal application process is complete; the reason...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      278. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no progress has been made to date on the promised 50 bed extension to the Sacred Heart Hospital, County Roscommon; if a design team has been...
    • Medicinal Products Reimbursement
      279. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to sanction the drug osimertinib in view of the fact that a number of persons are using it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42946/19]
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      280. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recent announcement by the HSE of a recruitment embargo in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Properties
      281. To ask the Minister for Health his future plans for the St. Columbas site, Armagh Road, Crumlin, Dublin 12 (details supplied). [42955/19]
    • HSE Funding
      282. To ask the Minister for Health if funding has been ring-fenced for organisations (details supplied); if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42964/19]
    • Nursing Staff Remuneration
      283. To ask the Minister for Health when the pay deal agreed with nurses and midwives in February 2019 will be put in place; the cost of same in 2019 and 2020; and the nature of offsetting cost...
    • Health Services Expenditure
      284. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the €335 million Supplementary Estimate for the budget of his Department announced in budget 2020. [42970/19]
    • Dental Services Provision
      285. To ask the Minister for Health if certain dental work (details supplied) is provided to children in schools in County Galway; if the treatment they are receiving differs from that of...
    • Vaccination Programme
      286. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a catch-up HPV vaccination programme for older boys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42983/19]
    • Traveller Community
      287. To ask the Minister for Health if he will conduct a national audit of Traveller suicide and consider resourcing a national targeted suicide prevention campaign for Travellers as a priority;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      288. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for a first outpatient appointment across all specialities in CHO area 8; and the number waiting three to six, six to...
    • Health Services Charges
      289. To ask the Minister for Health if there are circumstances in which a public patient (details supplied) can be assisted with funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43033/19]
    • Obesity Strategy
      290. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding multibuy promotions and their effects on obesity levels here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43034/19]
    • Respite Care Services Data
      291. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours and day-only respite sessions accessed by children and adults with a disability in County Galway in each of the years 2014 to 2018...
    • Mental Health Services Staff
      292. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant psychiatric posts across the health service; and the number filled by permanent consultant, temporarily filled and vacant,...
    • Hospital Consultant Data
      293. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant positions in each public and voluntary hospital; the number filled on a whole-time equivalent basis; the number vacant as of...
    • Medicinal Products Supply
      294. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure a drug treatment (details supplied) can be obtained in supply greater than one month. [43060/19]
    • Occupational Therapy Data
      295. To ask the Minister for Health the number of referrals for a first assessment for occupational therapy in CHO1 to date in 2019. [43061/19]
    • Orthodontic Services
      304. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to address issues with staffing levels in the orthodontic services in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43072/19]
    • Occupational Therapy Data
      305. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists in whole-time equivalent terms employed in each CHO area in tabular form; and the equivalent number for the same date in...
    • Home Care Packages Data
      306. To ask the Minister for Health the regional variations in the eligibility and allocation of services relating to publicly funded home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      307. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the Drimnagh, Dublin 12, primary healthcare centre; if it is provided for in the 2020 HSE capital budget; if planning permission will expire in...
    • Disability Support Services Funding
      308. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to enable persons with disabilities avail of assistive technologies; the funding provided in 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      309. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the impending changes to the fair deal scheme for business persons and farmers; when this legislation is expected to pass; the way in which fair...
    • Hospital Services
      310. To ask the Minister for Health if the full complement of coronary care unit beds will remain fully open and operational at University Hospital Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      311. To ask the Minister for Health if the MICAT team in the midlands may lose its public health nurse in view of the fact the HSE has pulled its staff from the service. [43090/19]
    • Home Help Service Data
      312. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Wexford awaiting home help hours to be approved, allocated or increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43092/19]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Data
      313. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who availed of speech and language therapy in a primary care setting in counties Cavan and Monaghan to date in 2019; the number on the...
    • Health Services Data
      314. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who availed of physiotherapy in a primary care setting in counties Cavan and Monaghan to date in 2019; the number on the waiting list for...
    • Occupational Therapy Data
      315. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that availed of occupational therapy in a primary care setting in counties Cavan and Monaghan to date in 2019; the number on the waiting...
    • Home Care Packages Provision
      316. To ask the Minister for Health the action to be taken to reduce the waiting list for homecare packages in County Laois in which the number waiting have seen a significant increase to date in...
    • HSE Staff Recruitment
      317. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE in CHO area 8 is taking on agency staff to fill positions in which an employment panel is currently running and suitable candidates are...
    • HSE Savings
      318. To ask the Minister for Health when additional funding will be put in place to address the issue of staff shortages within the home support coordinators across the HSE community west for the...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      319. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider allowing persons in the 66 to 70 years of age bracket to discount the cost of medical insurance against their income in assessing their...
    • Health Services Provision
      320. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical assessment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43124/19]
    • Residential Institutions
      321. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a bed in residential care for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43138/19]
    • Health Care Infrastructure Provision
      322. To ask the Minister for Health when the new framework for design teams will be approved by the HSE; the reason for the delay in approving this framework; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Autism Support Services
      323. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for ASD assessment for a child (details supplied). [43145/19]
    • Health Screening Programmes
      324. To ask the Minister for Health if newborn screening here will be expanded to screen for additional rare genetic conditions in children (details supplied). [43160/19]
    • Care of the Elderly Provision
      325. To ask the Minister for Health the analysis carried out on estimating the additional need for step down beds and residential care for older persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan between...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
      327. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan availing of the fair deal scheme; and the number in residential care outside counties Cavan or Monaghan....
    • Nursing Home Beds Data
      328. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public nursing home beds available in counties Cavan and Monaghan. [43164/19]
    • Hospital Procedures
      329. To ask the Minister for Health the policy in relation to the future availability of the medical procedure involving vaginal mesh implants in the health service; his views on the reported ill...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      330. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting early intervention at the first stage in the Cork area; and the delays facing those children, in tabular form. [43178/19]
    • Speech and Language Therapy Provision
      331. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for speech and language assessments in primary care in CHO 2 in each county by periods (details supplied), in tabular form; and...
    • Audiology Services Provision
      332. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for a hearing test in primary care in CHO 2 in each county by periods (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Residential Institutions Data
      333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults with an intellectual disability in residential care in County Galway in each year from 2014 to date in 2019, in tabular form; the number...
    • Health Services Data
      334. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for an eye test in primary care in CHO 2 in each county by periods (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Dental Services Data
      335. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for a dental test in primary care in CHO 2 in each county by periods (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Data
      336. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for an assessment of autism spectrum disorder in each county by periods (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      340. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a hip operation in CHO2 in each county by periods (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • HSE Waiting Lists
      345. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an eating disorder assessment in CHO2 in each county by periods (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Provision
      349. To ask the Minister for Health if a place at the Lakeview Unit in Naas General Hospital will be provided for a person (details supplied). [43232/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      350. To ask the Minister for Health the funding being provided for adult residential services in 2020; the allocation being made for CHO6; and if this is an increase on 2019. [43235/19]
    • Hospital Facilities
      351. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the bone density department at Cork University Hospital is a private unit; and the reason public patients are being directed towards this private...
    • Residential Institutions
      352. To ask the Minister for Health if recommendations from a working group convened by his Department to develop specific proposals for a package of health and well-being supports for former...
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision
      353. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the supports and programme being provided for a person (details supplied) by CAMHS in County Cavan; the additional supports that can be made...
    • Autism Awareness
      354. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding funding for the autism awareness plan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43253/19]
    • National Children's Hospital Administration
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the percent for art budget amount that was included in the overall capital budget estimate for the new national children's hospital; if art works have been...
    • National Children's Hospital Expenditure
      356. To ask the Minister for Health the current estimate of the cost of the children's research and innovation centre in the new national children’s hospital project. [43282/19]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      360. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a primary care centre in Arklow, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43288/19]
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times
      361. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the monthly adjustments to the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, waiting list figures published for 2019 which are due to the...
    • Hospital Deaths
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the inquiry into the death of an unborn child at the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, following a misdiagnosis; and if he will make a...
    • Maternity Services Provision
      363. To ask the Minister for Health the number of calls and repeat calls to the HSE MyOptions helpline; the number of staff who operate the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Staff Data
      364. To ask the Minister for Health the number of prenatal genetic diagnosis medical professionals operating within public and voluntary hospitals; if he is satisfied that all such personnel are...
    • Maternity Services
      365. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a prenatal genetic misdiagnosis case that occurred at the Rotunda Hospital (details supplied); if other such cases have...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the consultancy service providers engaged by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the costs associated with each (details supplied); the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      368. To ask the Minister for Health his views on hospitals working outside the preferred methods of validating their waiting lists as outlined in the national waiting list management protocol,...
    • Assisted Animal Reproduction
      369. To ask the Minister for Health if an analysis or interdepartmental analysis on the implications of introducing regulations governing posthumous reproduction as provided for in the Joint...
    • Health Services
      370. To ask the Minister for Health if the cost of compartmentalised medication trays are covered under the medical card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43349/19]
    • Disability Services Data
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the 100 whole-time equivalent therapists promised for disability services in the 2019 HSE service plan employed as of 15 October 2019. [43350/19]
    • Dental Services Provision
      372. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 3 October 2019, the reason periodontology is not recognised as a dental speciality by the Dental Council of...
    • Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
      373. To ask the Minister for Health the reason autoimmune hepatitis is not listed under the long-term illness scheme; his views on whether it is a long-term illness that requires consistent...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      374. To ask the Minister for Health if the way in which funding for transport to and from hospitals is allocated and used will be examined and clarified; his views on the fact that wheelchair...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      375. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43359/19]
    • Health Services Funding
      376. To ask the Minister for Health if he has evaluated the costings provided in the Sláintecare report; the estimated full year cost of the Sláintecare recommendations; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive social classes with an organisation. [43374/19]
    • Hospital Accommodation Provision
      378. To ask the Minister for Health when Mayo University Hospital will receive a modular unit for the emergency department with 12 to 20 beds (details supplied). [43377/19]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists Data
      379. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an outpatient appointment in Mayo University Hospital; and the length of time each has been waiting, in tabular form. [43378/19]
    • Hospital Staff Recruitment
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the posts at Mayo University Hospital that have been offered to applicants but are awaiting a start date. [43380/19]
    • Hospitals Data
      383. To ask the Minister for Health the budget for Mayo University Hospital for 2019; the overrun in the budget to date; and the estimated overrun by the end of 2019. [43382/19]
    • Mental Health Services Expenditure
      385. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of the overall health budget spent in County Mayo on mental health in each of the years 2016 to 2019. [43384/19]
    • Occupational Therapy Data
      387. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Mayo waiting for occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy; and the length of time they have been...
    • Hospital Investigations
      388. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an investigation of deaths involving CPE in Limerick University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospitals Capital Programme
      390. To ask the Minister for Health the capital works programmes planned for Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 for the remainder of 2019 and 2020; the estimated cost of each project; and when works on...
    • Health Care Infrastructure Provision
      391. To ask the Minister for Health the policies and procedures in place and adopted regarding tendering and awarding of contracts of service in terms of minor construction, mechanical and...
    • Hospital Staff Data
      392. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time posts, that is, permanent whole-time equivalent, at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, and Louth County Hospital, Dundalk within...
    • Hospital Facilities
      393. To ask the Minister for Health the process deployed on the decision to outsource the work of the laundry service located at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; the number of meetings...
    • Hospital Staff
      395. To ask the Minister for Health the nature and context of the current dispute at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, between craft workers in the maintenance and technical services...
    • Mental Health Services Funding
      396. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the extra amount given to mental health services in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43423/19]
    • Home Help Service
      397. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding home help; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43425/19]
    • Mental Health Services Expenditure
      399. To ask the Minister for Health if there was finding unspent from 2019 in the mental health services; if so, the amount; and the location in which this funding was provided. [43427/19]
    • Hospital Transfers
      400. To ask the Minister for Health when a patient (details supplied) at University Hospital Kerry can expect to be brought to Cork University Hospital to have a pacemaker fitted. [43429/19]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      401. To ask the Minister for Health if the file of a person (details supplied) can be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43437/19]
    • Respite Care Services Data
      402. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of respite care beds available for elderly persons in County Kildare; the number available in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to...
    • Hospital Facilities
      403. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to provide a second CT scanner for University Hospital Limerick which would alleviate some of the overcrowding in the emergency department;...
    • Health Services Provision
      404. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 8 October 2019, if patients in need of an upright scan will be allowed to reclaim the full cost of treatment in...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      405. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the budget for the recently announced €2 million autism awareness plan will be spent; if there will be a reduction in the budget for...
    • HSE Expenditure
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE gross hospital expenditure on drugs and medicines between 2015 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Respite Care Services Provision
      409. To ask the Minister for Health when respite care will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43488/19]
    • Primary Care Centres Provision
      410. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 396 of 19 February 2019, when the HSE will apply for an extension of duration of permission on the planning that was...
    • Home Care Packages
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the reason information (details supplied) is on the HSE website under the homecare section. [43502/19]
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      412. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of personalised budgeting for persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43503/19]
    • National Maternity Hospital Administration
      413. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the governance discussions based on the Mulvey report of the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street when it transfers to the St. Vincent's...
    • Health Services Funding
      415. To ask the Minister for Health if the State has invested either in capital or current funding in a clinic (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43507/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      416. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for a cataract operation at the Mater hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43511/19]
    • Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision
      418. To ask the Minister for Health if the €1.5 million funding required for core funding and rehabilitation services provided by an organisation (details supplied) will be allocated....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      420. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a hip replacement surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43525/19]
    • Health Care Infrastructure Provision
      421. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding capital spending for a centre (details supplied); if part of a site has been allocated for a proposed new build for the centre; and if...
    • Medical Card Eligibility
      422. To ask the Minister for Health the manner in which prize bonds are treated in the means test of capital in the context of the over-70s medical card; if an actual or notional return is used;...
    • Hospital Equipment
      423. To ask the Minister for Health if Cork University Hospital has the most up-to-date radiotherapy equipment in place; if there are plans to invest further in modern radiotherapy equipment at...
    • Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
      424. To ask the Minister for Health when the changes for farmers are coming into effect in regard to the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43565/19]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      425. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an ENT appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43566/19]
    • Electronic Cigarettes
      426. To ask the Minister for Health if he and his officials have discussed the option of removing the definition to vaping on the HSE website in view of the fact that it may be encouraging...
    • Hospital Appointments Delays
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the long delay in providing a bone flap and further medical and or surgical treatments and interventions in the case of a person (details...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      428. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to respond to the staffing and financial crisis being experienced by a project (details supplied); the actions taken to date arising...
    • Community Pharmacy Services
      430. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline in which he will commence discussions with an organisation (details supplied) regarding a new contract to replace the previous community pharmacy...
    • Health Strategies
      432. To ask the Minister for Health his genomics strategy for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43593/19]
    • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children or adolescents with mental health problems who have been accommodated by the HSE in nursing homes; and the reason for this practice....
    • Health Care Infrastructure Provision
      435. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the refurbishment of the dental clinic at Celbridge health centre; if the project tender process has been completed and works commenced; if the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      436. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a hip replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43624/19]
    • Primary Care Centres Staff
      437. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of psychology services at primary care centres in north County Kildare; if there are vacant psychologist posts at such centres; the...
    • Health Services Funding
      438. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to section 39 health organisations in each of the years 2004 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of such organisations that received...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Labour Court Recommendations
      439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the decision (details supplied) referred to of the Labour Court arising from an appeal of an adjudication officer of the...
    • Knackery Industry
      440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the knackery industry cannot continue as it stands at present in view of the fact...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the 2018 expenditure figures for his Department released in a report (details supplied) by the Comptroller and Auditor...
    • Herd Data
      442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of herd numbers issued and active in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding available under TAMS or other schemes to support the change of use of a building into an agricultural storage building by...
    • Beef Industry
      445. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason meat factories are not honouring commitment given in September 2019 to set-aside injunctions and threats of legal...
    • Sheepmeat Sector
      446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans regarding a new regime by factories in which they are reducing the base price for lambs and introducing new penalties by...
    • Felling Licences Applications
      447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in an application for a felling licence by a person (details supplied); if compensation will be considered...
    • Beef Industry
      449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an organisation (details supplied) is being denied access to the beef taskforce discussions; and if he will make a...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the consultancy service providers engaged by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the costs associated with each...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the cost of...
    • Civil Service Code of Conduct
      452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number and grade of staff within his Department who have been sanctioned for breaching section 14 of the Civil Service code of...
    • Nitrates Usage
      454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a helpline which farmers can contact if they have slurry to spread; if so, the contact number for the helpline; the...
    • Beef Industry
      455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the frequency planned for the new beef taskforce to meet regularly once it meets initially; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Organic Farming Scheme
      456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the basis on which he will consider the reopening and funding of the organic farming scheme to provide alternative options to...
    • Aquaculture Licence Applications
      457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on concerns held by persons (details supplied) regarding the status of an application; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Teagasc Administration
      458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to amend and update the Agriculture (Research, Training and Advice) Act 1988 to ensure that Teagasc has the necessary...
    • Teagasc Funding
      459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of the research budget of Teagasc that is dedicated to climate mitigation activities; and his views on the adequacy of...
    • Bord Bia Funding
      460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budget allocated to Bord Bia in each of the years 2011 to 2018, in tabular form. [43446/19]
    • Exports Data
      465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of animals exported to Northern Ireland by month from January 2018 to date in October 2019. [43451/19]
    • Beef Industry
      467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Teagasc has completed the in-depth review of the grid with a view to broadening of the in-spec bonus criteria to increase the...
    • EU Directives
      470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the consultation process with regard to the establishment of a working group between his Department and the Department of...
    • Beef Industry
      471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an organisation (details supplied) has provided details of its insurance scheme and additional information; if he will provide a...
    • Animal Slaughtering Standards
      472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has commenced the introduction of the appeal system for carcass classification in manual grading factories; and if he will make...
    • Animal Welfare
      473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the calf mortality rates by month, county and sector in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [43460/19]
    • Dairy Sector
      474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy cows with no recorded births in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019 but remain in lactation cycle...
    • Rural Development Programme Data
      475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial allocations on an annual basis under the 2014-2020 rural development programme, RDP, for schemes (details supplied);...
    • Teagasc Data
      477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual allocation made to Teagasc in 2018, 2019 and in budget 2020 towards research and knowledge transfer programmes on...
    • Beef Environmental Efficiency Scheme Data
      478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated first and full-year cost of returning a payment by amounts (details supplied) for a scheme based on the most recent...
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme Data
      479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 2010 of 24 July 2018, the latest costings for the figures previously provided for this scheme...
    • Departmental Agencies Data
      480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposed current and capital allocation to each agency under his remit following budget 2020; and the allocation made in his...
    • TB Eradication Scheme
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43491/19]
    • Bord na gCon Inspections
      482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a fully qualified veterinarian is present at each sports information services greyhound race at tracks here; if drug testing is...
    • National Raised Bog Management Plan
      483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dedicated resources and expertise in relation to paludiculture available within his Department or State agencies under his remit;...
    • Agrifood Sector
      484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the names of the 400 stakeholders and delegates invited to attend the open policy debate on a strategy for the agrifood sector to...
    • Sheep Welfare Scheme Appeals
      485. 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. [43568/19]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Illegal Dumping
      486. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has discussed the utilisation of drones or similar technologies by local authorities to counteract...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 487,508,511
      487. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of the roll-out of the national broadband plan in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form....
    • Broadband Service Provision
      488. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a property (details supplied) will be connected to efibre broadband. [42925/19]
    • Superannuation Schemes
      489. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      490. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has dealt with proposals to treat the entire sewerage intake for the eastern region and release as...
    • Renewable Energy Generation Targets
      491. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress towards meeting the renewable heat obligation of Ireland under EU directives for 2020; if Ireland is on...
    • Mobile Telephony Services
      492. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date for each of the 41 action points made in the mobile phone and broadband task force report...
    • National Broadband Plan Administration
      493. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date by which the contract for the State intervention area will be awarded under the national broadband plan; and...
    • Landfill Sites
      495. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of monofill landfill sites in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43011/19]
    • Recycling Data
      496. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 2,220 of 23 July 2019, the specific measures under consideration to require...
    • Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff Scheme
      498. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeframe for the publication of guidelines pertaining to the supply of energy to the national grid through solar...
    • Energy Schemes Data
      499. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding used for SEAI grants; and the number of persons and households that gained funding or access to grants in...
    • Ministerial Meetings
      500. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he last met with waste providers; the date and location of the meeting; and the matters discussed. [43176/19]
    • Energy Infrastructure
      501. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the inclusion of the Shannon LNG project on the PCI list agreed on 4 October 2019 is the finalised list of PCI...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      502. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the consultancy service providers engaged by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the costs associated...
    • Broadband Service Provision
      506. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the broadband service being provided to persons (details supplied) will be investigated; and when high-speed...
    • Electric Vehicle Grants
      507. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the deadline for the discontinuation of the €3,800 electric vehicle purchase grants for businesses will be...
    • UN Conventions Ratification
      510. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason Ireland has not ratified the protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution to...
    • National Broadband Plan Administration
      512. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a new access network will impact on the subsidy provided for the national broadband plan; and if he will make a...
    • National Broadband Plan Implementation
      514. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of e-fibre broadband to a premises (details supplied) which is subject to the provision of the State-led...
    • National Broadband Plan Administration
      515. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the contract for the national broadband plan will be signed to deliver on the commitment to provide high-speed...
    • Environmental Protection Agency Remit
      516. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has reviewed a judgment (details supplied); his plans to introduce primary legislation to deal with...
    • Litter Pollution
      517. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated amount it would cost in 2020 if the budget for local authority anti-litter anti-graffiti awareness grant...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      518. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the funding application for a walkway on Ardfinann Bridge, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Transport
      519. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a local link. [42922/19]
    • Cycling Facilities Funding
      520. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the €61 million which it was asserted (details supplied) was spent on cycling infrastructure in 2019; and if he...
    • Public Transport Data
      522. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers and-or transport vehicle operators that failed alcohol and drugs tests over past three years to date in 2019 in...
    • Taxi Regulations
      523. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of taxi and or limousine drivers that failed alcohol and-or drugs tests over past three years to date in 2019 while delivering...
    • Departmental Communications
      524. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a copy of all communications to and from his Department with Transport Infrastructure Ireland in October, November and...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      525. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an application submitted under the specific improvement grant scheme by Westmeath County Council in the context of the circular...
    • Departmental Reports
      526. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date for each of the 41 action points made in the Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce report published in December 2016...
    • Public Transport Data
      527. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tram sets operating on the Luas green line; the number, length and passenger capacity of type 401 and 402 trams operating...
    • Driver Licences
      528. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason UK driver licence holders cannot carry over entitlements onto an Irish driver licence, namely, code 1 within the D1 category...
    • Public Transport Data
      529. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of carbon used in public transport per year; the carbon tax liability on same; the estimated cost of the increase in carbon...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      530. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital expenditure of his Department from 1 January to 31 August 2019 under the heading of B8.5, cycling and walking. [43172/19]
    • Departmental Funding
      531. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department provides funding to a body (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43188/19]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      533. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a sports capital application for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43220/19]
    • Sports Capital Programme
      534. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will announce the latest allocations of sports capital funding. [43290/19]
    • Value for Money Reviews
      535. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consultancy service providers engaged by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the costs associated with each...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      537. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 9 October 2019, the details on the measures or items the €8.77 million in incidental...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline of works for the Coonagh to Knockalisheen Road, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43373/19]
    • Road Projects Status
      539. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the new Westport to Turlough road will begin construction; and when it is estimated to be complete and open to the public. [43387/19]
    • Rail Network
      540. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the western rail corridor review being carried out by a company (details supplied) will be published; the person or body which will...
    • Brexit Preparations
      541. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the necessary infrastructure will be in place and ready to be operational at Dublin Airport and Dublin Port on 31 October 2019 in the...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      542. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application for a sports capital grant by a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      543. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the sports capital grants for 2019 will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43431/19]
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications Data
      545. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details on all applications sent from County Kildare for the sports capital grant. [43433/19]
    • Bus Services
      546. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request that the NTA examine the bus currently operating through Chapelizod, Dublin 10, at peak hours between 7.30 a.m. and...
    • Road Improvement Schemes
      547. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding to carry out major improvement works on a road (details supplied) from a location will be allocated to the local authority;...
    • Sports Capital Programme Administration
      548. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the qualifying criteria for the large sports capital grant of €2 million; the types of organisations or groups that can apply for...
    • Sports Capital Programme Applications
      549. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a grant application by a club (details supplied); if the application will be awarded; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Agencies Reports
      550. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has contacted Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland regarding a recent report on the overlapping tourism strategies of the two...
    • Departmental Agencies Data
      551. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost incurred in establishing the National Transport Agency and Transport Infrastructure Ireland; the operational cost of each; the...
  • Department of Children and Youth Affairs
    • Child Abuse
      552. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address a matter regarding rape crisis guidelines (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43170/19]
    • Childcare Services Funding
      553. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding a childcare facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42923/19]
    • Foster Care Policy
      554. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if Tusla has a policy of drawing up a reunification plan for children in foster care; if so, the percentage of children in foster care who...
    • Child and Family Agency Services
      555. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the MICAT team run by Tusla in the midlands is to lose its psychologist. [43089/19]
    • Childcare Services Staff
      557. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which she can address low pay, high staff turnover and perceived crippling administrative burdens in the early years sector...
    • School Meals Programme
      558. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a facility (details supplied) will be approved for funding under the school meals local project scheme. [43233/19]
    • Childcare Services Administration
      559. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if parents must have a public services card to avail of the national childcare scheme. [43234/19]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      560. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there were provisions in budget 2020 for survivors of mother and baby homes; if so, the details of same; and if she will make a...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      562. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the consultancy service providers engaged by her Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the costs associated with each (details...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      563. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by her Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the cost of each...
    • School Completion Programme
      564. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the administration of the school completion programme and on the request by Tusla for the implementation of the...
    • Child Protection
      565. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made to ensure that an adverse childhood experiences framework will be adopted to ensure greater prevention and early...
    • Child Abuse
      566. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she remains satisfied that sufficient staff with the appropriate qualifications remain available to her Department to...
    • Bullying of Children
      567. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which her Department or bodies under her aegis have had adequate resources, including social workers, to deal with issues...
    • Child Abuse
      568. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which her Department or bodies under her aegis can quickly respond to and take appropriate action in response to reports of...
    • Bullying in the Workplace
      570. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of reports of bullying reported to her Department in the past 12 months; the extent to which this compares with the previous...
    • Youth Services
      571. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the degree to which she has been able to respond to requests for financial or other assistance from an organisation (details supplied); and...
    • Children in Care
      572. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in residential care or foster care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43587/19]
    • Youth Services
      574. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which she and her Department continue to engage with local and voluntary youth services; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      575. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital spend by his Department to date in 2019 including the capital carry over from 2018, by subhead; the provision under each...
    • Departmental Reports
      576. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress to date for each of the 41 action points made in the Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce report published in December...
    • Departmental Staff Data
      577. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of persons by Civil Service grade working in the regional telecommunications development unit of his Department, in tabular...
    • LEADER Programmes Data
      579. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made to date with the roll-out of the LEADER Programme 2014 to 2020; the expenditure incurred to date on the programme by...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      581. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the consultancy service providers engaged by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the costs associated with each...
    • Rural Development Programme Data
      583. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the financial allocations on an annual basis under the 2014-2020 rural development programme per measure 19 support for LEADER local...
    • Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
      584. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications made under the rural regeneration and development fund to date by county; the number of applications...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Brexit Issues
      585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the situation for an Irish citizen living in Northern Ireland with regard to payment of social security if they wish to...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42968/19]
    • Community Employment Schemes Review
      587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to date by the interdepartmental group in relation to the hosting of the community employment social...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Respite Care Grant Applications
      589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a respite care grant for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43037/19]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43039/19]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      592. 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. [43041/19]
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43042/19]
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43075/19]
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pension of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43077/19]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 602
      602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43095/19]
    • Disability Allowance Appeals
      603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if time will be granted to allow a person (details supplied) to gather medical evidence; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
      604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43097/19]
    • Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals
      606. 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. [43099/19]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43123/19]
    • Labour Activation Programmes Data
      611. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons on jobseeker's allowance and JobPath for 12 months or more in Ballybofey, Stranorlar and Killygordon,...
    • Invalidity Pension Appeals
      612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43127/19]
    • Invalidity Pension Applications
      614. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43130/19]
    • Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
      615. 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. [43132/19]
    • Living Alone Allowance
      616. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43133/19]
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Applications
      617. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43134/19]
    • Pension Provisions
      618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied) which may have wider consequences for the Irish pension...
    • Public Services Card
      619. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if private companies can demand and or request a public services card in order to undertake customer authentication or...
    • Carer's Allowance Applications
      620. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied). [43171/19]
    • State Pension (Non-Contributory) Eligibility
      621. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department is in the process of contacting recipients of the non-contributory pension querying their entitlement to...
    • Social Insurance Payments
      622. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason employees must pay PRSI after the age of 66 years if they are still working even though these contributions cannot...
    • Carer's Allowance Payments
      623. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer's allowance and arrears due to a person (details supplied) will issue; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits Reviews
      624. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the frequency of reviews carried out for carer's allowance and carer's benefit; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      625. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the consultancy service providers engaged by her Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the costs associated with...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      626. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by her Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the...
    • State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
      627. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has been included in the review of pension entitlements for persons who were affected by...
    • Labour Activation Programmes
      628. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if Turas Nua received a monetary award for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43462/19]
    • Child Benefit Appeals
      629. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43463/19]
    • State Pension (Contributory)
      630. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons on five different tiers of the State pension (contributory) only received a percentage of the €5...
    • State Pensions Payments
      631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason recipients of the State pension (contributory) and non-contributory pension did not receive their first payment...
    • Working Family Payment Payments
      632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review of the backdating of the working family payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Carer's Benefit Eligibility
      633. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will revise the eligibility criteria for carer's benefit in view of the fact that carers may not have full employment...
    • Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
      634. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the allocation for rent supplement for 2020. [43532/19]
    • Pension Fund Data
      635. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of occasions the host mailing service for administrators of a pension scheme of her Department has been used in...
    • Disability Allowance Applications
      636. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Question Heading for question(s) 637
      637. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Water Conservation Grant Administration
      638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person (details supplied) has been issued the water conservation grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Architects Register
      639. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the introduction of an architectural technologists register; the legislation which will deal with the register;...
    • Departmental Bodies
      640. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement he has had on the Cork Events Centre now responsibility has been transferred to his Department. [43175/19]
    • Housing Adaptation Grant
      641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the additional funding request of €500,000 for Kildare County Council to fund housing adaptations for social...
    • Local Authority Funding
      642. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding which will be provided to local authorities in 2020 in lieu of the loss of commercial rates from Irish Water...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      643. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the consultancy service providers engaged by his Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the costs associated with...
    • Housing Issues
      645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if bespoke housing supports for those who are homeless and pregnant are being provided; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Planning Issues
      646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to amend the Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2007 to lift the current 12 sq. m restriction on...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional resources will be provided to Dublin City Council to allow its choice-based letting scheme to resume. [43396/19]
    • Pyrite Issues
      649. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the €40 million allocated under the budget 2020 allocation to families with pyrite affected homes will now be...
    • Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
      650. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the final report of the review of the tenant purchase scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Land Development Agency
      651. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the contact his Department has had with EUROSTAT on the classification of the Land Development Agency as being on balance...
    • Commencement of Legislation
      652. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports he plans to launch to assist households with additional costs arising from new building regulations on BER...
    • Housing Issues
      654. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on recent reports of a slowing down of activity in residential construction during 2019. [43644/19]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Island Communities
      655. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the allocation made in each of the years 2016 to 2019 to the island scholarship scheme; and the budget 2020 allocation in tabular...
    • Departmental Schemes
      656. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if schools in the Gaeltacht were notified of the clár na gcluichí gaelach scheme or the way in which to apply; the way...
    • Greenways Development
      657. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of progress of the Grand Canal greenway project between Hazelhatch, Celbridge, County Kildare and the 12th lock in...
    • Data Protection
      658. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that interpretations of GDPR are inhibiting the work of some heritage centres...
    • Special Protection Areas
      659. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the purchase of the lands at Booterstown Marsh for An Taisce will be explored to ensure that when the lease runs out in 2020...
    • Departmental Funding
      660. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department provides funding to a body (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43190/19]
    • Consultancy Contracts Data
      662. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the consultancy service providers engaged by her Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the costs associated with each...
    • Value for Money Reviews
      663. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by her Department from 1 January 2018 to 1 January 2019; the cost...
    • Question Heading for question(s) 664
      664. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 371 and 372 of 3 October 2019, the number of times in the past four years her Department...
    • Project Ireland 2040 Funding
      665. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which the €460 million announced as part of Project Ireland 2040 will be allocated to the national cultural...
    • Project Ireland 2040 Administration
      668. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which the capital investment in national cultural institutions promised under Project Ireland 2040 will be managed; the...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      669. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of engagement between her Department and the OPW on capital investment projects in the national cultural institutions;...
    • National Cultural Institutions
      670. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of days each of the national cultural institutions was closed to the public, or portions were closed to the public in...
    • Project Ireland 2040
      672. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the expansion of arts and capital culture scheme as announced under Project Ireland 2040; and if she will make a...
    • Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure
      673. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding allocated and spent of the €1.188 million announced under the heading Investing in our Culture, Language and...
    • National Orchestras
      674. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which the decision to move the National Symphony Orchestra to the National Concert Hall was made; the reason this...